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ID	Source	Species	Common name	Taxon group	Grid ref	Date	Recorder	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

17733568	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ19	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
17564239	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SY98	20/08/2020	Westerby, Allen	19:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	2	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Observed from about 200m. The tide was flooding and a fair amount of the mudbanks were exposed. The larger seal was lying fairly still, with occasional head raises in the few minutes that we stopped to watch.The other seal was about 5 m away, slightly lower on the bank and was fairly still.
16910530	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY67	02/08/2020	Gillespie, Iain	21:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded			14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Was very calm and could be approached with no signs of issue. Some passers by even pet it
14073695	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY68	08/06/2020	Lawrence, Fiona	18:40	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Seemed very curious of people - not scared of them. Was bobbing around the water and swimming around the little pier bit at greenhill, then came out and climbed up onto the pier to rest
13404579	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY67	25/04/2020	Hodgson, Sarah	14:20	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14104	Mixed	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
13231502	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ29	17/04/2020	Hiscock, Emily	17:50	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	The seal rested on the beach, I think for a few hours. It became more alert after a while. He / she (I cannot tell) occasionally stretched it's neck round or twisted into different resting positions. I stayed there for about half an hour (at a safe distance). It seemed like it would return to the water because it was becoming more active. I have heard that it was no longer there early this morning.
13228206	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ29	17/04/2020	Chytkowska, Ewa	18:30	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14076	Rough	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Just lying, occasionally moving their head
12918024	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY88	29/02/2020	Crabb, Hugo		14089	Within 1km	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1	14103	Female	14096	Pup/juvenile	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Calm, looked a little cold, rubbing face and stretching a lot, kind face, looked very happy, not bothered about humans at all
9832814	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY39	19/04/2019	Higgins, Claire	08:25	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Seal was still on the pontoon when we returned from the boat trip at 11.30am but had moved along a little and had a flipper in the water.
8588670	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY67	12/11/2018	Hodgson, Sarah	17:16	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14076	Rough	1	14101	Not recorded	14096	Pup/juvenile	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Very exhausted & underweight grey seal pup.
8041121	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY98	20/07/2018	Hodgson, Sarah	10:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14103	Female	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low tide (with 4 common seals)
8041082	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SY98	20/07/2018	Hodgson, Sarah	10:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	4	14104	Mixed	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low tide (with one grey seal)
8040841	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY98	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14103	Female	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040763	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SY98	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
7902440	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY98	04/09/2018	lazenby, Douglas	10:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	2	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Moving around on mudbank
39767558	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY70457459	26/12/2024	Hale, Alan	09:00			14073	Mist/fog	14074	Calm	3	14104	Mixed	14099	Mixed group	14091, 14092	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Feeding	Calling out. Barking + a howling-type sound.
22775297	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY87	17/10/2021		15:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14091, 14093	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water	Interacting with humans, seemed very accustomed
20615011	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY98	09/06/2021	Bossons, Rick	16:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	4	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091, 14093	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water
36311317	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	09/05/2024	Hodgson, Sarah	13:10	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14102	Male	14099	Mixed group	14091, 14093, 14094	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, Diving	Smaller seal was hauled, then spooked by larger adult
35283700	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	01/04/2024	McGarrigle, Billie	13:58	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091, 14093, 14105	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling	The seal was approaching the shore to rest on land and then returning to the water. He did this three or four times.
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ID	Source	Species	Formatted name	Taxon Group	Grid Ref	Date	Recorder	Caption	Media type	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 records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.516N, 2.446W	07/09/2018	symes, melanie		Image:Local	02:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14094, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling	The 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 records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.516N, 2.446W	07/09/2018	symes, melanie		Image:Local	02:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14094, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling	The 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 records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.683N, 1.945W	21/05/2024	Young, Henry		Image:Local	06:30			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14092	Feeding
18160490	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.716N, 1.767W	04/11/2020	Gallagher, James		Image:Local	06:45			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.716N, 1.768W	29/08/2020	Richards, Carl		Image:Local	06:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.716N, 1.768W	29/08/2020	Richards, Carl		Image:Local	06:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.716N, 1.768W	29/08/2020	Richards, Carl		Image:Local	06:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17733568	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.716N, 1.768W	29/08/2020	Richards, Carl		Image:Local	06:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
26274776	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.568N, 2.437W	05/07/2022	Eades, Shaun		Image:Local	07:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14092	Feeding
26274776	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.568N, 2.437W	05/07/2022	Eades, Shaun		Image:Local	07:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14092	Feeding
26274776	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.568N, 2.437W	05/07/2022	Eades, Shaun		Image:Local	07:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14092	Feeding
40307398	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina \| Common Seal	Phoca vitulina Common Seal	marine mammal	50.734N, 1.994W	27/02/2025	Adams, Martin		Image:Local	07:45			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			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
34405927	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.625N, 2.443W	01/01/2024	Stevenson, Josh		Image:Local	07:56	14089	Within 1km	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14092	Feeding	Diving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34405927	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.625N, 2.443W	01/01/2024	Stevenson, Josh		Image:Local	07:56	14089	Within 1km	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14092	Feeding	Diving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34405927	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.625N, 2.443W	01/01/2024	Stevenson, Josh		Image:Local	07:56	14089	Within 1km	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14092	Feeding	Diving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34405927	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.625N, 2.443W	01/01/2024	Stevenson, Josh		Image:Local	07:56	14089	Within 1km	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14092	Feeding	Diving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
13324690	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.712N, 1.992W	02/05/2020	preen, lloyd		Image:Local	07:58	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
36093896	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.622N, 2.274W	23/05/2024	Hernandez Domingo, Veronica		Image:Local	08:00	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Looked 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 records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.622N, 2.274W	23/05/2024	Hernandez Domingo, Veronica		Image:Local	08:00	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Looked 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 records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.719N, 1.761W	08/12/2023	Martin, Ella	Also for 2 videos but relatively far back	Image:Local	08:00	14089	Within 1km	14073	Mist/fog	14074	Calm	1			14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling
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