New England · 2006—2026
Grey and harbour seals
Seals around New England.
Follow public seal observations from New England. Browse published records, explore the places and stories behind them, or share an encounter with the Seal Watch team.
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40 of 42 reports mapped · 29 areas
New England Six-state outline
Reported areas Detail of outlined region
Mapped areas North to south
- Ellsworth1 report
- Bar Harbor1 report
- St. George1 report
- Freeport1 report
- Portland1 report
- Maine4 reports
- Biddeford1 report
- Ogunquit1 report
- New Hampshire1 report
- Newburyport1 report
- Ipswich1 report
- Rockport1 report
- Somerville1 report
- Boston–Cambridge1 report
- Massachusetts5 reports
- Hull1 report
- Boston5 reports
- Dorchester Bay1 report
- Quincy1 report
- Holyoke1 report
- Scituate1 report
- Orleans1 report
- Aunt Lydia’s Cove1 report
- Chatham1 report
- Jamestown1 report
- Newport1 report
- Stonington1 report
- Nantucket Island1 report
- Connecticut1 report
Other reported areas
These area labels have no single suitable map reference. Their reports remain available in the archive.
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Reports over time
Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.
Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date: 2023Reported: Unidentified Alina Martin — iNaturalist (alinamartin)
Observation: Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).