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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1 August—14 August
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8 of 9 reports mapped · 6 places
New England Six-state outline
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Mapped places North to south
- Downeast Maine / Acadia2 reports
- Midcoast Maine1 report
- Casco Bay / Portland2 reports
- Southern Maine1 report
- Lower Cape Cod1 report
- South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
Places without a map point · 1 report
Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.
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Reports over time
All datesSelect a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.
Months in 2013
Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177270325
Observation: A seal was photographed swimming near Kennebunk.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235463007
Observation: A seal was photographed hauled out near Bar Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229147687
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One live Grey Seal head is in water. Kept separate from the same-day Portland source because observer and state differ.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356307851
Observation: A seal was photographed swimming near Bar Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235461374
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One distant seal head is in water; source Harbor attribution is uncertain and the locality is broad/obscured. Kept separate from the same-day Chatham source because observer and state differ.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242700585
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Decomposed seal carcass/remains with detached skull on rocks; retained as a private dead-remains encounter only, with no live-seal wording.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194042206; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194042207
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist pages and matching photographs reviewed. Same observer, time and rock haulout; many seals are present. Grouped as one encounter and count remains unset.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251831118
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One seal is swimming; source attribution is Harbor Seal.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/817243
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One Grey Seal is swimming. The observer’s note about eight individuals across 2013–14 is not treated as a population or named-individual claim.