Grey and common (harbor) seals firth of forth (1 Viewer)

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Dawsy

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• Jun 20, 2010

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I moved to Kirkcaldy in Fife (Scotland) at the start of the year and had assumed that all the seals I was seeing were common seals but am I right in saying that the seal in the water is grey and those on the rocks common (they were right next to each other)?

Michael

 

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Last edited: Jun 20, 2010

ta brandreth

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• Jun 20, 2010

• #2

first two look like Greys to me...

Classic Roman nose profiles.

 

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Dawsy

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• Jun 20, 2010

• #3

ta brandreth said:

first two look like Greys to me...

Classic Roman nose profiles.

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That's what I thought. You managed to reply before I had time to realise I'd left out the pics of the ones I think are common (harbour)!

Thanks

Michael

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• Jun 20, 2010

• #4

Dawsy said:

That's what I thought. You managed to reply before I had time to realise I'd left out the pics of the ones I think are common (harbour)!

Thanks

Michael

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And those are Common. You can see the v-shaped nostrils in your picture quite well - Grey has more parallel nostrils like a number 11.

 

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Dawsy

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• Jun 20, 2010

• #5

Andrew Whitehouse said:

And those are Common. You can see the v-shaped nostrils in your picture quite well - Grey has more parallel nostrils like a number 11.

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Thanks.
I thought the nostrils clinched it but thanks for the confirmation.

Michael

 

ta brandreth

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• Jun 20, 2010

• #6

yep - those are commons!