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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
40384289Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY12/08/2024Hodgson, Sarah
19:3014089Within 1km114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40384229Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY02/08/2024Hodgson, Sarah
10:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40383678Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY31/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah
19:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40383606Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY28/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah
18:4014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40383561Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY18/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah
12:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40383324Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY10/07/2024Hodgson, Sarah
09:1514088Within 100m14070Sunny114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40367437Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ08/03/2025Harle, Amelie
09:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
40358181Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ07/03/2025Fernandes, Jo
11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingAbsolutely showing off swimming . Amazing video obtained
40330710Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ02/03/2025Orros, Mel
15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
40307398Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ0049927527/02/2025Adams, Martin
07:4514070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092FeedingIt has been present the last 3 days, and was up the PC World Drain/Fleets Channel Tuesday & Wednesday. Seen Tuesday eating fish at the top of the PC World Drain by Paul Morton. Unusual in Holes Bay North More photos on Twitter and Bluesky with DWT tagged
40289794Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY24/02/2025Bradley, Jack
16:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSun bathing on a jetski pod. The seal has been hanging out around here with multiple sightings recently.
40235023Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY17/02/2025Hopley, Lindsay
17:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travelling
40230396Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ13/02/2025Vincent, Charlotte
09:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
40139793Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ03/02/2025Liddicoat, Amanda
14:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
40139420Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ04/02/2025Mackenzie, Sally
12:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
40138413Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ04/02/2025Stewart, Amelia
12:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterResting on the beach opposite the Oceanarium. Rolled over once with wave.
40123992Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ0392845803/02/2025Staff, Rachel
13:0014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14095, 14105Porpoising, Swimming - travelling
40109633Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY01/02/2025Lavender, Sarah
09:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098AdultNot my photo I was the swimmer. I was oblivious to the seal until I saw people onshore filming and gesticulating behind me. He/she was about 10 m away when I turned to look, Seemed like quite a large seal, dark in colour, quite a long muzzle, so I think it was a Grey. As soon as I swam away and got out of the water it swam off, so it was perhaps checking I wasn’t a threat, or just curious?
40049309Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ22/01/2025alders, richard
14088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14092, 14094, 14105Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling
40017429Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY18/01/2025Palmer, Karen
11:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingPopped up briefly then disappeared under the water. Travelled along the coast line towards the east
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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
39771136
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.450W29/12/2024Byrnes, Stephanie Image:Local13:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm314099Mixed group14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
39771136
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.450W29/12/2024Byrnes, Stephanie Image:Local13:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm314099Mixed group14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
39770596
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.724N, 2.036W29/12/2024Hurst, Matt Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingHappily swimming around Lytchett Bay. Coming close to shore and diving down / swimming.
39770596
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.724N, 2.036W29/12/2024Hurst, Matt Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingHappily swimming around Lytchett Bay. Coming close to shore and diving down / swimming.
39767558
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.570N, 2.419W26/12/2024Hale, Alan Image:Local09:0014073Mist/fog14074Calm314104Mixed14099Mixed group14091, 14092Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, FeedingCalling out. Barking + a howling-type sound.
39180299
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.698N, 1.950W15/11/2024Burman, Natalie Image:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092, 14094Feeding, DivingPopping out regularly to say hello and then diving
39180299
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.698N, 1.950W15/11/2024Burman, Natalie Image:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092, 14094Feeding, DivingPopping out regularly to say hello and then diving
39180299
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.698N, 1.950W15/11/2024Burman, Natalie Image:Local16:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092, 14094Feeding, DivingPopping out regularly to say hello and then diving
39035892
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.737N, 1.691W29/10/2024Hancock, Joe Image:Local12:1514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
39035892
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.737N, 1.691W29/10/2024Hancock, Joe Image:Local12:1514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
38837683
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.400N, 3.514W05/10/2024Thomas, Marilyn Image:Local17:4814089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm1
38673518
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal		marine mammal50.694N, 2.078W17/05/2024Burge, Andrew Image:Local12:0614089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
38673450
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal		marine mammal50.707N, 1.997W28/09/2024Burge, Andrew Image:Local14:4014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
38670869
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.514N, 2.455W11/06/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local09:3514088Within 100m114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
38664335
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.712N, 2.772W28/09/2024Dibben, Gordon Image:Local14088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092Feeding
38656671
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.513N, 2.457W28/09/2024Hernaman, Jennie Image:Local13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
38618320
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.942N, 2.573W24/09/2024Rumble, Georgina I have a video but it won't let me upload itImage:Local17:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14094, 14095Diving, PorpoisingIt would pop it's head up for about 10 seconds, have a look around then dive back under. Amazing!!
38617084
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.710N, 2.046W24/09/2024townley, stephen Image:Local15:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14091, 14094Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, DivingI was on my kayak and he was looking at me coming close then diving to go behind me. Took video
38589382
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.725N, 1.994W22/09/2024Chick, Malcolm It was clearer with naked eye and barely surfaced just to keep snout out.Image:Local10:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingMoving slowly, occasionally submerging.
38589382
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.725N, 1.994W22/09/2024Chick, Malcolm Image:Local10:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingMoving slowly, occasionally submerging.
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