Sleeping Grey Seal Pup

Sleeping Grey Seal Pup. A fluffy white seal pup taking some well earned shut eye. taken during one of my grey seal workshops. By approaching very slowly and carefully, always ensuring the animals are comfortable we were able to get close without causing disturbance. 

Grey Seal Pup Portrait – About Grey Seals

For much of the year grey seals are out at sea or hauled out on far away sandbanks, but from October to December the seals come ashore to give birth to their pups on the sand dunes of Donna Nook. Donna Nook is home to one the largest and most accessible grey seal colonies in the UK. There are about 3,000 Grey Seals along the coastline, and 900+ pups are born each year. The area is actually owned by the MOD (Ministry of Defence) as a bombing range, but surprisingly the seals seem relatively undisturbed by the military activity and return here year after year.