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 February—20 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.
61 of 86 reports mapped · 14 places
New England Six-state outline
Reported places Detail of outlined region
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/38376381
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed swimming in coastal water near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4589561
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed with its head above coastal water near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4447679
Observation: One Grey Seal was photographed with its head above coastal water near Eastham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4132089
Observation: A Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298345817
Observation: A large Grey Seal colony was photographed in surf and on a haulout near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298345863
Observation: A Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141269846
Observation: A Grey Seal was photographed swimming near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298345321
Observation: A Grey Seal head was photographed swimming near Chatham.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32345947; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97563531
Observation: A Grey Seal colony was photographed on the beach near Monomoy Island.