Common Seal (Phoca vitutina)
(aka Harbour Seal)
Common Seal, Grobust, Westray, Orkney, May 2003 - click for larger image Scotland

The Common Seal is found along the coasts and near islands in the north Pacific and north Atlantic Oceans. It is smaller than the Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus at under 2 metres and weighing under 100 kilos.

Common Seal, Grobust, Westray, Orkney, May 2003 - click for larger image It has a rounded head and v-shaped nostrils.
Common Seal, Grobust, Westray, Orkney, May 2003 - click for larger image .
Common Seal, Fetlar, Shetland, May 2004 - click for larger image .
Common Seal, Iona, Scotland, June 2005 - click for larger image .
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