The Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), also known as the Atlantic seal, has coat colour varying from grey to brown to silver, often with blotches. The males have a long arched roman nose. If you catch them ashore you can sometimes approach close enough to take startling photographs. It is rare to get as close as the young lady in the photograph below, but if you don't frighten them, it's possible to approach surprisingly close to them. Obviously, don't take the dogs with you or the seals will be gone even if you manage to find them.

Photographing seals - image 1239

Resting comfortably - image 1242

Seals on the beach - image 1240


Curious - image 1250

Seals on rocks - image 1251

Seal and surf - image 1245

Sunlight, sea and seal - image 1257

Time for a rest - image 1255

Three grey seals - image 1236

Reunion - image 1253

Friends - image 1254

Enjoying a nap - image 1249

Heading to sea - image 1252

Seal pup - image 1248

Watching the camera - image 1247

Two males coming ashore - image 1256

Enjoying the sun - image 1243

Watching from the sea - image 1244

Colony of seals - image 1237

Out of the surf - image 1259

Swimming and watching - image 1238

Pure silver grey seal - image 1241

Sandy seal - image 1258