| 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 |
| 17788207 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ03668349 | 04/09/2020 | Rose, Phil | | | 19:30 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | I was rowing an inflatable. Seal was very curious and friendly and swam round and under the boat for about 10 minutes. It popped up several times close by looking right at me and snorting. Swam under the boat back and forth sometimes upside down. It seemed to be playing |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 38254008 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY34089182 | 02/08/2024 | Rodin, Deborah | | | 06:20 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | | | Very inquisitive still towards early morning swimmers…if ignored going to other swimmers |
| 37988116 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY34069184 | 18/08/2024 | Rodin, Deborah | | | 06:25 | | | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | | | Again when swimming aware something was near me when swimming when I came up for air seal was looking at me between me and sure…I decided to carry on swimming back to sandy bay then noticed the seal ahead of me by the rocks behind my husband who was swimming back to shore…seal then went back to back towards harbour |
| 37987982 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 07/08/2024 | Rodin, Deborah | | | 06:20 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | | | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | 14094 | Diving | First sighting appeared playful …I was swimming crawl and only noticed when coming up for air - stayed near me diving under…I swam to shore and even when on shore it popped it head up to look at me |
| 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 | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| 27605318 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/08/2022 | Richmond, Bill |
| | 19:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14096 | Pup/juvenile | | | calm & interested in being watched from a distance |
| 24812274 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 02/04/2022 | Richmond, Bill |
| | 11:50 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14099 | Mixed group | 14105 | Swimming - travelling | Very interactive with kayaks - playful - back flip or two - showing no interest to leave the group. (Unsure if both interacted - certainly two indivduals approached) |
| 20791113 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SZ | 26/06/2021 | Richardson, Sam | | | 15:00 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14071 | Cloudy | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | Inquisitive of passing kayaks and paddle boards, bobbing in water, breathing, very close to land |
| 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 | |
| 37871924 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SY | 11/08/2024 | Quillan, Kelly |
| | 13:15 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
| 35314860 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 30/03/2024 | Pugh-Jones, Simon | | | 15:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 2 | 14103 | Female | 14098 | Adult | 14093, 14094, 14105 | Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling | They were watching us watching them |
| 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. |
| 20305164 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phoca vitulina | Common Seal | marine mammal | | SY98598764 | 20/04/2021 | Price, David | | | 14:30 | | | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 4 | | | 14098 | Adult | 14091 | Hauled out - resting on land/out of water | One adult of each type plus two pups |
| 13324690 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Phocidae | Uncertain seal species | marine mammal | | SZ | 02/05/2020 | preen, lloyd |
| | 07:58 | 14088 | Within 100m | 14070 | Sunny | 14074 | Calm | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | | | 14093 | Bottling/resting in the water | |
| 21546432 | Dorset Seals Project | Seal records | Halichoerus grypus | Grey Seal | marine mammal | | SY | 10/08/2021 | Prakash, Nicola | | | 15:00 | 14089 | Within 1km | 14070 | Sunny | 14075 | Choppy | 1 | 14101 | Not recorded | 14098 | Adult | | | Very interested in humans. Was tagged. Several people reported it to one of the marine wildlife charities who were aware of him coming into the beach |
