18672316 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 18/01/2021 | Holman, Michelle | | | 12:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14094 | Feeding, Diving | We watched with binoculars for 15mins it would dive below the surface for 4/5mins before surfacing to breathe again. Saw it approximately 5 times in that period. |
8052052 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ20839194 | 05/10/2018 | Wells, Diane | | | 12:15 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
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 |
28359752 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY68267350 | 13/10/2022 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:20 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14103 | Female | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
25361770 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 14/05/2022 | Holley, Mike | | | 12:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
29699135 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 23/03/2023 | Buxton, Michael | | | 12:25 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
20784559 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 26/06/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:25 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | Appeared curious around paddleboarders but wary. If approached the seal moved away and popped up elsewhere. |
37950245 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 17/08/2024 | Hubble, Julie |
| | 12:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
36311808 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 17/05/2024 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
32119328 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ03648364 | 03/08/2023 | Skea-Strachan, Isabel | | | 12:30 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Came up near swimmers c20m from National Trust Beach at Studland. Looked around and swam off |
31946979 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 27/07/2023 | Rostrup, Katie | | | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling | |
25000467 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 21/04/2022 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling | |
23737079 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 13/02/2022 | Rose, Angela | | | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14072 | Raining | 14077 | Very rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
23571399 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 16/01/2022 | Pike, Debbie | | | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Swam close to shore bobbing around then hauled itself onto beach for approx 2 mins before swimming under water and away towards brown sea/Poole |
23174599 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/11/2021 | Ross, Shirley | | | 12:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | | | | | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Just below surface
Stopped to look around
Swam on |
18224831 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 13/11/2020 | Hodgson, Sarah | | | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Heading north along the coast |
10129674 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 17/05/2019 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
33637209 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 28/10/2023 | Crome, Vanessa |
| | 12:32 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14072 | Raining | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
29368988 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 13/02/2023 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14092 | Feeding | Eating a Ballan wrasse |
21539762 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/08/2021 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:35 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |