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Tag: Grey Seal

Lost Malnourished Seal Pup Nursed Back To Health

Lost Malnourished Seal Pup Nursed Back To Health

July 29, 2022July 23, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary discovered this freshly molted grey seal pup hanging out on the grass by an old pier near Norwick beach, looking desperate for help. He was thin and exhausted and didn’t have the energy to make it back into the water. Gerald was the very first seal of 2022 to arrive at the […]

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‘It is phenomenal’: Farne Islands seal numbers expected to reach new high

‘It is phenomenal’: Farne Islands seal numbers expected to reach new high

December 10, 2021December 4, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

“This is what it’s all about,” said Richard Bevan, beaming. “To see this many seals when 10 years ago there would not have been any.” Bevan is a zoologist surveying the shore of Inner Farne island off the coast of north Northumberland. As far as the eye can sea there are about 100 female grey […]

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Ban selfies with seals, say British wildlife campaigners

Ban selfies with seals, say British wildlife campaigners

September 13, 2021September 12, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

Tourists taking photos with seals are disturbing the creatures and damaging their health, say British wildlife campaign groups. Seal conservation groups around the UK have launched a petition urging government to make it “unlawful to touch, feed, chase or worry a seal in England and Wales”, which already has more than 17,000 signatures. Volunteers have […]

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The last week in Norfolk

The last week in Norfolk

December 2, 2018December 23, 2019 Brian Anderson Leave a comment

The last week was spent in Norfolk with our grandson. Birding was limited with days out tailored more to the little one with a trip to Hunstanton Sea life Aquarium his highlight. Watching the lights get turned on at Holt was an unexpected high point too. On the birding front I managed to to connect […]

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POLL: Should Canada ban the hunting of seals?

POLL: Should Canada ban the hunting of seals?

April 21, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 88 Comments

Not long after European settlers established a commercial seal industry in Canada in the early 1500s, business was booming. Back in the day, seal oil was sold in the Old World for use as a machine lubricant. And later, demand for newly in-vogue fur meant that hundreds of thousands of harp seals were killed each […]

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Finding Waxwings in Norfolk

Finding Waxwings in Norfolk

November 17, 2016December 23, 2019 Brian Anderson Leave a comment

This week has seen a mini influx of Waxwings in Norfolk so with a rare day off work I picked up the Jims and headed north. We arrived at the Coastguards hut Cley for first light and I quickly picked out a single Little Auk flying West close into the shore line and managed to […]

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Grey seals identified as killers behind mystery harbour porpoise deaths

Grey seals identified as killers behind mystery harbour porpoise deaths

December 3, 2014December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 1 Comment

Seals have been identified as the killers behind the mystery of dead porpoises found with distinct mutilations on Dutch beaches over the past decade. The cause of large numbers of harbour porpoises washing up on the Netherlands coast was previously unknown and contested, but an eight year-long study concludes that grey seals have “learned a […]

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Is European wildlife making a comeback? Recent success stories with top images

Is European wildlife making a comeback? Recent success stories with top images

October 19, 2013December 23, 2019 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Beaver, bison and eagles are among the species that have made a successful comeback in Europe in the past 50 years, according to a major survey published by a coalition of conservation groups on Thursday. The report selected 37 species that have showed signs of recovery, studied changes in their numbers and range since 1960, […]

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