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Strong Guidance for seagoers & visitors
Seal pups are incredibly vulnerable to disturbance, which would cause the mother to abandon it and the pup to starve. For this reason, there is strictly no access to the area of the nature reserve where the seals are.
However, seals can be seen playing in the water at high tide, along with thousands of wintering wildfowl and wader birds, from hides on South Walney nature reserve.
Please read The Marine & Coastal Wildlife Code. It gives advice on how you can help to minimise disturbance to wildlife when you visit the coast. When we survey the seals here, we’re not just counting them. We’re also checking their behaviour, to see how they're affected by human disturbance, such as recreational boating around Walney Island.
Grey seal conservation
Our work over the past sixty years or so, to make the site a safe haven for wildlife, means the colony settled and started breeding in 2015 and pups have been recorded every year since.
Grey seals suffered from severe persecution, their numbers dwindling as a result. Thankfully, grey seal populations have increased due to a ban on shooting, and now the largest European population is found in the British Isles.
Frequently Asked Questions about the grey seals at South Walney Nature Reserve
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Troubleshooting playback issues
This web cam is powered by StreamDays. If sealcam isn't working at the moment, please be assured we're resolving the issue and in the meantime, click here to enjoy some recorded footage of grey seal pups at the reserve.
Our cameras use HTML5 player so you'll need to click the play button to watch the live stream. Safari browser users may have difficulty streaming the cam so please do try another browser. If you're still experiencing playback issues please email us and we'll do our best to help.
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Why doesn't it work on a Flash player?
The live streaming is no longer compliant with Flash because Adobe is phasing the Flash plugin out. Unfortunately not all browsers are fully HTML5 compatible.
For example, you may find on one mobile device that Google Chrome browser will work fine, but then not on another mobile device; the reason for this is that different devices only have certain versions available, which again make some devices compatible and others not.
Streamdays recommends that users ensure that their device and browser are up to date.
Samsung users:
Please try the native built in browser which is called “internet” that is also compatible.
Android users:
Both Firefox and Samsung internet seem to work. Google Chrome and Microsoft Bing appear to be incompatible.
Mac users:
If your playback settings do not allow the option to enlarge the screen to full, please update Safari browser on your Mac to the latest version which should resolve the issue.
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