18116944 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 26/10/2020 | Oatley, Sarah | | | 13:56 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14077 | Very rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092 | Feeding | Eating a conger eel. Stripped off skin then ate in pieces. Last piece threw head right back and swallowed it like a sword swallower! |
18108899 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 25/10/2020 | Davies, James | | | 16:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14095, 14105 | Porpoising, Swimming - travelling | I was bodyboarding and the single seal followed and came up to me. The seal was porpoising and looked lost. |
18093600 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/10/2020 | Freeman, Serena |
| | 14:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14095 | Porpoising | |
17984790 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 05/10/2020 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 11:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
17968140 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 03/10/2020 | Jennings, Barbara | | | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14072 | Raining | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Four of us swimming - she came up and played with us, checking us out and then swimming very close to the only man in our group. She really liked him and came right up and sniffed his arm whilst they were facing each other as well as keeping on nudging him. |
17941418 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 30/09/2020 | Boardman, Peter |
| | 09:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Swimming upriver at Wick this morning. Only brief view. We waited for 10 minutes, but we didn't see it resurface |
17926377 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 27/09/2020 | Prior, David |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092 | Feeding | Catching fish 10 to 15m out from beach below Ringstead village. Came in to about 5m from beach a couple of times. We observed it for approx 10 minutes before it swam off westwards. |
17861031 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 15/09/2020 | ROBERTS, RICHARD | | | 18:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
17846335 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 14/09/2020 | Copland, Alison |
| | 10:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14093 | Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water | |
17765641 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 31/08/2020 | Spiller, Brett | | | 19:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092, 14094 | Feeding, Diving | |
17765260 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 30/08/2020 | Bennett, Jack |
| | 16:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091, 14105 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling | Swam up and down shore and then hauled out whilst we were fishing not worried until people crowded and people in boat followed it when returned to the water |
17733568 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 29/08/2020 | Richards, Carl |
| | 06:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
17732600 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 28/08/2020 | Ball, Abigail |
| | 20:28 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091, 14105 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling | Swimming then curious so travelled onto land to see myself and my dog. I have a video if needed in addition to the above photos. |
17719167 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 27/08/2020 | Sanger, Sarah |
| | 11:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | | | | | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | He really surprised us as he came up out of nowhere, he was very playful and friendly but we didn't touch him and came out of the water as soon as possible. I think he liked my wetsuit and was 'headbutting' and nudging me. |
17564239 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 20/08/2020 | Westerby, Allen | | | 19:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Observed from about 200m. The tide was flooding and a fair amount of the mudbanks were exposed. The larger seal was lying fairly still, with occasional head raises in the few minutes that we stopped to watch.The other seal was about 5 m away, slightly lower on the bank and was fairly still. |
17564163 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 19/08/2020 | Westerby, Allen | | | 19:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14103 | Female | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | The first seal we saw was about 150 metres away. She looked at us and swam down, reappearing about 50 metres away. We watched for about 10 minutes, with several sightings from 50m to 10m. The other seal, which looked a darker grey stayed at a distance of about 100 - 50m. She surfaced several times, staying at the surface for about 20 - 30 seconds each time. |
17448541 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 01/08/2020 | Hall, Mike | | | 05:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
17417683 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 15/08/2020 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 14:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14073 | Mist/fog | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14093, 14105 | Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling | Was seen to eat a ballan wrasse |
17415611 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 14/08/2020 | Porter, Richard |
| | 17:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Allowed children to pet in shallow water - not clear if sick |
17402766 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 14/08/2020 | Potts, Haylee |
| | 17:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Very friendly |