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Seal Pup Season in England

A Grey Seal pup and it’s mother lay in the mud at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. Seal pup numbers have increased on last year with over 800 pups born at the reserve so far. Large bull seals are the first to arrive at the reserve in late October or early November where they will wait for females. The Cow’s arrive later and are herded into harems by the bulls, where they give birth to a single pup which is covered in white fur. The seals return to the North Sea in January before returning to the same area to give birth the following year. The Donna Nook reserve is the UK’s premier destination to see Grey Seals and thousands of visitors from across the country come to see the wildlife spectacle every year. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup and it’s mother lay in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Grey Seal bulls fight at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Grey Seals lay on the estuary at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lays in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies with it’s mother in the dunes at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup and it’s mothere lay in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Grey Seals lay in the dunes at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal Cow tends to her newly born Pup in the sand dunes at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup and it’s mothere lay in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lays in the dunes at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Grey Seals lay in the dunes at sunset near the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal cow lays in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Grey Seal wallow on the mud flats at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup lies in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup and it’s mother play in the muddy water at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal cow lays in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal pup and it’s mother lay in the grass at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grey Seal swims in muddy water at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve on November 24, 2014 in Grimsby, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)