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
35407333Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY14/04/2024Rogers, Ashley
13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSleeping, until a woman with a dog allowed it to have a sniff !
35407331Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY14/04/2024Rogers, Ashley
13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSleeping
35369096Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY11/04/2024Hoar, Darran
19:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
35366837Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY11/04/2024Burke, Hannah
17:3014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterLooked uncomfortable, not sure if it was unwell. Other people were coming up to it and trying to touch it.
35298848Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY03/04/2024Maitre, Pauline
15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
35282181Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY01/04/2024Woolley, Megan
14:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterIt came out onto the beach with people gathered looking at it. It went into the water again and then emerged onto the beach again (I then left so didn't see what happened). It didn't look injured at all. It was a large adult and didn't look under weight.
33889515Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY22/11/2023Taylor, David
08:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
33871373Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY21/11/2023Taylor, Dave
09:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
33637210Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY28/10/2023Harper, Patrick
14088Within 100m14072Raining14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
33253773Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY01/09/2023Hodgson, Sarah
13:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy214102Male14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
33043104Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY6902809715/09/2023Elize, Shannon
11:0014070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterAnxious because idiot dog owners were going to close and not respecting its space. It wanted to be on land to rest. We observed it for hours from afar. I put a call in yesterday as I was concerned about tourists getting too close
32104064Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY02/08/2023Westerby, Allen
19:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterWe observed the seal for about 20 minutes on and off as the water was rising. She lay with her head and tail raised. By the time that we left, she was nearly half covered.
30809277Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY07/06/2023Marchant, Tim
20:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm514101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
30184305Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY02/05/2023Pigeon, Candice
15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
29937962Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/04/2023Hodgson, Sarah
17:5514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
29792307Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY03/04/2023Jeffery, Andrew
10:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterCame out of water very close to people and travelled up the shingle to rest, unusually tolerant of people
29171290Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY04/01/2023Hodgson, Sarah
16:1014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
29171288Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY04/01/2023Hodgson, Sarah
14:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
28902045Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY11/12/2022Taylor, David
15:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
28883699Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY09/12/2022Hodgson, Sarah
10:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
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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 Seal age term ID Seal age term Behaviour term ID Behaviour term Other behaviour notes
7903061
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.516N, 2.446W07/09/2018symes, melanieImage:Local02:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingThe seal look like he was holding onto an underwater rock and just sitting there, every so often going under water , always returning to the same spot.
7903061
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.516N, 2.446W07/09/2018symes, melanieImage:Local02:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingThe seal look like he was holding onto an underwater rock and just sitting there, every so often going under water , always returning to the same spot.
36186235
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.683N, 1.945W21/05/2024Young, HenryImage:Local06:3014070Sunny14074Calm114092Feeding
18160490
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.716N, 1.767W04/11/2020Gallagher, JamesImage:Local06:4514070Sunny14074Calm114091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.716N, 1.768W29/08/2020Richards, CarlImage:Local06:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.716N, 1.768W29/08/2020Richards, CarlImage:Local06:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.716N, 1.768W29/08/2020Richards, CarlImage:Local06:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.716N, 1.768W29/08/2020Richards, CarlImage:Local06:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
26274776
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.568N, 2.437W05/07/2022Eades, ShaunImage:Local07:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14092Feeding
26274776
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.568N, 2.437W05/07/2022Eades, ShaunImage:Local07:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14092Feeding
26274776
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.568N, 2.437W05/07/2022Eades, ShaunImage:Local07:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14092Feeding
40307398
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.734N, 1.994W27/02/2025Adams, MartinImage:Local07:4514070Sunny14074Calm114092FeedingIt 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
34405927
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.625N, 2.443W01/01/2024Stevenson, JoshImage:Local07:5614089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14092FeedingDiving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34405927
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.625N, 2.443W01/01/2024Stevenson, JoshImage:Local07:5614089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14092FeedingDiving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34405927
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.625N, 2.443W01/01/2024Stevenson, JoshImage:Local07:5614089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14092FeedingDiving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34405927
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.625N, 2.443W01/01/2024Stevenson, JoshImage:Local07:5614089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14092FeedingDiving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
13324690
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.712N, 1.992W02/05/2020preen, lloydImage:Local07:5814088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114093Bottling/resting in the water
36093896
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.622N, 2.274W23/05/2024Hernandez Domingo, VeronicaImage:Local08:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterLooked very calm, we could see only the head out and swam a bit in our direction but then went back bottling
36093896
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.622N, 2.274W23/05/2024Hernandez Domingo, VeronicaImage:Local08:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterLooked very calm, we could see only the head out and swam a bit in our direction but then went back bottling
34041128
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.719N, 1.761W08/12/2023Martin, EllaAlso for 2 videos but relatively far back Image:Local08:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
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