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.
A Common seal youngster, was great to come across this little fella on my walk along the beach yesterday
Grey seal - Halichoerus grypus
From the 2016 November birthing season at Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast.
At the last count this year, 2019, 2,168 pups have been born.
Seal Edge, Kinder Scout, Peak District, UK
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I was up here yesterday, but unfortunately it wasn't like this.
An old one from 2015. What preceded this was the best sunrise I'd ever seen and lots of amazing photos on Fickr. Flickr was more popular then.
I'll keep posting photos of the Otters where I can (if I manage to get any more of them), but here's some Grey Seal images from the Winter project...
Elephant seals, South Georgia, Antarctica.
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I'm going to end this series for now with this newborn. At the end of the afternoon this baby seal was born in front of my eyes. It happened all within a few seconds. The highlight of the week and a moment I will never forget. Here you see the first encounter of the mother with her baby.
This will also be my last upload as I will be going on holidays for three weeks as of next week. Hopefully coming back with beautiful pictures!!
Elephant seals fighting on South Georgia.
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Haha! talk about looking comfy while sunbathing :)
Seal taking in the sunshine at Machrihanish beach.
Funny Elephant Seal was throwing so much dirt on it's back that some got into it's eyes and mouth. It then started bellowing as if some other seal did the dirty deed.
It seems strange not heading off to the coast to see the seal pups, but sadly this year it isn't to be. Fingers crossed for next year.
My encounter with the seals on Horsey Beach will stay with me forever. It was breathtaking to see and hear them!
Elephant Seals have been inhabiting the coast of Highway 1 for years, and they continue to be a famous stop while visitors are in the Cambria area. Elephant seals were hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but numbers have since recovered. Here a couple of bulls are fighting for dominance. Cambria, California, USA, June 2015
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One of the Horsey Gap Grey Seals.
A stark memory from my childhood was of these lovely creatures being slaughtered by men with clubs. I remember the sea of red, the destruction on the beach. They were skinned there and then with the remains left for the gulls. I also remember being a very angry 8 year old that day. Fortunately, at least in England those days are over.
In Scotland seals can still be shot by fishery owners to "protect their stock" whatever that means. Numbers are dropping year on year with less than 100 reported last year.
In Canada however quotas are set for various seal species each year at over 400,000 allowed to be killed commercially, with lesser numbers also destroyed in Namibia and Greenland. I can understand the native people doing this for survival, at least they use every single part of the seal. However for the fur trade there is sadly still a huge market. Hopefully one day we will see this end.