Baby Seal Photos, pictures of seal pups on a beach.
65Seals like to be at the sea side.
A walk on a beach to take photos of baby seals with their mothers.
I live within travelling distance of the coast and luckily for me not too far away from a beach that is used in the winter months by mother seals and their pups. The seal mothers have their pups on this part of the coast and then remain there until the babies are old enough to leave the area.
The young seal pups are born with a white/cream colored coat, which darkens as they get older. The baby seals soon become plump because they are so well fed and cared for by the mother seals.
Here are some of the photographs that I have been fortunate enough to take on the beaches that the seals visit. Although I was to be able to walk on the beach and take these photos part of me would like this area to be cordoned off while the seal babies are there. I found it upsetting to see the concern on the faces of the seals as people walked their dogs on the beach, although wisely they kept them on their leads.
I hope you enjoy viewing these pictures of the seals and their seal pup babies.
Photos of seals resting on the sea shore.
A photo of young seal pup that still has its white baby seal color.
A photo of a young seal pup, asleep on the beach
A mother seal resting with her pup.
When I first saw this next seal pup, it was so motionless that I was concerned that it was dead. However, after watching it carefully from a distance, I could see though was breathing as it's nostrils ans sides were moving as it slept.
A baby seal takes a long nap.
The baby seals who still had their white coats were the plumpest, the mother seal's milk is thought to be about 40-50% fat content.
The seal families keep a watchful eye of their young ones and you can tell that if you get to close they would defend their young ones.
I think theses two may be making plans for next year's baby seals.
Adult Seals on the beach
A link to a wonderful site about seals with seal sounds videos and more photos.
- BBC Nature - Grey seal videos, news and facts
Grey seals are the largest breeding seals found in the UK.
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Wow!! Beautiful. Loved the pics! How fortunate you are to be able to see these amazing creatures up close!!
Great pictures, interesting article
awesome photos, that last one is pretty great! voted up!
What a fine Hub, and the pics are great!
Thank you luke sorry the seals made me promise not to tell.
Thanks Debra, your photos of puppies are clever.
Thank you gogogo pleased you liked the photos.
Thank you BDW316 thanks for the vote up.
Hi WillStarr thank you pleased you liked the pictures of the seals.
Woonderful story and beautiful photos. Voting up and awesome
Thank you writer20 pleased you liked this page and thanks for the vote and awesome too.
Hi 2uesday,
Thank you so much for sharing this gem with us.
I love nature/animals etc so this one was a rare treat.
One to vote up up and away.
Take care and enjoy your day.
Eddy.
Thank you Eddy, it was a lovely start to the year to be able to see these beautiful creatures. I have been lucky in the past to see them but only in the distance and seeing them and photographing them on this day out was amazing. To see the expression on the face of the baby seal pup sleeping was incredible. Have a nice weekend.
What beautiful photos of these seals. They are so adorable. I was surprised to see the pups so large…they are well cared for by Mommy. :-) How many seals were there that day?
These little guys look SO sweet. They do appear to be dead even when sleeping. Nice Hub. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Genna thank you, I am not really sure how many seals there were as some of the adults were in an out of the sea and I did not walk the whole length of the beach; there were more than 12 though as I noticed where the groups of seals were as I walked up the beach. The baby seals who still had their white coats were the plumpest.
Hello Mary - the little seals do look cute but I knew that if you get too close the adults would defend them. Thank you.
Thank you 2uesday, this hub is a real treat, I loved the photos and voted up.
Thank you Movie Master - they posed well for the photos did n't they? I have more pictures that I need to crop and them I might be able to add them or make another page. The beach was lovely that day, as we got there early and it was New Years Day we did not have many other walkers about at first.
Oh I love seals.. You are blessed to be so close to the coast and being able to go see the seals and get these wonderful pictures. great HUB,..
Debbie
Hello Deborah this is the first year I have seen them as until recent years they use to be on a small sandy island that you would have needed a boat to travel out to, no one lived there. Then 'man' decided to use it - now we have more on the beaches.
Walking on the sea shore and coast walks is something I treasure it is so relaxing to be near the sea. Thank you for your visit to this page and for your comment here too.
You are very lucky to be able to walk along a beach and see these seals. I am surprised to were able to get that close to the one that was sleeping, moma must not have been paying attention. You know thay can be dangerous where they have their young...Be careful! Wonderful hub, I loved the pics. Voted up and beautiful!
Hi, yes it was wonderful to see them. I was trying to be aware of the reaction of the seals as we walked and when I stopped to take photos. If the mums started to look in my direction I abandoned taking the photo and moved away. I hope next year they cordon off the beach as I do n't think everyone understands the situation. I know it sounds odd but I think they knew by the way I stepped back and walked away if they looked at me; that I was no threat. I do think it would be a good idea if the beach was cordoned off when the pups are on the beach.
I agree with you completely! There are some people that would not be as careful about upsetting the seals as you were. I could be dangerous to both. I am glad you got the opportunity! :)
Hi 2uesday
Sheer magic -these are so beautiful.Isn't nature just mind-blowing .....and your incredible skill as a photographer too.Well done on such a brilliant pic-hub .
Hope you are keeping well.Ita.
@sgbrown, thank you yes I am such a 'softie' when it comes to animals - I could not cut down the brambles at the edge of my vegetable plot because I knew the birds nest there. I even take care not to chop worms up when I digging in the garden and put them somewhere safe.
I would not be willing to run any risks just to get a photo. The animals that have given me the biggest fright so far; was a pack of donkeys on a Greek Island. They were being herded down a flight of steps that I was walking up, the memory of that is not as pleasant as seeing the seals on the beach.
Hi itakins lovely to see you here, pleased you liked the baby seal photos here. I will let you know of other places I am putting my pictures and words, now that I am feeling happier. We have very mild weather at the moment,it is good to get out and about so early in the year.
This confirms it - all babies are cute! ps. looks just like our beaches here in the us
lukeuk Level 2 Commenter 4 months ago
Nice hub, which beach is this in the UK ?