Seals and Sea Lions
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San Francisco’s Seal Rocks rise from the Pacific Ocean surf just off the shore of Lands End as the sun begins to set on the western edge of the city.
This will be our final photograph from Bicheno. The sun was moving in and out of cloud cover for most of the afternoon, but here the brilliant sunshine illuminates Alligator Rock which has an active fur seal colony. The Australian fur seal is the fourth rarest seal species in the world.
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Some of the Seals that live in the back waters at Walton are a Orange copper colour caused by the iron oxide in the saltings! This is only on the fir and when they malt it will disappear! I have also just read that there has/will be a record number of pups this year 45/50.
I am lucky enough to be able to photograph Seals from my brothers boat that goes out from Titmarsh Marina giving us access to Walton back waters. It was quite a gloomy day, but still enjoyed a few hours in the company of these wonderful creatures. Will be posting a few over next week or so! Let's start with a splash!!
Isn't this cutie adorable? A young harbor seal watching us very curious.
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Two Harbor Seal Lions on an iceberg calving from Red Stone glacier, a tidewater glacier in the Northwestern Fjord, Kenai Fjords National Park - Alaska
Harbor seals, Phocidae family, also called “common” or “hair” seals by some locals. They are covered with short, stiff, bristle-like hair. Coloration varies, but two basic patterns occur: light gray sides and belly with dark blotches or spots, or a dark background with light rings. They can be distinguished from other pinnipeds, such as fur seals and sea lions, by the absence of external ear flaps; only a small hole (the external pinnae, or opening to the ear canal) is visible on either side of their head. Harbor seals are mammals and therefore breathe air, but they are well adapted to life in the ocean.
The first white settlers to Alaska in the 1700s established a massive fur trade based on the pelts of harbor seals and nearly wiped them out completely, but since the Marine Mammal Protection Act, their numbers have rebounded and are now estimated at between 200,000-300,000.
This was so hard to get, it was so dark in there and no tripod. Jammed the camera between the bars and prayed for the best!!
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A Common seal youngster, was great to come across this little fella on my walk along the beach yesterday
Some seals catching a free ride on the rudder of a supertanker. Blue water sailing off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Thanks to Stuart Allen for asking about any further images from my seal project a while ago...
I've had a look through and there are quite a lot which I've not published before. Starting with these three from a particularly challenging day during Storm Deirdre back in 2018. The seals were being battered by high winds and dry sand being whipped up in spindrift. It made from some great conditions for photography, when I could keep the camera still in the wind and focus through the sand!
Back to Terschelling. During high tide we made a nice boat trip and ran into these seals. It was a strip with hundreds of them sunbathing, amazing. I choose to zoom into just these two buddies instead of showing you the full strip. Have a nice day
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From the 2016 November birthing season at Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast.
Every November and December, grey seals come to the Donna Nook coastline to give birth to their pups near the sand dunes.
1,957 pups were born in the 2016 season., last year 2,134 were born.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust manage this National Nature reserve.
A few more from the Grey Seal project. Most have now returned to sea so my trip tomorrow may well be the last for this season. I'll hopefully have time to work with them again when they return at the end of this year.
Taken Donna Nook, North Lincolnshire.
Donna Nook which is operated by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, covering more than 10km (6.25 miles) of coastline between Grainthorpe Haven in the north and Saltfleet in the south where it borders the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe National Nature Reserve. Every November and December, grey seals come to the Donna Nook coastline to give birth to their pups near the sand dunes; a wildlife spectacle which attracts visitors from across the UK. This year over 2205 pups were born, with over 500+ bulls who battle it out for the right to produce the next generation.