End of the season

My field work has come to a close. All of the pups I have been following are now weaned, and will be spending a few weeks of playing on the Isle before going out to sea.  That is it for all my data collection for my thesis; now it is just analyzing and writting up to finish!

Will probably be leaving the Isle to go back this weekend, so with my free time I am sure there will be lots of seal photos to add to this collection :)

Yet another weaner....

Nothing better than cuddles with mom...

If that is not happiness on that little pups face, I don't know what is.

Start to finish

At the beginning of the season, mom's are big and fat.  But they make hungry hungry pups, and by the time their pups are all grown up and ready to go out on their own mom's are very tiny.  These two lovely ladies show the start and finish points.  A very big difference!

The weaners are descending

It's that time of year again; the pups are growing up, turning into big fat weaners, and roaming around the island.  This little guy kept me company sleeping next to me half the day :)

More beautiful sunrises

The Colony

This is my office for the next few weeks :)