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ID	Source	Species	Common name	Taxon group	Grid ref	Date	Recorder	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

37553062	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY81288003	31/07/2024		17:00			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14105	Swimming - travelling
37428056	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	28/07/2024	Brooks, Adam	10:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling	I was swimming from Eype to Seatown when a large male repeatedly bumped me from below, emerged alongside me and bit/nibbled at my ankles and feet. This continued for around 15 mins causing me to change route and head inland between the two points if headland . It followed me in but did not come ashore with me.
37350659	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	26/07/2024	Nelson, Louise	08:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	First time we have seen a grey seal around Portland - a very large, solitary adult male that was bottling at the surface and occasionally dove down, presumably to forage. Sea was milky / bad visibility and some churn but not too choppy.
37212711	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	04/07/2024	Atherton, Andrew	21:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14105	Swimming - travelling	The Seal followed us for about 15 minutes- it appeared inquisitive about us, and came to within 2 metres of us, on the surface most of the time (it approached us)
37211131	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY99687685	02/07/2024	Baverstock, Karl	11:00			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water
37176450	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY53728687	19/07/2024	Cudlipp, Jackie	11:45			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling
37163194	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	19/07/2024	Bird, Dave	06:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling
37160857	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	18/07/2024	Mustard, Abi	19:10	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14092	Feeding
37156114	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	18/07/2024		21:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling
37081781	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ	16/07/2024	Williams, Donald		14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Just chilling
37061548	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	14/07/2024	Hunt, Bryony	11:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14096	Pup/juvenile	14093, 14094, 14095, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Porpoising, Swimming - travelling	The seal was very curious and inquisitive of my husband and I on our paddles boards. The seal kept popping up out of the water and almost playing with us - he came within one metre of us and swam underneath our boards. This went on for 20mins approx. It was magical!
37029925	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	20/05/2024	Tewkesbury, Mo	14:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14091, 14094, 14095	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Diving, Porpoising	We first noticed the seal diving under three kayaks which had paddled through the door. It seemed to be playing and was not disturbed or wary of quite a number of people watching from the beach. A dog barked but was restrained. The seal beached itself and was rolling in the surf. We watched from the cliff top for about 10 minutes. The photos we took do not give much detail as too far away. I will attempt to send one.can get it from phone to iPad.
36963947	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY98508844	11/07/2024	Ings, Naomi	09:00			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling	Was underwater and undetectable until I dipped off my paddleboard. It then splashed and emerged around 3m away watching me. It followed me for around 40mins at a distance
36930155	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ	09/07/2024	Harle, Amelie	21:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	As we drove along HolesBay Road my sons noticed it. They saw its face and whiskers. It was resting. We were returning from sailing. Enthused, we turned back to have another look but it has disappeared. We had never seen one there before. Sadly no ID because I was driving the car!
36910791	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ	06/07/2024	Williams, Donald		14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	2
36869364	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	07/07/2024	Dennison, Andrew	08:40	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded					Spotted in cove by open water swimmers in the cove at lulworth who kept distance
36868959	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SZ	29/06/2024	Jacobs, Ash	07:56	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14093, 14094	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36784486	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	02/07/2024	Hurry, Graeme	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14094	Diving	Diving, lying on its back.
36753284	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	30/06/2024	Barker, Ben		14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
36751618	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	30/06/2024	Smith, Jacki	14:20	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14096	Pup/juvenile	14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling	Happily popping head up and people watching.
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ID	Source	Species	Formatted name	Taxon Group	Grid Ref	Date	Recorder	Caption	Media type	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	Seal age term ID	Seal age term	Behaviour term ID	Behaviour term	Other behaviour notes

22550319	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.736N, 1.698W	09/10/2021	Hesketh, Anusha		Image:Local	11:25	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
22550319	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.736N, 1.698W	09/10/2021	Hesketh, Anusha		Image:Local	11:25	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
22550319	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.736N, 1.698W	09/10/2021	Hesketh, Anusha		Image:Local	11:25	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
22544714	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.622N, 2.277W	08/10/2021	Wellstood, Tristan		Image:Local	14:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Appeared to be quite young and slim. Hauled out further and turned around to avoid waves, despite people very nearby.
22544714	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.622N, 2.277W	08/10/2021	Wellstood, Tristan		Image:Local	14:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Appeared to be quite young and slim. Hauled out further and turned around to avoid waves, despite people very nearby.
22544714	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.622N, 2.277W	08/10/2021	Wellstood, Tristan		Image:Local	14:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Appeared to be quite young and slim. Hauled out further and turned around to avoid waves, despite people very nearby.
20536252	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.707N, 1.904W	02/05/2021	Jowett, Jane	Enlarged.	Image:Local	16:59	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1			14105	Swimming - travelling	Swimming alongside 3 swimmers in wetsuits. They got out the water and it swam around - popping up for air for a few minutes before heading towards Poole
20214211	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.710N, 2.761W	12/04/2021	Maughan, Sam		Image:Local	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1			14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Was on the beach for over an hour
17909374	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.592N, 2.064W	24/09/2020	Johnson, Leigh	Common seal sighting in Chapmans pool. Seals head up above the surface before diving down. poor phot	Image:Local	17:00			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14094, 14105	Diving, Swimming - travelling	Repeatedly dived and then popping up, before diving down again. Started in calm bay before going further into open ocean.
17264914	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.721N, 1.996W	08/08/2020	Miller, Julianna		Image:Local	21:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
14413113	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.708N, 2.033W	23/06/2020	Cole, Matthew		Image:Local	14:45	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling	Popped up around us a few times and then started playing by splashing and spinning in water next to us
14413113	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.708N, 2.033W	23/06/2020	Cole, Matthew		Image:Local	14:45	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling	Popped up around us a few times and then started playing by splashing and spinning in water next to us
14200400	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.540N, 2.422W	15/06/2020	House, Richard		Image:Local	14:12	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Both seals remained in place for about an hours - possibly linger. I was concerned that they might be caught in nets as they were surprisingly static. Neither seemed distressed, and I was able to see their full bodies at one point and no evidence of trouble. They appeared healthy, and as curious about my presence as I was at theirs. At no point did I do anything to disturb them other than watch. They appeared very calm just surfacing and bobbing and watching. They were still there after I left.
14200400	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.540N, 2.422W	15/06/2020	House, Richard		Image:Local	14:12	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Both seals remained in place for about an hours - possibly linger. I was concerned that they might be caught in nets as they were surprisingly static. Neither seemed distressed, and I was able to see their full bodies at one point and no evidence of trouble. They appeared healthy, and as curious about my presence as I was at theirs. At no point did I do anything to disturb them other than watch. They appeared very calm just surfacing and bobbing and watching. They were still there after I left.
14200400	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.540N, 2.422W	15/06/2020	House, Richard		Image:Local	14:12	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Both seals remained in place for about an hours - possibly linger. I was concerned that they might be caught in nets as they were surprisingly static. Neither seemed distressed, and I was able to see their full bodies at one point and no evidence of trouble. They appeared healthy, and as curious about my presence as I was at theirs. At no point did I do anything to disturb them other than watch. They appeared very calm just surfacing and bobbing and watching. They were still there after I left.
14200400	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.540N, 2.422W	15/06/2020	House, Richard		Image:Local	14:12	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water	Both seals remained in place for about an hours - possibly linger. I was concerned that they might be caught in nets as they were surprisingly static. Neither seemed distressed, and I was able to see their full bodies at one point and no evidence of trouble. They appeared healthy, and as curious about my presence as I was at theirs. At no point did I do anything to disturb them other than watch. They appeared very calm just surfacing and bobbing and watching. They were still there after I left.
13324690	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.712N, 1.992W	02/05/2020	preen, lloyd		Image:Local	07:58	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
8022866	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.515N, 2.453W	30/09/2018	Christopher, Andrew		Image:Local	11:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1			14092, 14093	Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
8022866	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.515N, 2.453W	30/09/2018	Christopher, Andrew		Image:Local	11:30	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1			14092, 14093	Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
7903061	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.516N, 2.446W	07/09/2018	symes, melanie		Image:Local	02:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14093, 14094, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling	The 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.
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