Common Seal, Glengarriff, West Cork

A seal with a glint in her eye. A selkie, perhaps? Common seal, Phoca vitulina, near Garinish Island, Glengarrif, Co. Cork, Ireland. There's about 30,000 common seals in Irish waters, and these examples were pretty relaxed with the regular visits of the Garinish "Blue Pool Ferry". Copyright 2011 Dave Walsh All rights reserved - please contact about usage possibilities. Get high resolution common seal photographs

Seal in the harbour at Ny-Alesund

Seal, probably Harbour Seal, in the harbout at Ny-Alesund Seal in the harbout at Ny-Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Seal, probably Ringed Seal, in the harbour at Ny-Alesund

Grey Seal, Kilmore Quay, Wexford

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Grey Seal, Kilmore Quay, Wexford, originally uploaded by blather. Get high resolution photograph of the grey seal » This grey seal is one of several "tame" animals that hang around the harbour of Kilmore Quay, scavenging fish scraps from anglers and trawler crew. The seal probably lives on the Saltee Islands. I photographed them two years ago, too

Playful Seals, Kilmore Quay