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Thousands of grey seal pups counted at coastal breeding ground

While numbers remain high, this year’s final count was 370 less than last year.

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2025

‘We’ve had pups try to head to the pub’: grey seals make remarkable UK comeback

With record numbers of the once heavily hunted mammal popping up around the UK, they have been seen in some unlikely places

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

UK seal colony has 3,796 babies to look after as army of volunteers have work cut out

Numbers have been steadily rising – 20 years ago only around 50 seals were born here – thanks in a large part to 383 local volunteers whose work keeping the area secure ensures females want to keep going back there to have their babies

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023