Deceased common and grey seals in Yorkshire

Our team will start recording deceased common and grey seals in Yorkshire in 2021. If you come across a dead seal you can report it to us on 07794695607 or message us via our ‘Contact us’ page.

• Name of beach or shore
• Location on the shore
• Any signs of injury or cause of death
• State of decomposition
• Photographs if you have them

As deceased common and grey seals in Yorkshire can host a number of infectious pathogens, never touch or move a seal carcass. If safe to do so, the details you provide above will enable one of our team to attend the seal to take further pictures, measurements and establish the gender of the animal.

We also advise informing the council (particularly if in a public place with high footfall), the council will contact the relevant bodies and will liaise with them to agree the removal of the carcass wherever practicable.

The remoteness of some of our beaches means that access can sometime be very challenging. To aid us in locating the carcass to record data we highly recommend downloading the free app ‘what 3 words’ to your phone. This free mapping software can be found here:  what3words /// The simplest way to talk about location