Bonus extra seal pictures.

[curiouswombat]

S2C and I went down to The Sound again this morning as he really wanted one of their breakfast burritos. The tide was lower, the sun was shining - and the seals had hauled up both on their favourite rock now not submerged, and on Kitterland which is really a very tiny island -





We counted over 30 altogether - and they were calling loudly, which is fun to hear. Mostly quite a deep sound, but occasionally a more musical note, although still more selkie than mermaid :)

A little further out was someone on a paddle board - I am assuming they knew what they were doing as they seemed to be heading into the narrow passage between Kitterland and The Calf, and there is a real clash of currents there!



Clicking on the pictures will take you to Flickr where you can zoom in and see the expressions on the seals' faces :)

Comments

[ysilme]

What a lovely seal-party! :o) And how lovely for you to having seen them all.

[curiouswombat]

It is a case of knowing the best places to look, I think :)

[cairistiona]

How marvelous! A few of those seals seem to be looking right into your camera. :)

I've never really understood the appeal of paddle boarding. Seems a good way to get a ducking.

[curiouswombat]

They do, don't they! Although really I was about 100m away, if not a bit more.

[cmcmck]

Fabulous!

[curiouswombat]

Thank you :)

[teragramm]

What a nice way to start your day with breakfast burritos and tons of seals.

[curiouswombat]

It was! It was our wedding anniversary and we were going out in the evening, but decided to treat ourselves to the breakfast burritos as well. The seals were a nice bonus - if the tide had been high they would have mainly been at sea.

[desdemonaspace]

That looks cold! Hope the paddle boarder didn't fall in, or come a cropper with those currents.

[curiouswombat]

Well there was no mention of the lifeboat being called out so, presumably, he knew what he was doing!

[kaishin108]

Thank you so much for posting these. I love to see seals and of course living inland here, I don't.

It makes me homesick for San Diego. There is a certain beach there call Seal Beach that is a protected area for them.

A 'selkie' sound, awe!

[curiouswombat]

It's my pleasure. I do love a bit of seal spotting - I think I would be homesick for the sea if I lived a long way away from it, too.

[kaishin108]

Yes, it is quite challenging to live a 9 hour tough drive from the ocean, sigh. That might change though...

[dalmeny]

Are the seals there year-round or do they visit seasonally? We don't get them this far up St Vincent's Gulf, but it we drive south for an hour, we can often see them in Encounter Bay, albeit not that many at a time.

[curiouswombat]

There are usually some to be seen all year round - but more when the tide is fairly low between spring and autumn - perhaps there is little pleasure in hauling up when it is colder on land than in the sea!