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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30 March—23 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.
31 of 60 reports mapped · 12 places
New England Six-state outline
Reported places Detail of outlined region
Mapped places North to south
- Eastern Maine1 report
- Bangor Waterfront1 report
- Downeast Maine / Acadia8 reports
- Midcoast Maine6 reports
- Seacoast / Isles of Shoals1 report
- Massachusetts North Shore3 reports
- Outer Cape Cod2 reports
- Plymouth / South Shore2 reports
- Lower Cape Cod2 reports
- South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report
- Rhode Island coast3 reports
- Connecticut coast1 report
Places without a map point · 29 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 2015
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/147555264
Observation: A Grey Seal was photographed on a rock near Plymouth.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16870095
Observation: Two seals were photographed on a rock at Manomet Point.