What to do if you see a seal
Seen a seal:
Seen seals being disturbed:
Concerned about a seal:
Seen a dead seal (or other marine wildlife):
Please always follow best practice, stay calm and quiet and keep at least 100m away and off any beach with a seal resting on it. If a seal is close inshore, be aware it might want to haul out, so please give it space. Enjoy this wonderful wildlife spectacle!
Be aware all the following actions will require you to describe your location as accurately as possible.
Please email sightings to Cornwall: sightings@sealresearchtrust.com
with the date, location and the number of seals on land and in the sea
Call Cornwall’s Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code Hotline on 0345 201 2626)
UK: email operationseabird@yahoo.co.uk
Seen a seal who is in a public place where the seal can easily be disturbed by people, has obvious injuries or entanglement, is in immediate danger, or is a white coated pup with no apparent mum visible on land or resting in the sea?
Ring British Divers Marine Life Rescue: 01825 765546.
Call Cornwall Wildlife Trust Marine Strandings Network Hotline on 0345 201 2626)
UK: Call 0800 652 0333
