This project is a collaboration with the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, in Cornwall. We are currently deploying tags on rehabilitated grey seal pups to track their at-sea movement patterns and diving behaviour during their first foraging trip. The Cornish Seal Sanctuary, located in Gweek, Cornwall, rescues and provides care for stranded, sick, injured or distressed seals found along the South West coast of England. We are partnering with the Sanctuary to instrument grey seal pups that have been nursed back to health and have gained weight to be deemed releasable.

Interested in observing seals in the wild? Make sure you follow the Defra guidelines and recommendations to avoid disturbing animals. You can learn more here.

Want to learn more about how to avoid disturbing seals? Check out this leaflet by the Seal Alliance!