Grey seal pupping season has brought some deeply concerning observations in Cornwall this year, highlighting just how vulnerable mums and pups can be.

At just six years old, Amaya discovered a dead seal on a Norfolk beach, sparking a passion for protecting seals and keeping our coastlines clean. Now 12, she is a published author, beach-clean organiser and passionate seal advocate.

We all need time and space to rest, recharge and sleep - and seals are no different. Discover what happens when human activity interrupts their vital resting time and why distance really matters.

Small charities like the Seal Research Trust are facing increasing financial pressures, but our work protecting seals must continue. Find out why resilient, sustainable funding is so vital to securing a future for seals - and how you can help.

Grey seals can travel incredible distances, swimming between Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, France and beyond. Discover how SRT's photo-identification research is uncovering the remarkable journeys of individual seals like Trunk and Lucky bunting.

Seal Research Trust recently joined conservation partners at Westminster to launch Hidden in the Haul, a landmark report exposing the shocking scale of bycatch in UK waters. Discover why urgent action is needed to protect seals, dolphins, seabirds and other marine wildlife.

For over 25 years, Seal Research Trust has identified individual grey seals through photo-ID. Now, a pioneering partnership with AI researchers at the University of Oxford is accelerating this work, revealing new insights and helping shape the future of seal conservation.

Over the past four months, Lukas has immersed himself in the world of marine conservation as an intern with Seal Research Trust. In this guest blog, Lukas reflects on his experiences, the skills he has developed and the people who made his time with SRT so memorable.

In a remarkable and possibly unprecedented event, one grey seal mum - Butterfly - defied expectations by feeding not just her own pup, but two others as well.

Seal Research Trust (SRT) is delighted to announce that its free online volunteer training programme has been officially endorsed by the United Nations Ocean Decade.

From student uncertainty to a life shaped by seals, this blog follows Milly’s journey through academia, internships and citizen science — and how taking a leap of faith changed everything.

What started in 2000 with one woman recording seals on the Cornish coast has grown into the Seal Research Trust — a globally respected charity powered by people, passion and science.

A simple search for a seal-themed tie turned into an unexpected lesson — and a happy ending.

Profound change is underway, but it is not enough. To secure a future for nature — and ourselves — we must radically rethink our relationship with the natural world. Without nature there is no economy, no wellbeing and no future.

We love being out along the Cornish coast, surveying seals in their natural habitat — from playful antics to sleepy yawns that never fail to make us smile. Behind every survey, though, lies hours of careful processing, building individual seal life stories from thousands of photographs.

We couldn’t be more excited to bring together two worlds that belong side by side: art and conservation. World-renowned Cornish contemporary artist Kurt Jackson and the Seal Research Trust joined forces to celebrate Cornwall’s native grey seals and the seas they depend on.

At the Seal Research Trust, we believe the ocean has rights — and that seals and seas need a voice. In 2023, that belief took us from local waters in Cornwall to the global stage.

We really can make a difference.

At a time when biodiversity loss, climate change and rising living costs can feel overwhelming, it’s easy to feel powerless — but we shouldn’t. Real, radical change is built from small actions, repeated by many, until people power creates a tipping point. History shows us this time and again.

Seal Research Trust is internationally recognised for its citizen science photo-identification research, including long-term monitoring of rescued and rehabilitated seals. Our landmark 2021 peer-reviewed study tracked over 1,000 rehabilitated seals across 19 years, revealing extraordinary survival and movement patterns…

2022 was another action-packed year here at CSGRT thanks to an enormous voluntary team effort! 

2022 has seen us create a volunteer Conservation Team to help spread expertise and share resources. This means we are no longer limited by HQ capacity, enabling other hugely competent volunteers to take action to help seals.