The Old Chapel Guest House B&B Seal Season October-March
Harbour seals can be seen on the beach and in the Sea all year round...........From the start of November to the end of Feb ,
Harbour Seals, and Atlantic Grey Seals arrive on the beach @ Horsey Gap in mass 400m's from The Old Chapel to give birth to their pups through November male seals then arrive to mate for the next year,
The pups are cared for by Mum and fed 60% fat milk a bit like condensed milk fpr approx 18 to 21 days, then weaned ready for the pups to cope on their own whilst they loose the white fluffy coat they are born with. then they are ready to go into the sea and cope on their own.
Approx 5,000 pups are born on Horsey Gap Beach each year betsween Horsey and Winterton on Sea
From Mid October / November to March we have over 100,000 visitors to the area all looking for somewhere to stay as it is such an awesom sight to see and a great experience,
it's like watching The Blue Planet live!
Seal Season , Please visit the web site Friends of Horsey Seals, here to help the seals, the environment and educate the public - http://friendsofhorseyseals.co.uk/
Some Interesting Grey Atlantic info
1: The grey seal is the larger and most common of the two British seal species, the other being the common or Harbour seal
2: One hundred years ago there was only approx 500 grey seals in This country, now there is approximately 80,000 found on and around the British coasts
3: The Norfolk coastline is one of the most popular breeding coastline for the grey seals
4: Grey seals are classed as true seals, meaning they have no external ears and have shorter front flippers, unlike eared seals such as sea lions, grey seals are less mobile on land and tend to move along the ground on their belly
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