ENGLAND TRAVEL: HORSEY BEACH
We traveled a little over an hour away to see Horsey Beach. The sign said that there are 2061 seals there this season!
Grey Seals at Horsey - Norfolk Coast Tour - Mini-documentary
Grey seals come ashore each winter to give birth at Horsey beach on the Norfolk coast in eastern England. As grey seal pups suckle from their mothers, bulls fight over territory.
This is what you can see in 1 day or less, in pupping season.
The film includes newborn pups, including twins R2-D2 & C-3PO - the first wild grey seal twins born in the UK, and the first to be recorded in the world.
This film was shot the day they were born. The RSPCA looked after them & DNA analysis confirmed them as twins.
Mini-documentary filmed & narrated by Deanna Allison.
Camera: Panasonic HC-X1000.
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Here is some info from the documentary:
Pupping season at the Horsey Beach seal colony occurs in winter. Pups are born between late October and early February.
Grey seals inhabit the North Atlantic ocean and spend two thirds of their lives at sea.
At pupping time the Norfolk coast in England is a great place to observe them as they haul out of the North Sea.
The grey seal is known as the Atlantic grey seal or the horsehead seal.
Male seals are called bulls and females are referred to as cows.
Grey seals can dive between 30 and 70 m below the surface and submerge for 5 - 10 minutes. They haul out onto the beach or onto rocks between tides.
They often bask in the sun and it is believed that this helps to remove parasites from their skin.
Grey seals waving their flippers in apparent greeting are actually cooling down - the flippers have a large blood supply to allow heat to escape.
The grey seals' breeding area is known as a rookery.
Pregnant cows arrive on the beach first and usually give birth to their pup a day after coming ashore.
The mother will sniff the new pup during the first 30 minutes after its birth in order to form an association between her pup and its smell.
Newborn pups weigh about 15 kg. They have poor coordination and their fur is not waterproof. They are also lacking in blubber, which is a thick layer of fat. Once blubber develops it helps the seals to keep warm.
Pups start to suckle within six hours of being born.
They suckle from their mother for 18 to 21 days. Ideally, pups will suckle six times a day for about 10 minutes at a time.
They gain about 2 kg of weight each day due to the high fat content of the mother's milk. By the time a pup is weaned, it can weigh 45 kg.
Once the pup has been weaned, the mother leaves it to fend for itself. It stays on the beach for three weeks until it has moulted, losing the dense, soft silky white fur it was born with.
When they finally enter the sea, pups have to learn what they can eat and how to catch it.
16 % of cows are sexually mature on their third birthday and give birth to their first young one year later, following an 11 month gestation period.
The males also become sexually mature at age three, but due to competition for females, rarely mate before they are eight years old.
During the months prior to the breeding season, both bulls and cows actively feed, and their diet includes a variety of species of fish and shellfish.
Studies from Scotland, The Netherlands and Germany show that grey seals will also prey and feed on large animals like harbour seals and harbour porpoises.
Cows feed to build up fat reserves. This extra fat helps to sustain the mother and her calf during the fasting period which follows the birth, usually lasting for three weeks.
Bulls also actively feed during the months prior to the breeding season and, like the females, they also fast during the breeding season. A male’s fast may last for up to six weeks.
Bulls can grow to over 3 m long. Bulls can weigh up to 300 kg and the average adult male reaches his maximum size at 11 years of age.
Cows are smaller than bulls, reaching up to 2 m long and weighing up to 150 kg. They can live for up to 35 years and attain full size by about 15 years of age.
Cows also tend to be paler in colour than bulls: they are silver-grey with small scattered dark spots, while bulls have a dark grey background colour with silver grey spots.
In both bulls and cows the belly is lighter than the back.
The nose of a grey seal can distinguish a bull from a cow. The bull has a long-arched nose which is the basis for its Latin name, Halichoerus grypus, which means hooked-nosed sea pig. Cows have a narrower, shorter nose.
Cows also have a less rounded profile than bulls.
Bulls usually enter the rookeries once the females have given birth and they try to gain sole access to groups of females.
Territorial fighting occurs during the breeding season. Successful bulls may mate with up to 10 cows.
The bull's shoulders are massive with the overall bulk supplemented by a buildup of scar tissue from fighting during breeding seasons.
At Horsey Beach, seal wardens create temporary barriers to encourage visitors to keep a safe distance.
With a little care and a good zoom lens or binoculars everyone can enjoy observing these marine mammals in their natural environment.
Deanna Allison, December 2015.
Seals on Horsey Beach, Norfolk, UK
Horsey Beach. Seal spotting (Nr Great Yarmouth)2019
Join us as we go to a popular beach for seals to come and rest on.
Horsey beach UK, why not some swimming!
Our brave friend John swimming into the sea
Friends of Horsey Seals
This documentary shows the work of the volunteers from The friends of Horsey seals.
Director of Photography - Al Glenton
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Grey Seals of Horsey, Norfolk UK 2018
Each year Grey Seals return to the beaches of Horsey in Norfolk to give birth to their pups. The pupping season runs for the months of November to January each year where the new pups are born and reared before embarking back out to sea to fend for themselves. I decided to go and spend a few days photographing this and while I was there I thought i'd also shoot some video which led to me making this short film.
This was filmed on a Canon 5dMK4 with the Canon L 100-400mm mk2 lens and a Mavic Pro 2 drone
Horsey Beach - Norfolk seal destination
Awesome trip to Norfolk, Horsey to watch wild grey seals on public beach. May 2017.
HORSEY WINDPUMP - Norfolk, England - National Trust | UK Days Out
We visit National Trust property Horsey Windpump in Norfolk, England. We climb to the top of Horsey Windpump for some lovely views across the Norfolk Broads, then take a walk from Horsey Windpump to beautiful Horsey beach where we see some seals frolicking in the sea.
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Seals at Horsey Gap, Norfolk, UK
Seals at Horsey Gap, Norfolk, UK - a brief excursion today and a spot of seal spotting!
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Grey Seal Twins. Horsey, Norfolk
I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I was at Horsey Gap in Norfolk filming the grey seals when I was told that these twins had just been born. I started filming about an hour after the birth. You can see from this footage that the mother cow seal initially rejected one of the twins and tried to keep them apart. Eventually she suckled both of them for 2 weeks before abandoning them both. They were taken to the RSPCA in East Winch to be prepared for release back into the wild. There was a big effort made by the volunteers of the Friends of Horsey Seals to keep the public at a respectful distance whilst they were suckling. Please help to support the Friends of Horsey Seals and the RSPCA.
Director of Photography - Al Glenton
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Horsey Gap, Norfolk UK
Horsey Gap, Bank Holiday Wind down.
Visiting The Seals At Horsey Beach
Horsey Beach on the Norfolk coastline is home to a large colony of grey seals. We took a trip to see if there were many about on a chilly Sunday afternoon in January. There were loads! Here's a glimpse of what you can expect to see if you head there at the right time.
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Norfolk beaches - Horsey Gap Seals
Join us travelling to Horsey Gap to see seals in their natural habitat on the Norfolk Coast.
Close to the city of Norwich City Centre, and not far from the Norfolk Broads. Horsey Gap is of the best Norfolk beaches!
Includes seals barking, cute seal pups, beach access & car park prices.
The best time of day to see baby seals on the beach is in daylight hours from November to January.
Car park costs: £3 up to 2hrs, £4 up to 3hrs and £5 over 3hrs.
On the North Norfolk Coast near the beautiful Norfolk hideaways.
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Location: Horsey Gap, Norfolk, UK NR29 4EJ
Grey Seals, Horsey Beach, Norfolk, UK.
Taken with a Fuji X-S1. September 2015.
Grey Seals at Horsey Beach, Norfolk, England - December 2014
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The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus, meaning hooked-nosed sea pig) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a large seal of the family Phocidae or true seals.
Seals at Horsey Beach
Seals at Horsey Beach in England.
Horsey Gap - can you spot the seal?
Can you spot the seal? We love Horsey Gap our new Norfolk find. We were staying in the Norfolk broads and took a trip here most days of our holiday and each time we saw so many seals popping their heads up. They are truly beautiful and graceful creatures in the water.
3 days of WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY in my campervan PART 2 - GREY SEAL PHOTOGRAPHY at Horsey Gap
Join me behind the scenes as I take a three day wildlife photography trip around Norfolk in my new campervan.
In this episode I visit Horsey Gap in Norfolk with the aim of doing some exploration, seal photography and testing out my Lumix G9 with it's new firmware update 2.0
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