ARRIVAL: First seal pup of the season
The first grey seal pup to be born this breeding season has been spotted at South Walney Nature Reserve
South Walney Nature Reserve is celebrating the arrival of its first pup of the season.
This is the fifth year running that pups have been born on the island, with numbers doubling each year.
During the 1970s and 80s, seals were seen only singly around Walney Island in Barrow and gradually over time their numbers have increased with a couple of hundred individuals now on and around the island at certain times of the year.
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