Grey Seals in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Grey seals, Halichoerus grypus, around the west Wales coast are the most southerly breeding population in Europe of one of the least common seal species. The seals utilising the area of the Pembrokeshire Marine SAC comprise the major proportion of an isolated breeding population, in which the breeding ecology differs from that of grey seals elsewhere. The West Wales population size, as determined by pup production estimates, is approximately 5000 individuals. This represents of the UK population and of the world population of grey seals.
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Location: Ramsey Island; Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Brian Agius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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