Field record
Grey Seal
Halichoerus grypus
- Location
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.14° N · 8.24° W
Field guideLeast Concern
Strongly size-dimorphic, bulls fast for weeks and defend clusters of females at traditional colonies through the autumn and winter pupping season.
- Family
- Phocidae, true (earless) seals
- Length
- 165–250 cm (females 165–210, males 195–250)
- Diet
- Fish, plus cephalopods and crustaceans
- Range
- Temperate and sub-Arctic coasts of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea