‘Fingers Crossed’ Adult Female Grey Seal

This beautiful female is well known both here and in Cornwall. It seems she pups in Cornwall and returns to South Devon to relax! She’s not one to be messed with. Often heard telling other seals to leave her alone! Predictable in her haul out locations, she’s been known to us since 2017, but first seen within the South Devon coastline in 2013. She was an adult then, so this makes her at least 16 years old. Adult female grey seals can live to between 25-35 years and will pup from the age of around 6 until the end of their life. One pup a year over the autumn winter months. Easily recognizable from her fur patterns (pelage) we can identify her as much by her haul out locations, as her fur pattern.

She’s one of the seal’s who’s helped us understand seals as individuals. She very much has her own personality, her tolerance to other seals, her favoured sleeping locations and mess with her, she will let you know how she feels! Her zig zag dark fur markings make her stand out. Not a seal to be messed with. Many female seals we see regularly are known for begging from anglers, and to the best of our knowledge she isn’t one of them thankfully!