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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
35407333Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY14/04/2024Rogers, Ashley
13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSleeping, until a woman with a dog allowed it to have a sniff !
35407331Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY14/04/2024Rogers, Ashley
13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterSleeping
35369096Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY11/04/2024Hoar, Darran
19:0014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
35366837Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY11/04/2024Burke, Hannah
17:3014089Within 1km14073Mist/fog14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterLooked uncomfortable, not sure if it was unwell. Other people were coming up to it and trying to touch it.
35298848Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY03/04/2024Maitre, Pauline
15:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
34840807Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY11/02/2024Hodgson, Sarah
16:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
33871373Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY21/11/2023Taylor, Dave
09:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
33637210Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY28/10/2023Harper, Patrick
14088Within 100m14072Raining14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
33584324Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY19/10/2023Hodgson, Sarah
13:2014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
33253635Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY01/09/2023Hodgson, Sarah
12:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
33238976Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY29/09/2023Hodgson, Sarah
18:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
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
32385354Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY13/08/2023Lenman, Mariana
15:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
32122811Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ03/08/2023Vale, Alex
13:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingSpotted whilst paddle boarding, seal was very calm and inquisitive
32121418Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY03/08/2023Hodgson, Sarah
13:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travellingTravelling north
32119328Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ0364836403/08/2023Skea-Strachan, Isabel
12:3014071Cloudy14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14105Swimming - travellingCame up near swimmers c20m from National Trust Beach at Studland. Looked around and swam off
32118293Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY6840688814/06/2023Hodgson, Sarah
16:3514070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
29792307Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY03/04/2023Jeffery, Andrew
10:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterCame out of water very close to people and travelled up the shingle to rest, unusually tolerant of people
29368988Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY13/02/2023Hodgson, Sarah
12:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092FeedingEating a Ballan wrasse
29171298Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY16/01/2023Hodgson, Sarah
13:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 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
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)
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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