Seal Cycle

Vlieland, The Netherlands, December 2014.

Wintertime in Europe is the time for grey seals to give birth to pups and reproduce again for next winter. A trip to the Dutch Wadden Island ‘Vlieland’ to see the grey seals in the wild was a success. [Please do not copy my photos without consent].

These fluffy balls of white are born between the end of November and the beginning of February.

The pups of the grey seal stay white for one to several weeks. With their white coat, the pups cannot swim yet and will stay on land to be fed by mommy.

Male grey seals come looking for the females on land, but mom will protect her pup.

But still, the next generation of grey seals has to be secured.

06 Jan This entry was published on January 6, 2015 at 10:12. It’s filed under Biology Nerdiness, Europe, Mammals, Marine Life, Netherlands and tagged Behaviour, Biology, Ecology, Education, Grey Seals, Life Cycle, Marine Mammal, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Seals, Water, Wildlife. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.