THE GREY SEAL ( HALICHOERUS GRY PUS FAB.) IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES IN OCTOBER 1961

• Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
• Main Author: BOYD, J. MORTON
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1963
• Subjects: Rona; common seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01620.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1963.tb01620.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01620.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01620.x

There are two resident seals in the Outer Hebrides: the grey seal Halichoerus grypus on the exposed coasts, and the common seal Phoca vitulina on the sheltered ones. This paper describes the first exhaustive survey of the breeding status of the grey seal in the archipelago, conducted from land, sea...