I lived in Teeside for six years in the late 80’s and never saw a seal at Seal Sands. They’d been driven out by industry.
We visited again two years ago and saw more than thirty sunning themselves on Greatham Creek.
These are some of the Harbour Seal.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleWow! You are lucky to have seen a seal in person, Carrie. I never saw a seal in my life. I only saw it on books and television.
It’s just so lovely seeing them back at Seal Sands, which originally gained the name because of the number of seal that were there in years long gone by. Like I said, the area is highly industrialised and that all but eradicated seal from the area. It was notified as a Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1966, but it took about three decades for the seal population to return in… Read more »
I am happy to hear that. Thank you for bringing me into the Seal sands.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI’m so glad that the seals are back. I love seals and I love this photo!
Thanks Daisy, they’re certainly fun to watch, especially when the pups are having fun sliding through the mud and into the creek
The pups sound adorable!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI have to agree with Lotchie. I too have never seen a seal Carrie. Should I have said that, or kept my mouth sealed?
LOL. I still have plenty of British animals on my bucket list. I just have to keep badgering my hubby to take me further afield.
I love this! My grandad use to live by the sea and would always point out the seals to me.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThanks Nikki, I love watching them flumping along the mud banks then sliding into the water.