A two-year international investigation has started this week into dwindling common seal numbers in the Wadden Sea. Common seals and grey seals make up the seal population in the Wadden Sea but while grey seals are doing well, common seal numbers have been declining. Just 7,211 common seals were counted in the Dutch part of the Wadden Sea in August …
A broad, two-year–long study into why the seal population in the Wadden Sea is declining starts this week. Despite relatively many seal pups being born, the common seal population in the Dutch part of the Wadden Sea dropped to 7,211 counted individuals in August 2023 - the lowest number since 2014. “A relatively large number of pups are born, but …
