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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

27589180	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SY	08/08/2022	Abbott, Caroline	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	It sat on the ledge we had left shoes on while we went for a swim so we had to go within 10m to collect the shoes and it seemed to enjoy watching us very relaxed. Stayed there till the tide came in.
33657608	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	29/10/2023	Adams, Lucy	13:30	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14077	Very rough	1					14105	Swimming - travelling
40307398	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SZ00499275	27/02/2025	Adams, Martin	07:45			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14092	Feeding	It has been present the last 3 days, and was up the PC World Drain/Fleets Channel Tuesday & Wednesday. Seen Tuesday eating fish at the top of the PC World Drain by Paul Morton. Unusual in Holes Bay North More photos on Twitter and Bluesky with DWT tagged
7057570	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SY94308820	19/04/2018	Adkins, Patrick	13:00			14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14093, 14094	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
40049309	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina	Common Seal	marine mammal	SZ	22/01/2025	alders, richard		14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14092, 14094, 14105	Feeding, Diving, Swimming - travelling
31771406	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	18/07/2023	appleby, Oliver	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded			14093, 14094, 14095	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Porpoising	Around for 15-20 mins. Watches kayaks and left after a power boat went past
38978004	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	24/10/2024	Applin, John	15:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water
35668541	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	29/04/2024	Applin, John	14:30	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14094	Diving
34659921	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	26/01/2024	Applin, John	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14102	Male			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
34659873	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	26/01/2024	Applin, John	13:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14102	Male			14093	Bottling/resting in the water
33149295	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	24/09/2023	Applin, John	11:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14102	Male	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water
12773908	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY78	31/01/2020	Arnold, Amanda		14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14094	Diving	The seal did not stick around and quickly disappeared. However, it kept diving and returning to the surface. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a pup but not sure if it was a harbour or grey seal.
21256381	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY68727879	30/07/2021	Ashby, Ian	12:45			14071	Cloudy	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded	14096	Pup/juvenile	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
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)
36594840	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY	20/06/2024	Atherton, Andrew	20:35	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm		14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling	The seal came to investigate our kayak group
7671262	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae	Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	SY97	12/08/2018	Bailey, Rose	16:00	14089	Within 1km	14072	Raining	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14094	Diving
17732600	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SZ19	28/08/2020	Ball, Abigail	20:28	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14091, 14105	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling	Swimming then curious so travelled onto land to see myself and my dog. I have a video if needed in addition to the above photos.
25361540	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY	14/05/2022	Bamford, Martin	13:00	14089	Within 1km	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14093, 14094	Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
7798276	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus	Grey Seal	marine mammal	SY49038874	03/09/2018	Banham, Nigel	13:45			14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14101	Not recorded	14098	Adult	14105	Swimming - travelling	The seal was presenting itself to sunbathers on the beach and swimmers in the sea directly opposite hive beach cafe. It came from West Bay Area and stayed visible with its head out of the water for about 10 minuets. It did not seem phased by the number of people on the beach all looking at it.
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
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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

8040961	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.514N, 2.459W	25/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	21:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling	One was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040961	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.514N, 2.459W	25/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	21:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	2	14098	Adult	14093, 14105	Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travelling	One was bottling for a while then they both appeared to head out into Lyme Bay
8040841	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040841	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040841	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14071	Cloudy	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low-tide with a common seal
8040763	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina \| Common Seal	Phoca vitulina Common Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040763	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina \| Common Seal	Phoca vitulina Common Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040763	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina \| Common Seal	Phoca vitulina Common Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	20/06/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	09:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14091	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water	Hauled out onto mud at low tide with a grey seal (recorded separately)
8040723	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina \| Common Seal	Phoca vitulina Common Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	08/05/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	08:50	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	3	14099	Mixed group	14091, 14105	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling
8040723	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phoca vitulina \| Common Seal	Phoca vitulina Common Seal	marine mammal	50.686N, 2.024W	08/05/2018	Hodgson, Sarah		Image:Local	08:50	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	3	14099	Mixed group	14091, 14105	Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling
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
8019354	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.694N, 2.041W	28/09/2018	Shaw, Martin		Image:Local	18:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14098	Adult	14093	Bottling/resting in the water
8019354	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.694N, 2.041W	28/09/2018	Shaw, Martin		Image:Local	18:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14098	Adult	14093	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.
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.
7392469	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.693N, 2.026W	23/07/2018	McBride, Harry	Seal of Shipstal beach, Arne	Image:Local	13:34	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1	14098	Adult	14095	Porpoising
7192119	Dorset Seals Project \| Seal records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.729N, 2.908W	08/07/2018	Lodge, Pat	Whiskery nose	Image:Local	16:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14105	Swimming - travelling	Location 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 records	Phocidae \| Uncertain seal species	Phocidae Uncertain seal species	marine mammal	50.729N, 2.908W	08/07/2018	Lodge, Pat	Whiskery nose	Image:Local	16:00	14088	Within 100m	14070	Sunny	14075	Choppy	1	14096	Pup/juvenile	14105	Swimming - travelling	Location 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 records	Halichoerus grypus \| Grey Seal	Halichoerus grypus Grey Seal	marine mammal	50.515N, 2.454W	25/06/2018	Elkin, Jennifer		Image:Local	14:30			14070	Sunny	14074	Calm	1			14092	Feeding	Skinned and ate an eel whilst playing with it
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