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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7 January—25 December
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All placesMarkers 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.
22 of 29 reports mapped · 10 places
New England Six-state outline
Reported places Detail of outlined region
Mapped places North to south
- Downeast Maine / Acadia2 reports
- Midcoast Maine1 report
- Casco Bay / Portland2 reports
- Seacoast / Isles of Shoals1 report
- Massachusetts North Shore2 reports
- Outer Cape Cod3 reports
- Lower Cape Cod4 reports
- South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
- Rhode Island coast1 report
- Connecticut coast5 reports
Places without a map point · 7 reports
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 2012
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/166860
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several Harbor Seals are hauled out; count remains unset. This is a separate exact-day encounter from 176252.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176252
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several Harbor Seals are hauled out; count remains unset.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73781
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Multiple Harbor Seals are on a low rock; count is unset. No photo uploaded.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73774
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several Harbor Seals are on a rock in water; count is unset. No photo uploaded.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36713462
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Two Harbor Seals are resting on a low rock in water; no subspecies claim and no photo uploaded.