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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
36514234Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/06/2024Tinsley, Peter
15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098AdultLolling about in the water about 100m from the beach
36429033Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY14/06/2024Hogben, Amy
13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
36315825Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY07/06/2024Hodgson, Sarah
12:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy214102Male14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
36315673Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY25/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
17:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
36314425Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY25/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
16:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093Bottling/resting in the water
36313219Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY23/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
19:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093Bottling/resting in the water
36311808Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY17/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
12:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36311680Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY14/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
18:1014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36311366Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
14:2514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36311330Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
13:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingHeading south towards the Bill
36311317Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214102Male14099Mixed group14091, 14093, 14094Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, DivingSmaller seal was hauled, then spooked by larger adult
36310891Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY01/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah
09:1514088Within 100m14072Raining14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36310794Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY28/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah
18:4514088Within 100m114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36310665Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY27/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah
12:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
36296839Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY04/06/2024Koester, Kim
19:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingSurfaced among the boats, and swam out with the tidal flow
36184378Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY30/05/2024Walker, Marianne
19:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
36183316Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY30/05/2024Gazulla Murcia, Ruben
19:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterBottling for a minute and then diving for a few minutes. Did this 4 times always reappearing almost at the same spot
36174695Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY30/05/2024BĂ€RTLETT, DAN
12:1514088Within 100m14072Raining14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult
36093896Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY23/05/2024Hernandez Domingo, Veronica
08:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterLooked very calm, we could see only the head out and swam a bit in our direction but then went back bottling
36010681Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY20/05/2024Hawkins, Katie
13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the 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
38837683
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.400N, 3.514W05/10/2024Thomas, MarilynImage:Local17:4814089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm1
40439120
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.430N, 2.540W15/03/2025Seabrook, JohnSeal sighted off CharmouthImage:Local17:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPhotographed with fish in mouth, from Charmouth promenade, perhaps 200m off the beach, high tide, late afternoon; Dived a number of times. First time we'd seen one there. (Saw a seal in the outer part of the Cobb at Lyme a few years back.)
40439120
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.430N, 2.540W15/03/2025Seabrook, JohnSeal fishing off CharmouthImage:Local17:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPhotographed with fish in mouth, from Charmouth promenade, perhaps 200m off the beach, high tide, late afternoon; Dived a number of times. First time we'd seen one there. (Saw a seal in the outer part of the Cobb at Lyme a few years back.)
37792320
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.501N, 2.455W10/08/2024Kedwell, LaraghImage:Local14:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
37791325
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.501N, 2.455W10/08/2024Kedwell, LaraghImage:Local14:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
30873385
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.504N, 2.461W14/06/2023O'Connor, JaneImage:Local16:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultThe seal was calm, remaining in one place, seemingly sleepy as it was yawning constantly and intermittenly opening and shutting its eyes as if resting. I am not familiar with some of the behaviour terms listed so I can't tick this box. We watched it for about an hour, and it was still there an hour later.
30873385
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.504N, 2.461W14/06/2023O'Connor, JaneImage:Local16:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultThe seal was calm, remaining in one place, seemingly sleepy as it was yawning constantly and intermittenly opening and shutting its eyes as if resting. I am not familiar with some of the behaviour terms listed so I can't tick this box. We watched it for about an hour, and it was still there an hour later.
30873385
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.504N, 2.461W14/06/2023O'Connor, JaneImage:Local16:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultThe seal was calm, remaining in one place, seemingly sleepy as it was yawning constantly and intermittenly opening and shutting its eyes as if resting. I am not familiar with some of the behaviour terms listed so I can't tick this box. We watched it for about an hour, and it was still there an hour later.
30873385
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.504N, 2.461W14/06/2023O'Connor, JaneImage:Local16:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultThe seal was calm, remaining in one place, seemingly sleepy as it was yawning constantly and intermittenly opening and shutting its eyes as if resting. I am not familiar with some of the behaviour terms listed so I can't tick this box. We watched it for about an hour, and it was still there an hour later.
19427722
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.455W27/02/2021Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterDrifting along with the tide
19427722
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.455W27/02/2021Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterDrifting along with the tide
19427722
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.455W27/02/2021Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterDrifting along with the tide
21586768
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.456W12/08/2021Williams, GillImage:Local15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
21586768
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.456W12/08/2021Williams, GillImage:Local15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
41434598
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W10/04/2025Hodgson, SarahImage:Local10:0414088Within 100m114102Male14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
41434598
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W10/04/2025Hodgson, SarahImage:Local10:0414088Within 100m114102Male14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
40017429
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W18/01/2025Palmer, KarenNo seal in any photos it was camera shy but these pics show the conditions Image:Local11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
40017429
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W18/01/2025Palmer, KarenImage:Local11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
40017429
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W18/01/2025Palmer, KarenImage:Local11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
38656671
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W28/09/2024Hernaman, JennieImage:Local13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
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