36868959 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 29/06/2024 | Jacobs, Ash | | | 07:56 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
36728837 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 28/06/2024 | Deeley, Andrew |
| | 08:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092 | Feeding | None |
36625576 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 13/06/2024 | Sanders, Ben | | | 07:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | |
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 | |
36173682 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 29/05/2024 | Roadnight, Rod | | | 03:45 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | | | |
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. |
35903406 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 13/05/2024 | Bell, Sally | | | 13:53 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14092 | Feeding | Very proud of the large flat fish-?plaice it had caught |
35863899 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 03/05/2024 | Parratt, Andrew | | | 16:30 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14094 | Diving | Def an animal, pretty sure a seal. Many people commented. Unable to upload pic, errors out. |
35848136 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 10/05/2024 | Barnett, Charmaine | | | 10:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving | |
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 |
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. |
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 | |
35184648 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 22/03/2024 | Bronner, Kerry-Ann | | | 17:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14094, 14105 | Diving, Swimming - travelling | Swimming - following a dog in the water, occasionally diving under the water. Quite close to the shoreline |
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 | |
35172677 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 20/03/2024 | Smith, Steve | | | 08:30 | 14088 | Within 100m | | | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
35027051 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 20/02/2024 | Hatcher, Julie |
| | 14:47 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
34840430 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 12/02/2024 | Long, Kate | | | 16:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14092, 14105 | Feeding, Swimming - travelling | Seagulls were tracking the seal, which caught my attention |
34815726 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 12/02/2024 | Lee, Ian | | | 13:10 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | Caught very large fish in plain sight. Viewed clearly through 20x50 binoculars. |