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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
33122522Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY19/09/2023Hitchcoe, Ewan
14:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingSeal was in a blocked outfall pipe at bower point within the Arne moors coastal change conatruction site. The seal was slightly startled by me and proceeded to head west down a waterway within the site.
33115650Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY21/09/2023Hodgson, Sarah
11:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114102Male14093Bottling/resting in the water
33086231Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY19/09/2023Edwards, Rosie
11:2014088Within 100m14073Mist/fog14078Stormy114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingHead came up looked around and resurfaced
33043104Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY6902809715/09/2023Elize, Shannon
11:0014070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterAnxious because idiot dog owners were going to close and not respecting its space. It wanted to be on land to rest. We observed it for hours from afar. I put a call in yesterday as I was concerned about tourists getting too close
33042280Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ16/09/2023Hunter, Katie
13:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travelling
32824080Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY04/09/2023Duncan, Robert
10:4014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114098Adult14092Feeding
32785667Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY02/09/2023Holt, Lindsay
10:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32769607Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ01/09/2023Heathcote, Zoe
18:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingCame to surface , head above water, tracked east for 40 seconds then dived
32767987Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY25/08/2023Hatcher, Julie
16:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterSeen from boat by several people but not seen by me personally
32767898Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY25/08/2023Hatcher, Julie
15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
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.
32695486Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ1617922426/08/2023Rushton, Paul
21:0014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
32694562Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY27/08/2023Footner, Sarah
15:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32663514Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY26/08/2023Bernard, Dean
18:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14099Mixed group14093Bottling/resting in the waterObserving our movements across the beach
32604822Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/08/2023White, Trevor
14:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
32582863Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY9181876417/08/2023Munns, Lorraine
11:3014070Sunny14074Calm1Swimming upriver - appeared in shallow area where my dog was wading in water. Wish I had a photograph of that! It swam along to the weir.
32525337Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/08/2023Copp, Jacqui
19:1614088Within 100m14070Sunny114105Swimming - travelling
32502118Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ18/08/2023Turpin, Anita
13:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
32481924Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY17/08/2023Khatun, Hafiza
18:1514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingSeemed to love the attention.
32467996Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/08/2023Jones, Bethan
16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 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 Sex term ID Sex term Seal age term ID Seal age term Behaviour term ID Behaviour term Other behaviour notes
30753902
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.688N, 2.022W08/06/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:4714088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14095Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Porpoising
30753902
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.688N, 2.022W08/06/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:4714088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14095Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Porpoising
30753902
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.688N, 2.022W08/06/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local09:4714088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14095Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Porpoising
30753874
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.689N, 2.021W08/06/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local08:5414088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30394393
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.517N, 2.449W18/05/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local18:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30394393
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.517N, 2.449W18/05/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local18:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30394393
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.517N, 2.449W18/05/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local18:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30262799
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.609N, 2.130W09/05/2023Hatcher, JulieImage:Local10:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093, 14094, 14105Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingMostly bottling but then followed a couple of kayakers to the slipway, keeping slightly to the side and behind. Also seen feeding on a large fish. Disappearing underwater for periods.
30013676
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W20/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local15:2014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30013676
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W20/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local15:2014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30013676
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W20/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local15:2014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30013676
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W20/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local15:2014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
30013644
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.539N, 2.454W20/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114103Female14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
30013644
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.539N, 2.454W20/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114103Female14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
30010968
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.517N, 2.450W19/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local19:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098AdultDead
30010968
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.517N, 2.450W19/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local19:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098AdultDead
29937962
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.456W16/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local17:5514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
29937962
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.456W16/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local17:5514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
29848716
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.516N, 2.450W07/04/2023Lindsey, SueImage:Local13:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14095Porpoising
29848716
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.516N, 2.450W07/04/2023Lindsey, SueImage:Local13:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14095Porpoising
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