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Isle of May National Nature ReserveFirst Seal Pup!Monday 25th September comments: Seal pup! At last we have our first Grey Seal pup of the new season, as an individual has been born near the jetties at Kirkhaven. It’s great news as we’ve been expe…
I learnt from the Isle of May blog last year that the grey seal pupping season goes clockwise around the British Isles, starting in Cornwall.
Spent some time taking a look at the literature on this and ... it appears that we don't know why, which surprised me.