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ID Source Species Common name Taxon group Site name Grid ref Date Recorder Images Auto check Sample Time Approx. map reference accuracy term ID Approx. map reference accuracy term Weather conditions term ID Weather conditions term Sea state term ID Sea state term Abundance Count Sex term ID Sex term Seal age term ID Seal age term Behaviour term ID Behaviour term Other behaviour notes
9660904Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY22/03/2019Hodgson, Sarah
15:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
9234691Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ23/02/2019Scotney, Adan
16:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingFloating in water, watching climbers. Swam away after a minute.
8686831Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY05/12/2018Hodgson, Sarah
10:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
8600767Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY15/11/2018Hodgson, Sarah
12:5514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
8594537Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY09/11/2018Hodgson, Sarah
14:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingHeading in a south westerly direction
8588670Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY12/11/2018Hodgson, Sarah
17:1614088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterVery exhausted & underweight grey seal pup.
8562954Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY15/10/2018Hodgson, Sarah
16:4214088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
8052052Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ2083919405/10/2018Wells, Diane
12:1514070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
8041177Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY23/09/2018Hodgson, Sarah
15:5014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
8041137Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY08/08/2018Hodgson, Sarah
11:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
8041121Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY20/07/2018Hodgson, Sarah
10:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low tide (with 4 common seals)
8041082Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY20/07/2018Hodgson, Sarah
10:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm414104Mixed14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low tide (with one grey seal)
8041022Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/07/2018Hodgson, Sarah
15:3514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, DivingAppeared to be resting in the water - surfacing and diving in the exact same spot
8040961Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY25/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah
21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040841Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY20/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah
09:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040763Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY20/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah
09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040723Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY08/05/2018Hodgson, Sarah
08:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314104Mixed14099Mixed group14091, 14105Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling
8022866Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY30/09/2018Christopher, Andrew
11:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
8019354Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY28/09/2018Shaw, Martin
18:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
7910028Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY09/09/2018Tinsley, Peter
15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterPopped up for a few seconds every minute or so, seemed to be watching people on the beach
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ID Source Species Formatted name Taxon Group Site name Grid Ref Date Recorder Media Caption Media type Auto check Sample Time Approx. map reference accuracy term ID Approx. map reference accuracy term Weather conditions term ID Weather conditions term Sea state term ID Sea state term Abundance Count Sex term ID Sex term Seal age term ID Seal age term Behaviour term ID Behaviour term Other behaviour notes
33584468
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.445W21/10/2023Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local17:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214104Mixed14098Adult14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingOne seal was feeding on a ballan wrasse
33584468
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.445W21/10/2023Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local17:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214104Mixed14098Adult14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingOne seal was feeding on a ballan wrasse
33584468
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.445W21/10/2023Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local17:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214104Mixed14098Adult14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingOne seal was feeding on a ballan wrasse
8040961
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.514N, 2.459W25/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040961
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.514N, 2.459W25/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040961
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.514N, 2.459W25/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.711N, 2.768W10/12/2020McCreadie, Bonnie West bay sealImage:Local12:1114088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterOn its own, looking up at passers by
27399195
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal		marine mammal50.624N, 2.444W24/07/2022Smith, Mel Image:Local20:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterPeople annoying it and getting too close!!! Coming in and out of the water.
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.430N, 2.540W15/03/2025Seabrook, John Seal fishing off CharmouthImage:Local17:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPhotographed 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.)
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.430N, 2.540W15/03/2025Seabrook, John Seal sighted off CharmouthImage:Local17:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPhotographed 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.)
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.730N, 1.732W24/09/2020Frost, Rosie Seal popped head up in front of my son whilst having a swimImage:Local14:2014088Within 100m14072Raining14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingPlayful joined my son swimming alongside him and nibbling a little at his toes which were in Black Sea shoes
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.569N, 2.447W31/05/2021Hatcher, Julie By Steve TrewhellaImage:Local12:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14094DivingPlaying with divers
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.734N, 1.657W17/04/2020Norris, Alison Image:Local17:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterPopped head up and stayed for a few minutes, ducked under then came up again several times.
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.734N, 1.657W17/04/2020Norris, Alison Image:Local17:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterPopped head up and stayed for a few minutes, ducked under then came up again several times.
14413113
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.708N, 2.033W23/06/2020Cole, Matthew Image:Local14:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingPopped up around us a few times and then started playing by splashing and spinning in water next to us
14413113
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.708N, 2.033W23/06/2020Cole, Matthew Image:Local14:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingPopped up around us a few times and then started playing by splashing and spinning in water next to us
40017429
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W18/01/2025Palmer, Karen Image:Local11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
40017429
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W18/01/2025Palmer, Karen Image:Local11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
40017429
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W18/01/2025Palmer, Karen No seal in any photos it was camera shy but these pics show the conditions Image:Local11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.698N, 1.950W15/11/2024Burman, Natalie Image:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092, 14094Feeding, DivingPopping out regularly to say hello and then diving
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