36175401 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 30/05/2024 | Brown, Steve | | | 14:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14094 | Diving | |
35942827 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 16/05/2024 | Benton, Barry | | | 13:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | | | | | 14094 | Diving | Unable to distinguish precise species and sex due to distance. Was unsure at first due to slightly choppy sea surface but definitely identified as a ‘seal’ through binoculars! Unfortunately unable to capture an image. |
35688286 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 02/05/2024 | Perriam, Anne | | | 19:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling | Wanting to see what people were doing
Not worried by kayakers or sailors coming in to Swanage Sailing Club
Stayed swimming around the bay by the sailing club for approx 15 minutes |
35680695 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 02/05/2024 | Loveless, Pauline | | | 11:55 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | |
35440425 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 17/04/2024 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 19:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | | | |
35440398 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 11/04/2024 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:05 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Stayed all day. |
35407333 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 14/04/2024 | Rogers, Ashley |
| | 13:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Sleeping, until a woman with a dog allowed it to have a sniff ! |
35407331 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 14/04/2024 | Rogers, Ashley |
| | 13:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Sleeping |
35390824 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 13/04/2024 | Lowe, Eden | | | 12:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
35358343 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 10/04/2024 | Pantling, Linda | | | 10:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
35332990 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 31/03/2024 | Westerby, Allen | | | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Bottling for a minute, dived for about a minute and bottled again for about 30 seconds before repeating. It covered about 100m in 5 minutes. |
35325040 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 06/04/2024 | Oaten, Elizabeth | | | 15:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14076 | Rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | |
35305757 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 04/04/2024 | Foster, Chloe | | | 12:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | 2 Playing together |
35273483 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY4689 | 31/03/2024 | Bewley, Cheryl |
| | 10:45 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Appeared to be swimming close to the surface before spending a while possibly resting |
35258306 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 16/03/2024 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 17:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
35186722 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/03/2024 | Thompson, Peter | | | 13:45 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | | | 14099 | Mixed group | 14094 | Diving | |
35172688 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 18/03/2024 | Smith, Steve | | | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
35002159 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY69227463 | 27/02/2024 | Goodman, Louise | | | 11:00 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | |
34961853 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 22/02/2024 | Haynes, Elizabeth | | | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Came to see us swimming in the water. Swimming across the bay, eating fish. Diving. |
34740557 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 06/02/2024 | Hamilton, Mike | | | 08:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | |