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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
35170333Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY20/03/2024Muir-Stokes, Lee
18:2014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
35027051Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ20/02/2024Hatcher, Julie
14:4714088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
35026566Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY25/02/2024Hodgson, Sarah
11:2514088Within 100m14072Raining14076Rough214102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35026560Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY25/02/2024Hodgson, Sarah
11:1014088Within 100m14072Raining14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35026313Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY04/03/2024Hodgson, Sarah
16:0514088Within 100m14072Raining14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35002159Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY6922746327/02/2024Goodman, Louise
11:0014071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult
34961853Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/02/2024Haynes, Elizabeth
10:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14094, 14105Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travellingCame to see us swimming in the water. Swimming across the bay, eating fish. Diving.
34840807Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY11/02/2024Hodgson, Sarah
16:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
34840430Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ12/02/2024Long, Kate
16:1514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingSeagulls were tracking the seal, which caught my attention
34815726Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ12/02/2024Lee, Ian
13:1014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultCaught very large fish in plain sight. Viewed clearly through 20x50 binoculars.
34809380Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY6848687507/02/2024Earing, Claire
14072Raining14075Choppy114101Not recorded14095Porpoising
34740557Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY06/02/2024Hamilton, Mike
08:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult
34659921Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY26/01/2024Applin, John
13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14093Bottling/resting in the water
34659873Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY26/01/2024Applin, John
13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14093Bottling/resting in the water
34461967Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY31/12/2023Hodgson, Sarah
15:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
34405927Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY01/01/2024Stevenson, Josh
07:5614089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092FeedingDiving in the shallows to catch fish. Took video of seal eating a fish.
34342281Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY26/12/2023Humphries, Colin
13:2614089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterSwam over in the shallows to check out our kayaks and then just floated around occasionally lifting its flippers above the water line where it would hold that position for 15 secs. Very calm and rested looked seal.
34041128Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ08/12/2023Martin, Ella
08:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
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
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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
8040841
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local09:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040841
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local09:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8022866
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.515N, 2.453W30/09/2018Christopher, Andrew Image:Local11:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
8022866
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.515N, 2.453W30/09/2018Christopher, Andrew Image:Local11:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
6981072
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.693N, 2.023W19/06/2018Morley, Philip Image:Local11:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded
6981072
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.693N, 2.023W19/06/2018Morley, Philip Image:Local11:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded
6624250
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.603N, 2.450W10/04/2018Garrett, Colin 1st SealImage:Local16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterThe first Seal was within twenty metres of the shore. Stayed there approximately thirty to forty minutes. Another Seal with different markings was sighted further out and stayed in the same place, resting in the water (sometimes submerging) for the duration of us being there.
6624250
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.603N, 2.450W10/04/2018Garrett, Colin 1st Seal within twenty metres of the shore.Image:Local16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterThe first Seal was within twenty metres of the shore. Stayed there approximately thirty to forty minutes. Another Seal with different markings was sighted further out and stayed in the same place, resting in the water (sometimes submerging) for the duration of us being there.
6624250
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.603N, 2.450W10/04/2018Garrett, Colin 2nd Seal further outImage:Local16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterThe first Seal was within twenty metres of the shore. Stayed there approximately thirty to forty minutes. Another Seal with different markings was sighted further out and stayed in the same place, resting in the water (sometimes submerging) for the duration of us being there.
39767558
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.570N, 2.419W26/12/2024Hale, Alan Image:Local09:0014073Mist/fog14074Calm314104Mixed14099Mixed group14091, 14092Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, FeedingCalling out. Barking + a howling-type sound.
35369096
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammalSY6850743711/04/2024Hoar, Darran Image:Local19:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
35366837
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammalSY8055802211/04/2024Burke, Hannah Image:Local17:3014089Within 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.
34041128
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.719N, 1.761W08/12/2023Martin, Ella Also for 2 videos but relatively far back Image:Local08:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
17417683
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.610N, 2.132W15/08/2020Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local14:4514088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14092, 14093, 14105Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingWas seen to eat a ballan wrasse
17417683
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.610N, 2.132W15/08/2020Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local14:4514088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14092, 14093, 14105Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingWas seen to eat a ballan wrasse
17417683
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.610N, 2.132W15/08/2020Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local14:4514088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14092, 14093, 14105Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingWas seen to eat a ballan wrasse
35026566
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.451W25/02/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local11:2514088Within 100m14072Raining14076Rough214102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35026560
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.515N, 2.460W25/02/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local11:1014088Within 100m14072Raining14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
34809380
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.518N, 2.446W07/02/2024Earing, Claire Image:Local14072Raining14075Choppy114101Not recorded14095Porpoising
34809380
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.518N, 2.446W07/02/2024Earing, Claire Image:Local14072Raining14075Choppy114101Not recorded14095Porpoising
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