The Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) at North Rona, 1959 to 1968

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Boyd, J. Morton, Campbell, R. Niall
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1971
• Subjects: Norway; Rona; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1971.tb01331.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1971.tb01331.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1971.tb01331.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1971.tb01331.x

North Rona (59° 06′ N, 05° 50′ W) has an area of about 120 ha (300 acres) and rises to about 108 m (355 feet) above sea level. Together with the neighbouring islet of Sula Sgeir, declared a National Nature Reserve in 1956, mainly because of the breeding assembly of Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) wh...