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
35332990Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ31/03/2024Westerby, Allen
15:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterBottling for a minute, dived for about a minute and bottled again for about 30 seconds before repeating. It covered about 100m in 5 minutes.
35325040Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY06/04/2024Oaten, Elizabeth
15:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14098Adult
35322715Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY23/03/2024Ladyman, Oli
16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14094DivingChecking out the fisherman on shore . Diving and travelling . My first sighting ever hope this helps
35314860Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY30/03/2024Pugh-Jones, Simon
15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214103Female14098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingThey were watching us watching them
35305757Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY04/04/2024Foster, Chloe
12:2014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling2 Playing together
35298848Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY03/04/2024Maitre, Pauline
15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
35283700Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY01/04/2024McGarrigle, Billie
13:5814088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091, 14093, 14105Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingThe seal was approaching the shore to rest on land and then returning to the water. He did this three or four times.
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.
35273483Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY468931/03/2024Bewley, Cheryl
10:4514071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterAppeared to be swimming close to the surface before spending a while possibly resting
35261987Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY29/03/2024Fowler, Alice
14088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35258323Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY07/03/2024Hodgson, Sarah
09:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingHeading west
35258306Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/03/2024Hodgson, Sarah
17:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35186722Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ22/03/2024Thompson, Peter
13:4514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm214099Mixed group14094Diving
35184648Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ22/03/2024Bronner, Kerry-Ann
17:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingSwimming - following a dog in the water, occasionally diving under the water. Quite close to the shoreline
35172688Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ18/03/2024Smith, Steve
15:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
35172677Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ20/03/2024Smith, Steve
08:3014088Within 100m14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
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
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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
35322715
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammalSY24989123/03/2024Ladyman, Oli100m off shore travelling west Image:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114098Adult14094DivingChecking out the fisherman on shore . Diving and travelling . My first sighting ever hope this helps
9832814
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.720N, 2.936W19/04/2019Higgins, Claire11.36am 19th April 19Image:Local08:2514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSeal 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 recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.603N, 2.450W10/04/2018Garrett, Colin1st SealImage:Local16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214093Bottling/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, Colin1st Seal within twenty metres of the shore.Image:Local16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214093Bottling/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, Colin2nd Seal further outImage:Local16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214093Bottling/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.
9832814
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.720N, 2.936W19/04/2019Higgins, Claire8.35am 19th April 19Image:Local08:2514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSeal 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 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
36910791
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.683N, 1.957W06/07/2024Williams, DonaldAnother Seal swimming inImage:Local14088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm2
20781450
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.619N, 2.246W09/06/2021Sweales, JulieBehind the brown dogImage:Local15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114095, 14105Porpoising, Swimming - travellingThe seal was trying to play with the dog
18422499
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.606N, 1.948W26/12/2020Denton, NellBoxing Day 2020Image:Local16:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
20534028
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.569N, 2.447W31/05/2021Hatcher, JulieBy Steve TrewhellaImage:Local12:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14094DivingPlaying with divers
35407333
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammalSY6975710014/04/2024Rogers, AshleyChurch Ope Cove, PortlandImage:Local13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSleeping, until a woman with a dog allowed it to have a sniff !
17909374
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.592N, 2.064W24/09/2020Johnson, LeighCommon seal sighting in Chapmans pool. Seals head up above the surface before diving down. poor photImage:Local17:0014070Sunny14074Calm114094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingRepeatedly dived and then popping up, before diving down again. Started in calm bay before going further into open ocean.
28638638
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.538N, 2.428W02/11/2022wheater, stevencurious enough to even try coming ashore towards us and so we had to back up the beach/cove to give Image:Local10:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterbottling 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 recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W29/10/2023Adams, LucyDo have a video alsoImage:Local13:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14077Very rough114105Swimming - travelling
20536252
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.707N, 1.904W02/05/2021Jowett, JaneEnlarged.Image:Local16:5914088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114105Swimming - travellingSwimming 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 recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.636N, 2.397W14/08/2020Porter, RichardEweleazeImage:Local17:4014071Cloudy14074Calm114093Bottling/resting in the water
17415611
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.637N, 2.397W14/08/2020Porter, RichardEweleaze beachImage:Local17:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterAllowed children to pet in shallow water - not clear if sick
32007906
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.608N, 2.443W29/07/2023Buxton, MichaelGrey seal Image:Local13:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterRepeated bottling
37715090
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.705N, 2.995W06/08/2024Walker, MattGrey seal? Image:Local13:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the waterIt 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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