0a96d88d478403aa0ef60967f445c2ee English dataset Natural England Data Manager +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk pointOfContact 2016-09-19 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2004-2010 Natural England (NE) Distribution and abundance of harbour seals in the Wash 2010-12-01 publication NATENG000211 http://www.naturalengland.org.uk The Wash is the largest estuary in England, and holds a high population of English harbour seals (Phoco vitulina). This population has been monitored since the 1960s, using counts of animals hauled out as indices of population size. This study is a continuation of that on going monitoring of the harbour seal population. The dataset includes a detailed count of harbour seals along with their location, date of sighting and age estimation. Detailed GIS maps showing the distribution of the sightings can be found in the appendix of the document. The report finishes with a comparison of the dataset with previous studies. Dr. David Thompson Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) +44 (0)1334 462630 Gatty Marine Laboratory University of St Andrews St Andrews KY16 8LB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Natural England Data Manager +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk custodian notPlanned Delimited Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Seal morphology and physiology Seal abundance Seal reproduction Seal behaviour Seal mortality SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Accessible under NE and DASSH terms and conditions otherRestrictions Accessible under NE and DASSH terms and conditions English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Southern North Sea ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 34E9 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 35E9 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 34F0 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 35F0 International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation North Sea ICES Statistical Areas 2014-05-16 creation IVc -0.0316 0.5699 52.7862 53.0957 2001-06-22 2010-07-10 Natural England Data Manager +44 (0)300 060 3900 +44 (0)300 060 2356 Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk distributor dataset Counts of the distribution and abundance of Phoca vitulina in the Wash were carried out during the breeding seasons each year between 27th June and 4th July in each year from 2004 to 2010. Surveys were carried out over the period 1.5 hours before to 2 hours after low water. All tidal sand banks and all creeks accessible to seals were examined visually. All groups of more than 10 animals were photographed using either colour reversal film in a vertically mounted 5X4" format, image motion compensated camera in 2004 and 2005 or with a hand held digital SLR camera since. Marine Recorder survey number: MRNE013400000009 Report only. No structured data