seal.watch / new england

New England · public record

← Back to the archive

New England · observation

Hammonasset State Beach

· Connecticut

Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several Harbor Seals are hauled out; count remains unset.

Species
Harbour seal
Number of seals
Not recorded
Attributed name
Unidentified
Source
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176252

About this record

Supporting evidence
Original page: observed 23 December 2012 at Hammonasset State Beach, Connecticut. Group count unset.
Identification confidence
Probable
Editorial status
Published by Seal Watch.

Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.

Share this observation

Other reports with the same broad area or attributed name.

Stratford beach, exact site undisclosed

A grey-seal pup rested on a Stratford beach overnight and returned to Long Island Sound the next morning, according to Mystic Aquarium. The report does not identify an individual animal.

Source: CT Insider — Nathaniel Rosenberg; Mystic Aquarium / Stratford Animal Control

Hammonasset

A Grey Seal head was photographed in water near Hammonasset.

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2483156

Hammonasset

A live group of seals was photographed hauled out at Hammonasset.

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1148120

Hammonasset State Park

Direct original iNaturalist page and photograph reviewed. Several Harbor Seals are hauled out; count remains unset. This is a separate exact-day encounter from 176252.

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166860