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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
36625576Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ13/06/2024Sanders, Ben
07:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
36608091Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY19/06/2024Ellis, Mark
17:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
36594840Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY20/06/2024Atherton, Andrew
20:3514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm14101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingThe seal came to investigate our kayak group
36593419Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/06/2024Diserens, Tara
15:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterIn Chapman's Pool
36577331Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/06/2024Vanni, Isabella
14:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm314101Not recorded14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
36573348Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY22/06/2024Martingale, Louise
14:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterHead bobbing and and out of water for about 5 minutes. Swan away then came back to the same spot about 10 minutes later
36565981Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/06/2024Cunningham, Pam
11:2014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the 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
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
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
36186235Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ0401870421/05/2024Young, Henry
06:3014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092Feeding
36184378Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY30/05/2024Walker, Marianne
19:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
36175401Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ30/05/2024Brown, Steve
14:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14099Mixed group14094Diving
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
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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.
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
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
7192076
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
7192119
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
7392469
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.693N, 2.026W23/07/2018McBride, Harry Seal of Shipstal beach, ArneImage:Local13:3414088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14095Porpoising
7903061
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.516N, 2.446W07/09/2018symes, melanie Image:Local02:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingThe seal look like he was holding onto an underwater rock and just sitting there, every so often going under water , always returning to the same spot.
7903061
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.516N, 2.446W07/09/2018symes, melanie Image:Local02:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingThe seal look like he was holding onto an underwater rock and just sitting there, every so often going under water , always returning to the same spot.
8019354
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.694N, 2.041W28/09/2018Shaw, Martin Image:Local18:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
8019354
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.694N, 2.041W28/09/2018Shaw, Martin Image:Local18:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
8022866
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.515N, 2.453W30/09/2018Christopher, Andrew Image:Local11:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
8022866
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.515N, 2.453W30/09/2018Christopher, Andrew Image:Local11:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
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
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)
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