Grey seal pup

It was such a delight to see these new born pups at Donna Nook today.

Britain has about 40% of the world population of grey seals, also called Atlantic seals

Grey seals have been breeding on the Lincolnshire coast since the early 1970's. For much of the year the seals are at sea, but during the winter they come to breed on the beaches

Pups are born with white coats and suckle from their mother for about 2 to 3 weeks. The mother then leaves the pup. She will mate again before leaving the beach. After one week's development, the foetus stops growing for about 100 days, after which it continues to develop and is born the following November.
The deserted pup sheds its white coat. After a while, hunger drives it to make its way to the sea to look for its own food.

Thank you for your recent comments, they are very much appreciated

[MIA]

He is so cute.You have captured his big shiny very well.Fav

[Suzanne]

@mgig Thank you very much Mia for stopping by and leaving a comment. they certainly are very cute, and noisy!

[Peter H]

Cute little thing. And thanks for the Blue Planet bit as well😉

[Suzanne]

@peadar Ha, your very welcome Peter, I felt I had to share it as I was rather surprised to hear they are left to fend for themselves after about 18 days

[jo]

instant fav!

[sally agnew]

Oh, those gorgeous soulful eyes. I was interested to read the info you shared Suzanne, thank you :))

[*lynn]

interesting information about this beautiful creature!

[FBailey]

Intetesting narrative but fabulous picture!!

[Pyrrhula]

So cute. Fav. capture. We have lots of seals in our waters. ( and several hospitals to save the sick ones. )

[Babs]

He is so cute, love his huge eyes.

[Helen Jane]

What a lovely capture. I was listening to something on the radio the other day about the number of grey seals we have in Britain. Interesting read.

[Karly]

Interesting info. I love his huge eyes. Wonderful capture. Fav.

[Granagringa]

National geographic could be waiting for you!

[KWind]

Very sweet!

[Connie Little]

Fabulous wildlife shot. Such soulful eyes. Fav.

[Diana]

Beautiful shot and interesting info. Fav

[lisa]

I love him. how wonderful to be able to see them up close.

[Carole G]

Beautiful shot, those eyes! Thanks for the info too. Fav and foow

[CC Folk]

Simply precious! Fav!

[Sharon]

Awww - what a cutie - want to pick him up and hug him.

[Chris]

Love the eyes.

[elkehochban]

seems like a harsh way to wean a baby, poor little guy! Those eyes seem so sad...

[Dione Giorgio]

Adorable pup and shot. Fav. Sometimes nature looks so cruel to us.

[carol white]

Adorable 🐣, a lovely capture. Fav!! 😀

[Michelle]

Aww don't that face just melt your heart! Interesting write up. 😊

[Kerri Michaels]

too cute fav

[Gayle]

Adorable capture and interesting information! Love those eyes! Fav! :-)

[Poppo Livy]

Those eyes!!!! Interesting info too Suzanne. Talk about being left to fend for your self. I wouldn't be surprised if that is not just about the shortest period of parental attachment in the mammal world.

[FBailey]

Congratulations on the TT - so well deserved:))

[Suzanne]

@fbailey Thank you so much Felicity, it was an honour to be included with the other beautiful shots :)

[Lori]

Awwe cute little seal! Wonderful capture!!!

[CC Folk]

I have been going down memory lane and I loved your seal captures so much and reading the information on them. They have the most innocent eyes. I saw some photos in Life Magazine once when I was young of a horrific photo of a mother seal getting slaughtered and it traumatized me. The eyes were pleading and I couldn't believe how cruel a human being could be to an animal.