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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
23174599Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ22/11/2021Ross, Shirley
12:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14075Choppy114105Swimming - travellingJust below surface Stopped to look around Swam on
23120360Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ14/11/2021Steve, Steve
14:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingJust glimpsed it once as it traveled towards the marina. Couldn't see it again after waiting about 10 minutes.
23062572Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ04/11/2021Kuhnert, Jack
20:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterIt was dark so I couldn’t see it well, but it bobbed it’s head out of the water and I could hear the Seal breathing loudly through its nostrils, it then dived with a splash and I didn’t see it again
22550319Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ09/10/2021Hesketh, Anusha
11:2514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling
21215114Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ27/07/2021Husseyin, Yvonne
11:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travelling
21178345Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ24/07/2021Davis May, Lorraine
19:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingSeal came up close to paddleboard just off Brownsea Island,
21177748Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ24/07/2021Orchard, Corbin
19:0314089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, DivingWatching sandbanks chain ferry
21177159Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ24/07/2021Westerby, Allen
10:5014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14096Pup/juvenile14092FeedingThe young seal had caught a flatfish and was eating it. We were about 50 metres away and had a good view of the process. She held the fish in her flippers and released the fish several times and recaptured it, eating most of the body, leaving the head and tail, however we left before she had finished.
21177064Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ24/07/2021Westerby, Allen
10:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingThe seal was spotted in front of our Dragonboat. He was bottling at the time. He slowly swam downstream surfacing several times behind our boat before disappearing.
20791113Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ26/06/2021Richardson, Sam
15:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterInquisitive of passing kayaks and paddle boards, bobbing in water, breathing, very close to land
20536252Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ02/05/2021Jowett, Jane
16:5914088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingSwimming 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
20314891Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ01/05/2021Henegan, Julie
13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travelling
20179359Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ04/04/2021Westerby, Allen
09:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterWe saw the seal for about 5 to 10 seconds before it dived. It seemed very content.
20089507Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ04/11/2020Denchfield, Hannah
14:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travelling
19068509Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ15/02/2021Tutton, Nicki
15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
18812423Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ21/01/2021Simmons, Adrian
09:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingThe Seal was catching Common Bream where the River Avon flows into the harbour, then drifting downstream while eating, before swimming back for another. I saw it eat 3 one day and 1 on another. It was also seen at Christchurch Quay on either 23/01 or 24/01 with a Salmon.
18812155Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ24/09/2020Frost, Rosie
14:2014088Within 100m14072Raining14074Calm114101Not recorded14105Swimming - travellingPlayful joined my son swimming alongside him and nibbling a little at his toes which were in Black Sea shoes
18672316Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidaeUncertain seal speciesmarine mammalSZ18/01/2021Holman, Michelle
12:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14092, 14094Feeding, DivingWe watched with binoculars for 15mins it would dive below the surface for 4/5mins before surfacing to breathe again. Saw it approximately 5 times in that period.
18422499Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ26/12/2020Denton, Nell
16:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
18343461Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypusGrey Sealmarine mammalSZ06/12/2020Bates, Wendy
09:1014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114102Male14098Adult14095, 14105Porpoising, Swimming - travellingFollowed us whilst swimming and was very curious and inquisitive when we swam to shore.
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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
20221160
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.541N, 2.456W14/04/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm314102Male14098Adult14092, 14093, 14094Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
20221160
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.541N, 2.456W14/04/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm314102Male14098Adult14092, 14093, 14094Feeding, Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
20214211
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.710N, 2.761W12/04/2021Maughan, Sam Image:Local13:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterWas on the beach for over an hour
19623203
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.541N, 2.455W07/03/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
19623203
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.541N, 2.455W07/03/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214104Mixed14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
19441846
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.711N, 2.770W02/03/2021Myall, Sancha Image:Local08:3014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
19441846
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.711N, 2.770W02/03/2021Myall, Sancha Image:Local08:3014071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
19427722
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.513N, 2.455W27/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterDrifting along with the tide
19427722
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.513N, 2.455W27/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterDrifting along with the tide
19427722
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.513N, 2.455W27/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:5514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14093Bottling/resting in the waterDrifting along with the tide
19299721
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.557N, 2.449W20/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local16:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
19299721
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.557N, 2.449W20/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local16:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14076Rough114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
19068509
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.688N, 1.957W15/02/2021Tutton, Nicki Image:Local15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
19068509
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.688N, 1.957W15/02/2021Tutton, Nicki Image:Local15:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
18924796
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.557N, 2.449W13/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, DivingThere were some surfers in the water. The seal seemed interested and approached but remained wary and kept its distance. After around 20 minutes, it went further offshore heading south.
18924796
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.557N, 2.449W13/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, DivingThere were some surfers in the water. The seal seemed interested and approached but remained wary and kept its distance. After around 20 minutes, it went further offshore heading south.
18924796
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.557N, 2.449W13/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, DivingThere were some surfers in the water. The seal seemed interested and approached but remained wary and kept its distance. After around 20 minutes, it went further offshore heading south.
18924796
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.557N, 2.449W13/02/2021Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:1514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, DivingThere were some surfers in the water. The seal seemed interested and approached but remained wary and kept its distance. After around 20 minutes, it went further offshore heading south.
18818948
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.623N, 2.274W10/02/2021Johnson, Heather Image:Local13:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travellingSeemed very friendly!
18812423
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.724N, 1.766W21/01/2021Simmons, Adrian Image:Local09:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - travellingThe Seal was catching Common Bream where the River Avon flows into the harbour, then drifting downstream while eating, before swimming back for another. I saw it eat 3 one day and 1 on another. It was also seen at Christchurch Quay on either 23/01 or 24/01 with a Salmon.
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