seal.watch / new-england

New England · 2000—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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Massachusetts North Shore · 1 report1

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Months in 2009

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Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.

  1. Gloucester Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13441345; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27080199; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33587899

    Direct original iNaturalist pages and photographs reviewed. Three observers' records fall on the same date and within roughly 150 m in Gloucester, with very similar views of one harbor seal in water; consolidated as one encounter. One source page shows a clock in another timezone, so no observation time is preserved. Harbour seal · 1 seal