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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
28324965Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY08/10/2022Kidner, Simon
16:3714088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm1
28324960Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY08/10/2022Kidner, Simon
16:2314088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092FeedingFishing
27605318Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY10/08/2022Richmond, Bill
19:1514088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenilecalm & interested in being watched from a distance
27600392Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ07/08/2022Fanner, Rob
11:3014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14105Swimming - travellingWe stopped kayaking when we noticed it's head out the water, then it swam closer to us periodically, until it was right behind us on the kayak. Looked at us for about 10 secs with it's head out the water again then swam off.
27589180Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY08/08/2022Abbott, Caroline
13:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterIt 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.
27399195Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY24/07/2022Smith, Mel
20:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114103Female14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterPeople annoying it and getting too close!!! Coming in and out of the water.
25021065Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY27/04/2022Lamond, Colin
15:3014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm214101Not recorded14099Mixed group14092Feeding
24675296Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY29/03/2022Westerby, Allen
19:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm214103Female14098Adult14093, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Swimming - travellingOne seal approached us in our kayaks and followed us for about 200 metres. Diving every minute or so and re-appearing close by. It remained in contact for about 10 minutes. The other seal was slightly larger, but remained at a distance of about 100 metres. They did not appear to be feeding.
23646076Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY23/01/2022Fewtrell-Clarke, Andrew
14:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093, 14094, 14105Bottling/resting in the water, Diving, Swimming - travelling
23391328Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY31/12/2021Copland, Alison
14:4014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114101Not recorded14098Adult14094, 14105Diving, Swimming - travelling
23051169Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY03/11/2021Copland, Alison
15:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091, 14105Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Swimming - travelling
21650887Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY15/08/2021Hodgson, Sarah
09:2314088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14092, 14105Feeding, Swimming - 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,
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.
20594881Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY07/06/2021Rowe, Ian
17:0014089Within 1km14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
20305164Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY9859876420/04/2021Price, David
14:3014070Sunny14074Calm414098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterOne adult of each type plus two pups
20149191Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY30/03/2021Royles, karen
18:0014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterIT WAS STILL AND WATCHING US FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS
18682065Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY28/11/2020Hodgson, Sarah
13:3014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
17848252Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSZ1637923614/09/2020Mayhew, Nikki
18:3014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14093Bottling/resting in the water
17765641Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhoca vitulinaCommon Sealmarine mammalSY31/08/2020Spiller, Brett
19:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14092, 14094Feeding, 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
36311317
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.460W09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214102Male14099Mixed group14091, 14093, 14094Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, DivingSmaller seal was hauled, then spooked by larger adult
36311317
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.460W09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214102Male14099Mixed group14091, 14093, 14094Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, DivingSmaller seal was hauled, then spooked by larger adult
36311317
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.460W09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214102Male14099Mixed group14091, 14093, 14094Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, DivingSmaller seal was hauled, then spooked by larger adult
36311317
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.460W09/05/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local13:1014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm214102Male14099Mixed group14091, 14093, 14094Hauled out - resting on land/out of water, Bottling/resting in the water, DivingSmaller seal was hauled, then spooked by larger adult
36310794
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W28/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local18:4514088Within 100m114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36310794
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.447W28/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local18:4514088Within 100m114103Female14098Adult14093, 14094Bottling/resting in the water, Diving
36310665
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W27/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
36310665
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.519N, 2.460W27/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:0514088Within 100m14070Sunny14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the water
36186235
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.683N, 1.945W21/05/2024Young, Henry Image:Local06:3014070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14092Feeding
36183316
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.452W30/05/2024Gazulla Murcia, Ruben Image:Local19:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterBottling for a minute and then diving for a few minutes. Did this 4 times always reappearing almost at the same spot
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Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.516N, 2.452W30/05/2024Gazulla Murcia, Ruben Image:Local19:0014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14075Choppy114102Male14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterBottling for a minute and then diving for a few minutes. Did this 4 times always reappearing almost at the same spot
36093896
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.622N, 2.274W23/05/2024Hernandez Domingo, Veronica Image:Local08:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterLooked very calm, we could see only the head out and swam a bit in our direction but then went back bottling
36093896
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsPhocidae | Uncertain seal speciesPhocidae
Uncertain seal species		marine mammal50.622N, 2.274W23/05/2024Hernandez Domingo, Veronica Image:Local08:0014089Within 1km14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14093Bottling/resting in the waterLooked very calm, we could see only the head out and swam a bit in our direction but then went back bottling
36015279
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.622N, 2.285W20/05/2024monaghan, paul Image:Local15:4514070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14098Adult14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of water
35440453
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.549N, 2.417W18/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:5014088Within 100m14070Sunny14074Calm114101Not recorded14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterHauled out on the shoreline. As the tide came in and started splashing the pup it went into the sea and swam off - travelling north.
35440425
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.517N, 2.452W17/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local19:2014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult
35440425
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.517N, 2.452W17/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local19:2014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult
35440425
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.517N, 2.452W17/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local19:2014088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114102Male14098Adult
35440398
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.568N, 2.446W11/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:0514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterStayed all day.
35440398
Dorset Seals Project | Seal recordsHalichoerus grypus | Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Grey Seal		marine mammal50.568N, 2.446W11/04/2024Hodgson, Sarah Image:Local12:0514088Within 100m14071Cloudy14074Calm114103Female14096Pup/juvenile14091Hauled out - resting on land/out of waterStayed all day.
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