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
35366837Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY11/04/2024Burke, Hannah
17:3014089Within 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.
34041128Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ08/12/2023Martin, Ella
08:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
33086231Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY19/09/2023Edwards, Rosie
11:2014088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14078Stormy114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingHead came up looked around and resurfaced
19443898Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY4802/03/2021Padovani, Ilaria
16:0014088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingcalm
17417683Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY9715/08/2020Hodgson, Sarah
14:4514088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14092, 14093, 14105Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingWas seen to eat a ballan wrasse
14733180Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY6630/06/2020Hodgson, Sarah
17:4514088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40386747Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY06/02/2025Hodgson, Sarah
10:5014088Within 100m114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40385683Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY03/11/2024Hodgson, Sarah
13:0014088Within 100m114102Male14098Adult
40384289Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY12/08/2024Hodgson, Sarah
19:3014089Within 1km114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
38670869Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY11/06/2024Hodgson, Sarah
09:3514088Within 100m114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
38519245Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY17/09/2024Hall, Jonathan
19:0014088Within 100m14075Choppy114101Not recordedSwam very close to me and remained in area surfacing regularly.
36310794Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY28/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah
18:4514088Within 100m114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
35172677Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ20/03/2024Smith, Steve
08:3014088Within 100m14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
33253435Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY20/08/2023Hodgson, Sarah
10:2014088Within 100m114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
33252755Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY13/08/2023Hodgson, Sarah
15:1514088Within 100m214102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
12901389Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ0009889225/02/2020Tinsley, Peter
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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
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, 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, 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.
8040723
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W08/05/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local08:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314099Mixed group14091, 14105Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling
8040723
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W08/05/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local08:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314099Mixed group14091, 14105Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling
6981072
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.693N, 2.023W19/06/2018Morley, PhilipImage:Local11:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm2
6981072
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.693N, 2.023W19/06/2018Morley, PhilipImage:Local11:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm2
8040841
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled 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, SarahImage:Local09:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled 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, SarahImage:Local09:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040763
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040763
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040763
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040961
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.459W25/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040961
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.459W25/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040961
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.459W25/06/2018Hodgson, SarahImage:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
7051168
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.515N, 2.454W25/06/2018Elkin, JenniferImage:Local14:3014070Sunny14074Calm114092FeedingSkinned and ate an eel whilst playing with it
7051168
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.515N, 2.454W25/06/2018Elkin, JenniferImage:Local14:3014070Sunny14074Calm114092FeedingSkinned and ate an eel whilst playing with it
7192119
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.729N, 2.908W08/07/2018Lodge, PatWhiskery noseImage:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114096Pup/juvenile14105Swimming - travellingLocation 100 feet or so from beach charmouth west beach. The seal kept popping its head out of the water several times to look at human bathers about 100 feet from it over about 20 minutes. It disappeared when two scuba divers entered the water
7192076
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.729N, 2.908W08/07/2018Lodge, PatWhiskery noseImage:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114096Pup/juvenile14105Swimming - travellingLocation 100 feet or so from beach charmouth west beach. The seal kept popping its head out of the water several times to look at human bathers about 100 feet from it over about 20 minutes. It disappeared when two scuba divers entered the water
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