Grey seal pup numbers have coninued to arrive in their thousands at National Trust’s Blakeney Point.
The grey seal rookery has grown remarkably since it was first established in 2001, when just 25 pups were born. Since then numbers passed the 1,000 mark in 2012, 2,000 in 2014 and 3,000 in 2018. Every year the numbers continue to increase. It is a truly spectacular sight.
National Trust rangers monitor the colony at Blakeney Point and record seal pups born on this coastal spit throughout the winter.
Record-breaking colony at Blakeney Point
The reserve is the perfect breeding site for grey seals, not least because of the absence of predators and the relative remoteness which keeps disturbance to a minimum.
We’re starting to see the seals move into different areas of the reserve, so in addition to the shallow-sloping sandy beach, more are moving into the sheltered sand dunes further inland. This provides additional protection from any bad weather.
