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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
7167211Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ07/07/2018Tolley, Ben
22:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
6964322Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ16/06/2018Britt, Anthony
13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14077Very rough114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingWas travelling westwards along the line of the beach, approx 20m offshore, and seemed to stop at every group of beach fishermen for a few moments, then carry on.
6894824Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ18/05/2018Ford, Maggie
20:4514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travelling
6893009Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY06/06/2018Elms, Sarah
19:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092Feeding
6675665Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY12/04/2018Halewood, Jonathan
19:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
6624250Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY10/04/2018Garrett, Colin
16:4014088Within 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.
41066104Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY20/04/2025Widdess, Lucy
15:1514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098AdultMany birds were all in one area which looked like there may have been a school of fish
40987513Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ14/04/2025Wright, Alex
19:5014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14093Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water
40386239Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY15/12/2024Hodgson, Sarah
16:0514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093Bottling/resting in the water
40384289Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY12/08/2024Hodgson, Sarah
19:3014089Within 1km114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
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.
39771136Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSY29/12/2024Byrnes, Stephanie
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13:3014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm314099Mixed group14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
39035892Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ29/10/2024Hancock, Joe
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12:1514089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
38837683Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSX05/10/2024Thomas, Marilyn
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17:4814089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm1
38673518Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY17/05/2024Burge, Andrew
12:0614089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
38673450Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ28/09/2024Burge, Andrew
14:4014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
37950245Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY17/08/2024Hubble, Julie
12:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
37937620Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY16/08/2024Cornish, Lisa
19:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114105Swimming - travellingSwimming/circling around the same area for a while. we were on a paddleboard, it was curious, followed us and swam towards us on occasions.
37929412Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ16/08/2024Betteley, Lucy
12:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingIt was above the water saw me and went under neath my paddle board and swam off
36593419Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSY22/06/2024Diserens, Tara
15:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm214101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterIn Chapman's Pool
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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
29848716
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.516N, 2.450W07/04/2023Lindsey, SueImage:Local13:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14095Porpoising
29792307
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.621N, 2.276W03/04/2023Jeffery, AndrewImage:Local10:3014089Within 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
29788761
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.458W03/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local13:3514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29788761
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.458W03/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local13:3514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29788761
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.514N, 2.458W03/04/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local13:3514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29566788
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.934N, 2.752W05/03/2023Ryan-Andrews, LynneImage:Local10:0014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
29566788
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.934N, 2.752W05/03/2023Ryan-Andrews, LynneImage:Local10:0014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
29566788
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species
marine mammal50.934N, 2.752W05/03/2023Ryan-Andrews, LynneImage:Local10:0014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the water
29564149
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.610N, 2.442W03/03/2023Buxton, MichaelImage:Local18:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
29368988
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.610N, 2.133W13/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092FeedingEating a Ballan wrasse
29368988
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.610N, 2.133W13/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092FeedingEating a Ballan wrasse
29368988
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.610N, 2.133W13/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092FeedingEating a Ballan wrasse
29368988
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.610N, 2.133W13/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local12:3514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092FeedingEating a Ballan wrasse
29368954
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W04/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local10:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29368954
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W04/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local10:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29368954
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W04/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local10:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29368954
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W04/02/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local10:4514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
29171298
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
marine mammal50.610N, 2.136W16/01/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local13:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14076Rough114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
29171290
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.689N, 2.021W04/01/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local16:1014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
29171288
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulina | Common SealPhoca vitulina
Common Seal
marine mammal50.687N, 2.025W04/01/2023Hodgson, SarahImage:Local14:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
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