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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
37553062Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY8128800331/07/2024
17:0014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travelling
37156114Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY18/07/2024
21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
24991191Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ24/04/2022
16:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14095, 14105Porpoising, Swimming - travelling
22775297Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY17/10/2021
15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14091, 14093Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the waterInteracting with humans, seemed very accustomed
20780969Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY19/06/2021
14:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterHe was watching us, following us as we were coasteering and popping his head out occasionally to say hello
18273251Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY9849884030/11/2020
10:3014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultClimbed on to paddleboard Swam along behind my board as I paddled. Played in shallow water when I landed on shore in attempt to put space between myself and the seal.
36186235Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ0401870421/05/2024Young, Henry
06:3014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092Feeding
24142389Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY26/02/2022Young, Dan
14089Within 1km14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingVery choppy sea conditions.
28695696Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ0110901609/11/2022Yeates, Ken
16:0014070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingSwimming with the falling tide towards Sandbanks. Head only in sight for a few minutes
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.
21407859Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY04/08/2021Wyatt, ANDREW
16:4514089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40987513Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ14/04/2025Wright, Alex
19:5014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
24501899Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY18/03/2022Wray, Max
11:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092, 14093, 14094Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, DivingSingle seal was spotted 50m from us while kayaking. We stopped, so as to avoid disturbing it, but it dived and surfaced next to us, hanging around the boats for a couple of minutes. Continued to dive and swim within 50m of us for 5 minutes while we slowly paddled onwards. A 2nd seal was seen appearing on the surface of the water too at 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.
37663369Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY03/07/2024Winkle, Ian
16:1314088Within 100m14070Sunny114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterIt appeared much blacker and bulkier than most seals I have been able to compare it with. It spent several minutes always vertical in the position shown apparently breathing through an open mouth before slowly submerging for another few minutes and popping up again a little further (15m) along the coast.
26989585Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY18/07/2022Williams, Rob
10:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092, 14094, 14095, 14105Feeding, Diving, Porpoising, Swimming - travellingVery inquisitive of us on paddleboards; followed us along inside of harbour wall as far as abandoned buildings: seemed playful but did not approach more than 5 metres. Seen hunting and eating a fish.
21586768Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY12/08/2021Williams, Gill
15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
38175836Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ29/08/2024Williams, Donald
14088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSat on the mooring for almost 3 hours
37880419Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ09/08/2024Williams, Donald
14088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14099Mixed groupAnother skipper reported seeing them mate that day
37629285Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ03/08/2024Williams, Donald
14088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded14091Hauled 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
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 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 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.
8040723
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal		marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W08/05/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local08:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314104Mixed14099Mixed 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, Sarah Image:Local08:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314104Mixed14099Mixed 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, 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
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
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
8040763
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal		marine mammal50.686N, 2.024W20/06/2018Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled 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, Sarah Image:Local09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled 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, Sarah Image:Local09:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled 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, Sarah Image:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 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, Sarah Image:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 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, Sarah Image:Local21:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 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, Jennifer Image:Local14:3014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092FeedingSkinned 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, Jennifer Image:Local14:3014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092FeedingSkinned and ate an eel whilst playing with it
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.729N, 2.908W08/07/2018Lodge, Pat Whiskery 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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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.729N, 2.908W08/07/2018Lodge, Pat Whiskery 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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