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Read recent published observations from the United Kingdom. Each entry keeps its original source attribution and a link back to the archive.
A seal pup remained on the beach for several hours and was taken into care after a rescue response.
Source: The Courier, 11 January 2017 — https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/346298/fur-flies-rights-wrongs-carnoustie-seal-pup-rescue/
10 January 2017 · Angus, ScotlandPhoto-identified juvenile female harbour seal above the River Dee normal tidal limit.
Source: SMRU report, 2017 — https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/12017/SSI_interim_report_2017.pdf
29 December 2016 · Aberdeenshire, ScotlandA grey seal pup became trapped between rocks near the ferry terminal and was freed by local rescuers with coastguard assistance.
Source: The Orcadian, 5 December 2016 — https://orcadian.co.uk/lucky-rescue-sanday-seal-pup/
2 December 2016 · Orkney, ScotlandPhotographic observation identified on iNaturalist as grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).
Source: natasha59 — iNaturalist
7 November 2016 · County Down, Northern IrelandPaul Wyatt's post, embedded by HuffPost, says he walked past a seal on the Thames bank in Greenwich on 24 September. Species is not identified. Other October sightings in the article are not combined with this encounter.
Source: HuffPost UK, 6 October 2016 — https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/thames-seal-spotted-london-river_uk_57f62556e4b0efc7e3c4c87a
24 September 2016 · LondonA five-day-old whitecoat male seal pup was rescued from the beach and taken for rehabilitation.
Source: Cornish Seal Sanctuary case archive — https://www.sealsanctuary.co.uk/html/seal201617css.html
4 September 2016 · Cornwall, EnglandPhoto-identified harbour seal Pv036D above the River Dee normal tidal limit.
Source: SMRU report, 2017 — https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/12017/SSI_interim_report_2017.pdf
12 April 2016 · Aberdeenshire, ScotlandPhotographic observation identified on iNaturalist as grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).
Source: russhedley — iNaturalist
13 February 2016 · WalesPhotographic observation identified on iNaturalist as harbour seal (Phoca vitulina).
Source: chamaeleo — iNaturalist
7 February 2016 · EnglandObserver description: The observer thought it seemed like a young grey seal. It bobbed up and down in the water by South Quay DLR, then dived and disappeared.
Source: ZSL Thames Marine Mammal Survey public sightings map — https://sites.zsl.org/inthethames/main/ (reported by Rosy)
21 January 2016 · LondonPhotographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Atlantic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus atlantica).
Source: alexroddie — iNaturalist
15 November 2015 · EnglandObserver description: The observer first saw a dark back, then recognised it as a seal as it curved and dived. It was not seen again.
Source: ZSL Thames Marine Mammal Survey public sightings map — https://sites.zsl.org/inthethames/main/ (reported by Richard)
13 August 2015 · London