Yesterday the weather was gloriously sunny, so I popped up the coast to the seal colony at Donna Nook. Despite the crowds I had a superb day watching the seals and took plenty of photos of them.
Shortly before I headed home I noticed that a heavily pregnant Grey Seal was becoming very restless and birth looked imminent, so I watched and waited.
Word quickly spread and lots of people came to see the event. I suspect mine won't be the only photos appearing on Flickr!
The full series can be seen here: Grey Seal birth
Tags: November 2010 Lincolnshire DonnaNook seal grey seal pup birth Halichoerus grypus
Very bulging!
The full series can be seen here: Grey Seal birth
Tags: November 2010 Lincolnshire DonnaNook seal grey seal pup birth Halichoerus grypus
A trickle of fluid indicated that things were underway!
The full series can be seen here: Grey Seal birth
Tags: November 2010 Lincolnshire DonnaNook seal grey seal pup birth Halichoerus grypus
A couple of minutes after her waters broke, the pup's head could be seen crowning.
The full series can be seen here: Grey Seal birth
Tags: November 2010 Lincolnshire DonnaNook seal grey seal pup birth Halichoerus grypus
The cow rolled around quite a lot at this stage, but fortunately most of the time she faced in just the right direction for me to see what was happening.
The full series can be seen here: Grey Seal birth
Tags: November 2010 Lincolnshire DonnaNook seal grey seal pup birth Halichoerus grypus