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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
33122522Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY19/09/2023Hitchcoe, Ewan
14:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingSeal was in a blocked outfall pipe at bower point within the Arne moors coastal change conatruction site. The seal was slightly startled by me and proceeded to head west down a waterway within the site.
33115650Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY21/09/2023Hodgson, Sarah
11:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114102Male14093Bottling/resting in the water
33086231Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY19/09/2023Edwards, Rosie
11:2014088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14078Stormy114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingHead came up looked around and resurfaced
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
33042280Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ16/09/2023Hunter, Katie
13:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travelling
32824080Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY04/09/2023Duncan, Robert
10:4014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114098Adult14092Feeding
32785667Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY02/09/2023Holt, Lindsay
10:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32769607Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ01/09/2023Heathcote, Zoe
18:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingCame to surface , head above water, tracked east for 40 seconds then dived
32767987Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY25/08/2023Hatcher, Julie
16:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterSeen from boat by several people but not seen by me personally
32767898Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY25/08/2023Hatcher, Julie
15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32703867Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY24/08/2023yawetz, D
19:1914088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingreally call night, they were slowly travelling up the coast and diving and looking at us. Maybe hunting in the seaweed.
32695486Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ1617922426/08/2023Rushton, Paul
21:0014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
32694562Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY27/08/2023Footner, Sarah
15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32663514Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY26/08/2023Bernard, Dean
18:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14099Mixed group14093Bottling/resting in the waterObserving our movements across the beach
32604822Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/08/2023White, Trevor
14:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
32582863Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY9181876417/08/2023Munns, Lorraine
11:3014070Sunny14074Calm1Swimming upriver - appeared in shallow area where my dog was wading in water. Wish I had a photograph of that! It swam along to the weir.
32525337Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/08/2023Copp, Jacqui
19:1614088Within 100m14070Sunny114105Swimming - travelling
32502118Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ18/08/2023Turpin, Anita
13:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32481924Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY17/08/2023Khatun, Hafiza
18:1514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingSeemed to love the attention.
32467996Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/08/2023Jones, Bethan
16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
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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
41435165
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.452W20/04/2025Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
41435165
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.452W20/04/2025Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
41066104
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.514N, 2.457W20/04/2025Widdess, Lucy Image:Local15:1514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098AdultMany birds were all in one area which looked like there may have been a school of fish
40987513
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.712N, 1.889W14/04/2025Wright, Alex Image:Local19:5014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
40987513
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.712N, 1.889W14/04/2025Wright, Alex Image:Local19:5014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
40987198
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.713N, 1.886W14/04/2025Stevens, Nicola I have a video that's clearer but can't attach that here.Image:Local14:2014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14092Feeding
40386445
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.530N, 2.437W16/01/2025Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:5014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40386445
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.530N, 2.437W16/01/2025Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:5014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40386295
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W21/12/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local11:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40386295
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W21/12/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local11:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40386239
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.515N, 2.460W15/12/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local16:0514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093Bottling/resting in the water
40386209
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.517N, 2.449W30/11/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local15:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40385773
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.513N, 2.458W09/11/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local16:2014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40385738
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W03/11/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40385738
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W03/11/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40385628
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.522N, 2.442W06/10/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093Bottling/resting in the water
40384405
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.451W29/09/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local14:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14077Very rough214102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40383678
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.517N, 2.450W31/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local19:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40383678
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.517N, 2.450W31/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local19:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40383561
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.451W18/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
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