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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13 June—4 November
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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.
61 of 86 reports mapped · 14 places
New England Six-state outline
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Mapped places North to south
- Eastern Maine4 reports
- Downeast Maine / Acadia9 reports
- Midcoast Maine7 reports
- Southern Maine1 report
- Massachusetts North Shore6 reports
- Boston Harbor / Charles River6 reports
- Outer Cape Cod6 reports
- Plymouth / South Shore3 reports
- Lower Cape Cod9 reports
- Mid Cape Cod3 reports
- South Cape / Buzzards Bay2 reports
- Rhode Island coast3 reports
- Connecticut coast1 report
- Nantucket1 report
Places without a map point · 25 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 2016
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/4493232
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Winter Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4488917
Observation: A small seal head was photographed in coastal water near Winter Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4413098
Observation: One Harbor Seal was photographed with its head above coastal water near Winter Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4238218; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4238216; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4238217
Observation: Seals were photographed during a coastal outing near Winter Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51812734
Observation: A Harbor Seal was photographed swimming near Blue Hill.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13134742; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13135219
Observation: Seals were photographed among rocks and kelp near Bar Harbor.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3999290
Observation: A seal was photographed among rocks and kelp near Frenchboro.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3744742; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3744744; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3744745
Observation: Harbor Seals were photographed on rocks near Mount Desert.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3584011
Observation: A distant seal was photographed on a rock near Winter Harbor.