1. The Irish Seal Sanctuary present Seals and our Coast

2. Grey Seal Common Seal, also known as Harbour Seal

3. Seals are mammals that live in the sea and on land!

5. Female grey seal with her pup

6. Grey Seal Pup Grey Seal Pup With a Whitecoat also known as a Lanugo
3 weeks later they loose their whitecoat and get their first adult coat

7. COMMON SEAL PUP
Picture by Tim Mc Donald

8. Abandoned or Injured

9. KENNELS ARE THE FIRST STOP

10. At the Irish Seal Sanctuary

11. Hand Feeding

13. Nursery Pools

15. Seals eat seafood such as fish, squid, crabs, lobster and shellfish

16. Fiona Fogarty

17. BREACHING HUMPBACK WHALE
HUMPBACKS EAT HERRING TOO BUT WHAT ELSE DO THEY EAT?
Picture by Fiona Fogarty

18. Common Seals basking on rocks

19. Killer Whales and Humans are the only threat to seals in Irish Waters

20. GREY SEAL AT HOWTH HARBOUR
Picture by Fiona Fogarty

21. Live by the Seashore Code
No littering or polluting the water
Never remove wildlife from the beach
Never disturb a mother and baby seal
Never put a baby seal in the water
Never pick up a baby seal yourself
Seals are wild animals not pets.
Respect our wildlife and the job they do in the sea.
Don’t feed seals let them find their own food.
Contact the ISS if you see something wrong