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Seal monitoring

This protocol was created in collaboration with the Marine and Freshwater Institute of Iceland

Materials:
  • Hiking clothes
    • Gloves
    • Hat
    • Waterproof pants
  • Monitoring sheet
  • Pencil and eraser
  • Binoculars
  • Phone with GPS app
Download the protocol and monitoring sheet here ->
seal_counting_methodology.pdf
File Size: 1022 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

How long does it take?
About 4 hours

Who is it for?
  • Youth groups, families, individuals
  • 2-4 observers per area (too many people will scare the seals)
  • From 10 years-old
Protocol and monitoring sheet
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              The Icelandic Climate Fund (2020-2021)

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The Nordic Cooperation (2021-2023)           

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  • Home
  • Local Nature
    • Flora and Funga >
      • Flowering plants >
        • Arctic poppy
        • Cow parsley
        • Mountain avens
        • Nootka lupin
        • Purple saxifrage
      • Non-flowering vascular plants
      • Non-vascular plants
      • Algae
      • Fungi >
        • Reindeer lichen
    • Land mammals >
      • Carnivores >
        • American mink
        • Arctic fox
        • Red fox
      • Herbivores >
        • Reindeer
        • Muskox
      • Insectivores
    • Marine mammals >
      • Seals and Bears >
        • Harbor seal
        • Polar bear
        • Ringed seal
      • Whales and Dolphins >
        • Humpback whale
        • Minke whale
        • Orca
    • Birds >
      • Birds of prey >
        • Gyrfalcon
        • Snowy owl
        • White-tailed eagle
      • Land birds >
        • Rock ptarmigan
        • Rock pigeon
        • Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
      • Passerines >
        • Common raven
        • European starling
        • Snow bunting
      • Sea birds >
        • Atlantic puffin
        • Great cormorant
        • Northern fulmar
      • Seagulls >
        • Black-legged kittiwake
        • Arctic tern
        • Arctic skua
      • Waders >
        • Eurasian oystercatcher
        • Common ringed plover
        • Purple sandpiper
      • Water birds >
        • Red-throated diver
        • Barnacle goose
        • Common eider
  • Activities
    • Beach treasure hunts
    • Ice fishing
    • Crab traps
    • Seal monitoring
    • Shore ecosystem walk
  • App
  • News
  • Publications
  • Contact us