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| Arrived around 7-15 am. A group of regular dog walkers stroll the strand line. |
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| I haven't photographed it but a seal pup lies dead in the distance. My plan was to finish my walk and then go to the Council depot and see if it could be removed. Luckily two Council workers came onto the beach to move the seal as I was leaving. |
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| Moody sky. |
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| Lazy Sun. |
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| I wasn't quite quick enough to get a good photograph of a flock of White Geese as they squeaked and honked overhead. |
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| #2minutebeachclean BEACH BUOY. |
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| THE TIDE HAD NOT LONG TURNED. IT WAS HEADING OUT. |
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| GUTTED TO FIND THIS LITTLE CHAP LEFT BEHIND BY THE OUT GOING TIDE. HE SEEMS TO HAVE A COUPLE OF BITE MARKS? HOPING IT IS NOT THE ONE I CALLED THE BDLMR ABOUT A FEW DAYS AGO. I HAVE ASKED IF SOMEONE CAN CONFIRM THIS IS A DIFFERENT SEAL. SEE BELOW. |
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| SLEEPY SEAL PUP, SEEMS TO HAVE LOTS OF FUR UNLIKE THE DEAD ONE? |
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| HE WAS HAVING A BIT OF A STRETCH. |
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| MY HEART WASN'T IN IT BUT I CONTINUED THE BEACH WALK. BEACH BUOY. |
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| An Evening walk. The rain came as soon as we reached The Strandline. |
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| Wonder what this old bottle top's story is? |
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| Tonight's selection of finds. BEACH BUOY. |
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| A sunny evening walk. |
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| The sand, the sea and the sky. |
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| Seaglass, copper and a bullet. |
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| Sea pottery. BEACH BUOY. |
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| It rained much of the day, so it was nice to see the Sun show it's face as we started our evening walk on the Beach. |
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| My Beach sidekick. |
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| The tide had not long turned and was heading out. |
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| The long walk back... BEACH BUOY. |
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| A RAINY START TO THE BEACH WALK. I WAS OUT CHECKING IF OUR FRIEND THE SEAL PUP HAD COME BACK TO THE BEACH. |
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| STORM HEADED OUT TO SEA. |
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| THE NORTH GARE WAS A CONTRAST OF COLOURS |
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| LOOKS LIKE THE SEAL WAS BUSY. BEACH BUOY. |
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| AN AFTERNOON VISIT TO HARTLEPOOL HEADLAND TO WATCH THE RAFT RACE WITH RNLI IN ATTENDANCE. |
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| BACK TO SEATON SANDS ON THE EVENING. I HAD BEEN KEEPING MY DISTANCE FROM THIS CHAP FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS . I WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH TONIGHT TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AND CONTACT THE BDLMR TO CHECK IF ALL OK. THEY KINDLY ASSESSED THE SEAL VIA TELEPHONE AND TEXTED PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY SAID HE WAS FINE. HIS EYES WERE WATERY WHICH MEANT HE WAS FEEDING OK. THEY SAID THE WEIGHT LOOKED FINE TOO. HE WAS JUST TIRED. |
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| HE WAS STRETCHING AND YAWNING. WE STAYED WITH HIM UNTIL A LARGE GROUP OF LARGER "OFF THE LEAD.' DOGS HAD RE PASSED US ON THE WAY BACK TO THE CAR PARK. |
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| MY DOG IS ON THE LEAD AND WASN'T CAUSING A FUSS. PUP SEEMED TO BE HAPPY OF THE COMPANY. CLICK ON LINK BELOW FOR VIDEO. SHORT SLEEPY SEAL VIDEO THANKS AGAIN TO BDLMR BEACH BUOY. |
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| BACKCOMB SPIRIT COME INTO PORT AND THANKS TO @gonzoijs12 FOR THE INFORMATION. |
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| IT'S AROUND 7-20 am. THERE IS HEAT IN THE SUN ALREADY. |
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| CAN YOU SEE THE SEAL IN THE DISTANCE ABOUT TO ENTER THE SEA? I THINK IT IS THE SAME ONE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS NOW. HE / SHE SEEMS TO HAVE MADE SEATON SANDS IT'S HOME? IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS LEARNING THE HARD WAY ABOUT TIDES RECENTLY. IT SEEMS IT IS BEACHING AT HIGH TIDE TO HAVE A SNOOZE AND WAKES TO FIND THE SEA HAS MOVED A LONG WAY OUT. HE / SHE WILL LEARN AND THE TIDE TIMES CHANGE. I WALKED CLOSER AND WATCHED IT SLIP INTO THE SEA. WONDERFUL TO WATCH IN PERSON. |
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| FOR FUTURE REFERENCE; THE SEAL TRACKS. THESE TRACKS ARE SHOWING THE SEAL WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE CAMERA. |
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| LEATHER BRACELET FIND. |
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| #2MINUTEBEACHCLEAN. BEACH BUOY. |
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| EARLY MORNING AND LOW TIDE. |
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| WALKED TO NORTH GARE TO SEE THE SEAL SITUATION. HE WASN'T TO BE SEEN BUT THERE WAS FRESH TRACKS AFTER A NEW HIGH TIDE LAST NIGHT. |
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| SOMEONE MOST PROBABLY NEVER EVEN REALISED THAT THEY HAD WALKED ALL OVER A HEART. WON'T BE THE LAST TIME. |
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| WORLD PEACE. |
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| LAGOON AND THE DUNE. |
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| I CYCLED TO THE MARINA. IN THE DISTANCE PREPARATIONS WERE IN PLACE FOR THE HARTLEPOOL WATERFRONT FESTIVAL. |
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| THE VIEW AS I CYCLED BACK... IT IS ALSO MY VIEW AS I DRIVE BACK INTO SEATON CAREW AFTER WORK. |
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| THE EVENING VISIT. |
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| THE NIGHTS ARE DRAWING IN....... BEACH BUOY. |
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| BEACH TIME AGAIN! IT WAS AROUND 6-15PM. |
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| DOWN AT THE SEATON CAREW SIDE OF NORTH GARE THERE WAS A YOUNG SEAL. HE WAS SLOWLY HEADING FOR THE SEA. YOU COULD SEE THE TRACKS THAT HE HAD LEFT BEHIND.THE TRACKS SHOWED HE MUST HAVE BEACHED AROUND HIGH TIDE SO HE HAD A CANNY CRAWL TO GET TO THE SEA. WE WATCHED FOR A LONG TIME FROM A DISTANCE AS I WANTED TO WARN OTHER BEACHGOERS OF IT'S PRESENCE; HOPING THEY WOULD DISTURB IT. |
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| THE TIDE SLOWLY TURNED AND EVENTUALLY HEADED TOWARDS THE LITTLE CHAP |
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| HIS "WATCHING A SEAL." FACE. |
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| THE SEA SEEMED AN AGE TO START MOVING BACK IN. |
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| SOON BE THERE. BEACH BUOY. |
