Seals

species:

Common Seal

scientific name:

Phoca vitulina

notes:

Red tag with a white five numeric code.
Tag rouge avec un code blanc cinq numeric.
Rode tag met een witte vijf numeric code.
Rotes farbenes tag mit einem weisse fünfstelligen Code.

note 1 : the tag is rectangular 4cm. x 1cm. with on one side the year and the rehab number in the form of a 2 or 3 number (YY-RRR).

note 2 : on the other side the text : Zeehondencentrum, info@zeehondencentrum.nl, Pieterburen, Holland.

note 3 : 2024: Black ; 2023: White ; 2022: Red ; 2021: Blue ; 2020: Purple ; 2019: Grey ; 2018: Black ; 2017: White ; 2016: Red ; 2015: Purple ; 2014: Orange.

note 4 : seals (Common Seals and Grey Seals) are usually tagged on the right hind flipper between the 2nd and 3rd digit, unless there is any injury on that limb, in that case we tag on the left hind flipper.

note 5 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

Red [R]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Five numeric code (5 numbers).

countries where ringed:

The Netherlands.