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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3 September—25 September

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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

New England Six-state outline

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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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  8. 142008
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  11. 282011
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  14. 282014
  15. 602015
  16. 862016
  17. 852017
  18. 12018
  19. 32019
  20. 32020
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  25. 52025
  26. 112026

Months in 2012

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  12. 2Dec

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

  1. Barnstable County Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8310045

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One live Grey Seal is visible; broad county locality retained because the map has a broad radius. Grey seal · 1 seal

  2. 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

  3. Penikese Island Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2277459

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. The note says remains of a Harbor Seal were found washed up, mostly skin and nails; photograph shows partial decomposed remains. This is retained as a dead-remains encounter and is not described as a live seal. Species not recorded · 1 seal

  4. Bar Harbor Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34235740

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One live seal head is visible in water; source attribution is Harbor Seal. Harbour seal · 1 seal

  5. Barnstable County Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192221806

    Direct original iNaturalist page and photographs reviewed. Many Grey Seals are hauled out; count remains unset. Grey seal

  6. 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