Grey seal pup season
The grey seal colony at South Walney Nature Reserve is growing, with several pups being born here each year since 2015.
However, young seals and their mothers are incredibly vulnerable to…
Blog: South Walney
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Salt works, shingle and seals at South Walney
Abi, who volunteers some of her time to the Trust, headed to the Furness Peninsula by bike to explore our South Walney Nature Reserve and wrote about her experience.
An inside view of a grey seal survey
Read on for an inside view of our fortnightly grey seal surveys...
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