41432546 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 20/03/2025 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 14:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 3 | 14104 | Mixed | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
41432501 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 20/03/2025 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 12:40 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
40439120 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 15/03/2025 | Seabrook, John |
| | 17:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | Photographed with fish in mouth, from Charmouth promenade, perhaps 200m off the beach, high tide, late afternoon; Dived a number of times. First time we'd seen one there. (Saw a seal in the outer part of the Cobb at Lyme a few years back.) |
40419390 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 15/03/2025 | Chick, Malcolm | | | 09:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | Submerged travelling northwards for approx. 100 metres |
40367437 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 08/03/2025 | Harle, Amelie | | | 09:10 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
40358181 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 07/03/2025 | Fernandes, Jo |
| | 11:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | Absolutely showing off swimming . Amazing video obtained |
40386935 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 06/03/2025 | Hodgson, Sarah |
| | 10:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
40386838 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 06/03/2025 | Hodgson, Sarah | | | 09:10 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14102 | Male | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
40330710 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 02/03/2025 | Orros, Mel |
| | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | |
40307398 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ00499275 | 27/02/2025 | Adams, Martin |
| | 07:45 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092 | Feeding | It has been present the last 3 days, and was up the PC World Drain/Fleets Channel Tuesday & Wednesday. Seen Tuesday eating fish at the top of the PC World Drain by Paul Morton. Unusual in Holes Bay North
More photos on Twitter and Bluesky with DWT tagged |
40289794 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 24/02/2025 | Bradley, Jack |
| | 16:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Sun bathing on a jetski pod. The seal has been hanging out around here with multiple sightings recently. |
40235023 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 17/02/2025 | Hopley, Lindsay | | | 17:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | | | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
40230396 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 13/02/2025 | Vincent, Charlotte | | | 09:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
40386747 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 06/02/2025 | Hodgson, Sarah | | | 10:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | | | | | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
40139420 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 04/02/2025 | Mackenzie, Sally |
| | 12:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14076 | Rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | |
40138413 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 04/02/2025 | Stewart, Amelia |
| | 12:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14076 | Rough | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | Resting on the beach opposite the Oceanarium. Rolled over once with wave. |
40139793 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 03/02/2025 | Liddicoat, Amanda |
| | 14:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
40123992 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ03928458 | 03/02/2025 | Staff, Rachel | | | 13:00 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14095, 14105 | Porpoising, Swimming - travelling | |
40109633 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 01/02/2025 | Lavender, Sarah |
| | 09:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | Not my photo I was the swimmer. I was oblivious to the seal until I saw people onshore filming and gesticulating behind me. He/she was about 10 m away when I turned to look, Seemed like quite a large seal, dark in colour, quite a long muzzle, so I think it was a Grey. As soon as I swam away and got out of the water it swam off, so it was perhaps checking I wasn’t a threat, or just curious? |
40049309 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/01/2025 | alders, richard | | | | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092, 14094, 14105 | Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling | |