seal.watch / new-england

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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Markers 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.

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New England Six-state outline

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Reported places Detail of outlined region

Downeast Maine / Acadia · 1 report1Midcoast Maine · 1 report2Southern Maine · 1 report3South Cape / Buzzards Bay · 1 report4

Mapped places North to south

  1. Downeast Maine / Acadia1 report
  2. Midcoast Maine1 report
  3. Southern Maine1 report
  4. South Cape / Buzzards Bay1 report

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Reports over time

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  3. 32003
  4. 42004
  5. 22005
  6. 22006
  7. 42007
  8. 142008
  9. 82009
  10. 212010
  11. 282011
  12. 292012
  13. 282013
  14. 282014
  15. 602015
  16. 862016
  17. 852017
  18. 12018
  19. 32019
  20. 32020
  21. 62021
  22. 32022
  23. 42023
  24. 32024
  25. 52025
  26. 112026

Months in 2004

  1. 0Jan
  2. 1Feb
  3. 0Mar
  4. 0Apr
  5. 1May
  6. 0Jun
  7. 1Jul
  8. 0Aug
  9. 1Sep
  10. 0Oct
  11. 0Nov
  12. 0Dec

Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.

  1. Lackeys Bay Massachusetts
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/817294

    Direct original iNaturalist observation reviewed. Original page note says “Resident Gray seals in Lackeys Bay in 2004”; the current community taxon is Harbor Seal and historical comments disagree, so structured species is intentionally unset. The public map centre (41.501121, -70.702) supports Massachusetts/Martha’s Vineyard.

  2. Stonington Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218003604

    Direct original iNaturalist observation reviewed. Source IDs: 218003604. Original page has visible photograph asset and research-grade Atlantic harbor seal identification. Harbour seal

  3. Bar Harbor Maine
    Unidentified https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314045837

    Direct original iNaturalist observation reviewed. Source IDs: 314045837. Original page has four visible photograph assets and research-grade harbor seal identification. Harbour seal

  4. Wells, Maine Wells
    Unidentified Karen Dandurant — Portsmouth Herald / SeacoastOnline

    A dead harbor seal was found in Wells with its head cut off and letters carved in its side. The record preserves the animal's dead status and does not infer cause beyond the reported mutilation. Harbour seal · 1 seal