Merryn Thomas / Pladda Lighthouse, with Seals (Phoca vitulina) on rocks in foreground at Seal Shore Campsite, Kildonan, Arran, Scotland, August 2011.

Erlend Haarberg / Common / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) looking out of water, Iceland, May

Erlend Haarberg / Common / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) swimming in wave, Iceland, August

Danny Green / 2020VISION / RESTRICTED USE - Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup resting on a sandbank during a sandstorm, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Laurie Campbell / Common / Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) bottling / sleeping upright in water and moored in bed of sea thong weed, Islay, Scotland, April

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on saltmarsh, Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Wallasea Island, Essex, England, UK, October

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common / Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on mudflats at saltmarsh, Wallasea Island RSPB reserve, Essex, UK, March 2011

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup, portrait on sand, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup resting on beach, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, November. Did you know? The grey seal is Britains largest carnivorous animal.

Alex Mustard / A young Harbour / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK. Bristol Channel, North East Atlantic Ocean. July

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbour / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) moving from an exposed rock into the water, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup lying on beach, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008