Table 5: Lundy sea cave sites where pups were born in September 2009
No.
Date of birth
Location
01
02.09.09
Jenny’s Seal Hole
02
06.09.09
Seal’s Hole
03
07.09.09
Aztec Seal Hole
04
08.09.09
Seal’s Hole
05
12.09.09
Virgin’s Spring Cleft
06
17.09.09
Aztec Seal Hole
07
17.09.09
Seal’s Hole
08
18.09.09
NW Seal Hole
09
18.09.09
Shutter Two Chamber Cave
10
19.09.09
Seal’s Hole
11
20.09.09
NW Seal Hole
12
21.09.09
Aztec Seal Hole
13
N/A
Jenny’s Seal Hole (dead)
14
25.09.09
Aztec Seal Hole
15
26.09.09
Jenny’s Seal Hole
Table 6: Lundy beach sites where pups were born, August 2008 – June 2009
No.
Date
Location
01
02.09.09
Montagu’s Steps
02
10.09.09
Montagu’s Steps
03
13.09.09
Halfway Wall Bay
04
22.09.09
Wreck Cove
05
23.09.09
Halfway Wall Bay
06
24.09.09
Montagu’s Steps
07
25.09.09
Devil’s Kitchen
08
27.09.09
Montagu’s Steps
4.3 Moulting
The moult was assumed to be taking place when large quantities of seal hair were found on substrates used by seals.
During this survey, that occurred during the period December to March for Puffin’s Gully Cave and Seal’s Hole and was apparent in April for Aztec Seal Hole. As elsewhere, moulting assemblies consisted largely of one sex (female) at Puffin’s Gully Cave and Seal’s Hole, but there was a mixed assembly at Aztec Seal Hole.
