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Mother and child parking

As may have been inferred from the previous post, a recent afternoon was spent on the clifftops of South Ronaldsay, watching the action on the Grey Seal pupping beaches.

Well, I say 'beaches', but some of the smaller coves are just covered in boulders, not the easiest thing to navigate for an adult seal, never mind a pup.

And a further Well, I say 'action', as most of the activity was snoozing. I think we can forgive the seals that, as it was a lazy Saturday afternoon.

There were a few bouts of handbags between mums, as pups moved about and occasionally lost track of which seal was responsible for them. One large male was looking quite smug, presumably having just mated, as his, er…, wares were still on display (photo omitted for decency). Of the 90 odd pups seen at this location, only one was thought to be recently deceased, but it is a fraught time with the Winter storms beginning to roll in, and there's always the possibility of a passing pod of Orca.

Bur Wick

Sometimes it is quite difficult to distinguish between boulders and seals

Zzzzzzzzz …

Discussing the issue of personal space...

A large bull in the shallows

A pup exploring the strange wet stuff on the edge of home

Five minutes' peace... bliss!


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  1. Finally caught up with you. Trust me to not click on the vital link. And then wonder what had happened to Tense Towers. All is restored thankfully and I can continue to have my regular dose of northern wild life :) B

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    1. Yay! Glad you made it over to here. Yup, certainly feels like a wild life at the moment 😳🙂

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