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It has been a tough couple of days on Ramsey for our breeding grey seals. Wednesday brought winds from the south gusting over 60 mph, nothing unusual in that, it’s very common to have a good gale swirl in off the Atlantic in October. But this storm coincided with a big spring tide, after Monday’s...

The grey seal ‘pupping season’ is racing along with 76 white-coated seal pups on our 9 study beaches. That’s over 20 up on this date last year. All these pups are under 3 weeks old and many just a few hours old. Pups were also born yesterday on the harbour beach and the pebble beach...

It has been a busy few weeks for our Atlantic grey seals. Ramsey is a hugely important site for these animals, with the largest population in southern Britain. The number of pups under 3 weeks of age, on our busiest beach sites, peaked at 103 on 19 September this year. So although we are now past the...