Seals

species:

Common Seal

scientific name:

Phoca vitulina

notes:

Orange tag with a black five numeric code.
Tag orange avec un code noir cinq numeric.
Oranje tag met een zwarte vijf numeric code.
Oranien farbenes tag mit einem schwarze 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 : the 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):

Orange [O]

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

Five numeric code (5 numbers).

countries where ringed:

The Netherlands.