Sunday 14 December 2014

Seals on the beach

Every Winter Norfolk's Horsey beach becomes a seal pup nursery. 
On Friday 700 seals were counted. 
The pups can't swim just yet and they haven't acquired their sea coats so 
they just loll around drinking milk and gaining 2 kilos a day 
until they are ready to head for the water. 
Starvation and disease mean that only 40% survive. 

This little one loved the camera and seemed very mature in some of her poses.