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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Markers group reports by reviewed names in their public locations, not exact sighting positions. Circle size reflects report counts. Select a place to filter the archive.

4 of 6 reports mapped · 3 places

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Reported places Detail of outlined region

Downeast Maine / Acadia · 1 report1Casco Bay / Portland · 2 reports2South Cape / Buzzards Bay · 1 report3

Mapped places North to south

  1. Downeast Maine / Acadia1 report
  2. Casco Bay / Portland2 reports
  3. South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
Places without a map point · 2 reports

Broad or unreviewed public locations remain available in the archive.

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Reports over time

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Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.

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  2. 12009
  3. 12010
  4. 12011
  5. 22012
  6. 22013
  7. 22014
  8. 32017
  9. 22021
  10. 12023

Months in 2012

  1. 0Jan
  2. 0Feb
  3. 0Mar
  4. 0Apr
  5. 0May
  6. 0Jun
  7. 0Jul
  8. 0Aug
  9. 2Sep
  10. 0Oct
  11. 0Nov
  12. 0Dec

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

  1. Reid State Park, Georgetown Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35557917

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One live Grey Seal head is visible in water. Grey seal · 1 seal

  2. Chebeague Island Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346433

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several Harbor Seals, at least five, are visible on a rocky island; structured count remains unset. Observer colony wording is not treated as a population claim. Harbour seal