Seals in Chichester Harbour

[andyball]

Seen groups of seals off W.side of Thorney regularly these last few weeks- sometimes 12 or more, rolling around in shallow water or on the sand.

If it's sunny, on the flood, between 3 & 4 m of tide & you've got a flybridge or can stand on the roof..... go up emsworth channel, past mill rythe & up to around the first two green markers - then look east'ish towards thorney island.

You need to be able to see over the first bank & look down to the shallows beyond -usually on the water's edge. if they're not moving ,can be hard to spot with 10X bino's, but are often rolling around on their backs, tails & heads in the air, some darkish in colour ,some much lighter (young ones?).

Presumably even better view from Thorney shore, but a long walk.

Marvellous.

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[Rob H 37]

So is that at the top end of the channel where the emsworth channel turns right to Emsworth away from Northeny, or a little lower down?

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[hlb]

Easier to go to Wales, Lyn Penincilar. Bardsey Island to be exact. Seals as big as walrusseresses.

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Haydn

 

[andyball]

bit further south than that- the first two green markers you come to (or the last two if you're coming from emsworth)

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[andyball]

Easier to go to Wales !!!


Surely there's somewhere even further away that you could suggest- none in Yorkshire?

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[bigmart]

Local TV has been running a story about a Seal thats taken up residence in Mercury Marina, River Hamble for those that don't know.

Martin

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[iangrant]

That's the end of that rather well kept secret then!!!!!

Ian

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[Will_M]

echo iangrant.....


Looks like that secret is no more then!!!! The seals in ever incresing numbers have been resident in Chi harbour for many many years, largely cause they been left alone...

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[andyball]

Hmmm

It was hardly a secret & "largely cause they been left alone... " ? for goodness sake

seals can be seen in Northney & chichester marinas (+ others?) each summer -they're not put off by a few boats ,or people looking at them with binoculars.

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[Rob H 37]

I agree - as a Northeny berth holder, everyone knows they are there, but not many have seen them in the Harbour.

There has also been pieces in MBM about them.

If they want contact with humans, typically they go get it – not the other way around.



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[Roy]

Great to see the wildlife from a boat - totally agree. We have our boat on Loch Lomond at present and in Jan 2003 a seal was seen at Ardlui - the northerly point, some 35 miles from the Clyde estuary. Many attempts were made last year to capture and return it to the sea. The angling club even wanted to shoot it to prevent salmon and seatrout losses. However it is still resident in the loch and feeds readily on many of the 30 species of fish and eels present. The angling club have actually made it an honorary member. We have not seen it this year but have seen the following. ducks, geese, swans, ospreys, sea eagles, golden eagles, a peregrine, white deer, wallabies, helicopters, seaplanes, boats of all kinds and weather this year ranging from 80 degrees f to a hail storm last Sunday. Definitely one of the beautiful locations to be on the water. Roy

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[hlb]

I dont know what all this song and dance about seals in Chichester is all about. Theres Nelson the one eyed seal in Looe. Sooty the seal in Falmouth and loads of others, there names escape me. There up and down like horse muck!!
Basking sharks have aparrently set up home in the Scylla which was sunk as a home for battered fish wives just off Plymouth.../forums/images/icons/smile.gif


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[Jools_of_Top_Cat]

That's nothing

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[Johnjo]

Had to laugh at attachment no.4

And to think "i thought i had problems" with gulls shiteing all over the boat.
Need a bloody big shovel to clean up after that lot !....

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