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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

40383606	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	28/07/2024	Hodgson, Sarah	18:40	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water
40383561	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	18/07/2024	Hodgson, Sarah	12:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	2	14104	Mixed	14098	Adult	14093, 14094	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40383324	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	10/07/2024	Hodgson, Sarah	09:15	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny			1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling
40367437	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ	08/03/2025	Harle, Amelie	09:10	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling
40358181	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ	07/03/2025	Fernandes, Jo	11:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1					14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling	Absolutely showing off swimming . Amazing video obtained
40330710	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SZ	02/03/2025	Orros, Mel	15:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14101	Not recorded			14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling
40307398	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SZ00499275	27/02/2025	Adams, Martin	07:45			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			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
40289794	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	24/02/2025	Bradley, Jack	16:00	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Sun bathing on a jetski pod. The seal has been hanging out around here with multiple sightings recently.
40235023	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	17/02/2025	Hopley, Lindsay	17:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy			1	14101	Not recorded			14105	Swimming - travelling
40230396	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ	13/02/2025	Vincent, Charlotte	09:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water
40139793	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ	03/02/2025	Liddicoat, Amanda	14:50	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
40139420	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ	04/02/2025	Mackenzie, Sally	12:45	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14076	Rough	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
40138413	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ	04/02/2025	Stewart, Amelia	12:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14076	Rough	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Resting on the beach opposite the Oceanarium. Rolled over once with wave.
40123992	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ03928458	03/02/2025	Staff, Rachel	13:00			14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14095, 14105	Porpoising, Swimming - travelling
40109633	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	01/02/2025	Lavender, Sarah	09:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult			Not my photo I was the swimmer. I was oblivious to the seal until I saw people onshore filming and gesticulating behind me. He/she was about 10 m away when I turned to look, Seemed like quite a large seal, dark in colour, quite a long muzzle, so I think it was a Grey. As soon as I swam away and got out of the water it swam off, so it was perhaps checking I wasn’t a threat, or just curious?
40049309	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SZ	22/01/2025	alders, richard		14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14092, 14094, 14105	Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling
40017429	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	18/01/2025	Palmer, Karen	11:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded			14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling	Popped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
40011409	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SZ	18/01/2025	Chase, Mitzi	12:10	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14095	Porpoising
40010707	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ	18/01/2025	Comer, David	11:05	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded
39929274	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	28/12/2024	Mason, Julie	11:41	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	6	14104	Mixed	14099	Mixed group	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
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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

35322715	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY249891	23/03/2024	Ladyman, Oli	100m off shore travelling west	Image:Local	16:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14098	Adult	14094	Diving	Checking out the fisherman on shore . Diving and travelling . My first sighting ever hope this helps
9832814	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.720N, 2.936W	19/04/2019	Higgins, Claire	11.36am 19th April 19	Image:Local	08:25	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	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.
6624250	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.603N, 2.450W	10/04/2018	Garrett, Colin	1st Seal	Image:Local	16:40	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	2			14093	Bottling/resting in the water	The 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 records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.603N, 2.450W	10/04/2018	Garrett, Colin	1st Seal within twenty metres of the shore.	Image:Local	16:40	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	2			14093	Bottling/resting in the water	The 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 records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.603N, 2.450W	10/04/2018	Garrett, Colin	2nd Seal further out	Image:Local	16:40	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	2			14093	Bottling/resting in the water	The 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.
9832814	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.720N, 2.936W	19/04/2019	Higgins, Claire	8.35am 19th April 19	Image:Local	08:25	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	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.
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
36910791	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.683N, 1.957W	06/07/2024	Williams, Donald	Another Seal swimming in	Image:Local		14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	2
20781450	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.619N, 2.246W	09/06/2021	Sweales, Julie	Behind the brown dog	Image:Local	15:00	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14095, 14105	Porpoising, Swimming - travelling	The seal was trying to play with the dog
18422499	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.606N, 1.948W	26/12/2020	Denton, Nell	Boxing Day 2020	Image:Local	16:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
20534028	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.569N, 2.447W	31/05/2021	Hatcher, Julie	By Steve Trewhella	Image:Local	12:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14094	Diving	Playing with divers
35407333	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY69757100	14/04/2024	Rogers, Ashley	Church Ope Cove, Portland	Image:Local	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Sleeping, until a woman with a dog allowed it to have a sniff !
17909374	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.592N, 2.064W	24/09/2020	Johnson, Leigh	Common seal sighting in Chapmans pool. Seals head up above the surface before diving down. poor phot	Image:Local	17:00			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling	Repeatedly dived and then popping up, before diving down again. Started in calm bay before going further into open ocean.
28638638	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.538N, 2.428W	02/11/2022	wheater, steven	curious enough to even try coming ashore towards us and so we had to back up the beach/cove to give	Image:Local	10:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14076	Rough	1	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	bottling at far northern end of cove , close to the shallow break water almost on waters edge when we noticed him/her. as we sat and watched, seal swam across the cove towards us( we were sat taking in the views on the southern end of the cove) then came ashore, seemed curious to investigate what we were, then turned and returned to the water as we got up to back away and give if space
33657608	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.513N, 2.457W	29/10/2023	Adams, Lucy	Do have a video also	Image:Local	13:30	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14077	Very rough	1			14105	Swimming - travelling
20536252	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.707N, 1.904W	02/05/2021	Jowett, Jane	Enlarged.	Image:Local	16:59	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1			14105	Swimming - travelling	Swimming alongside 3 swimmers in wetsuits. They got out the water and it swam around - popping up for air for a few minutes before heading towards Poole
17414331	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.636N, 2.397W	14/08/2020	Porter, Richard	Eweleaze	Image:Local	17:40			14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
17415611	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.637N, 2.397W	14/08/2020	Porter, Richard	Eweleaze beach	Image:Local	17:40	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Allowed children to pet in shallow water - not clear if sick
32007906	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.608N, 2.443W	29/07/2023	Buxton, Michael	Grey seal	Image:Local	13:50	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Repeated bottling
37715090	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.705N, 2.995W	06/08/2024	Walker, Matt	Grey seal?	Image:Local	13:55	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14092, 14093	Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water	It was moving up and down the beach regularly diving for a few minutes at a time. It would often bob around more then likely keeping an eye on us.
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