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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19 of 21 reports mapped · 11 places
New England Six-state outline
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Mapped places North to south
- Downeast Maine / Acadia2 reports
- Midcoast Maine1 report
- Casco Bay / Portland1 report
- Southern Maine1 report
- Seacoast / Isles of Shoals1 report
- Boston Harbor / Charles River3 reports
- Outer Cape Cod2 reports
- Plymouth / South Shore1 report
- Lower Cape Cod4 reports
- Rhode Island coast2 reports
- Nantucket1 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
All datesSelect a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.
Months in 2010
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/19120624
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. A dense haulout is visible in a distant soft photograph; exact count cannot be determined. Grey seal is retained as the attributed source identification, with the photo limitation noted.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31663585
Observation: Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. One live grey seal holds a fish in its mouth; no observation clock time is preserved because the page clock conflicts with the Massachusetts daylight scene.