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Grey Seal - Berneray Harbour

Berneray Harbour, Isle of North Uist, Outer Hebrides

Type:Flora and Fauna - Marine Life

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Males have larger noses and a more convex profile than common and are generally darker than females, with lighter patches and often scarring around the neck. Females are silver grey to brown with dark patches
Seals best seen at low tide hauled up on rocky skerries. Please be aware this is a working harbour.

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  1. Common seals are brown, tan, or grey, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils.

    0 miles away
  2. Close to the ferry terminal lie the slight remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to…

    0.06 miles away
  3. At Beinn a'Chlaidh - Hill of the Graveyard - there is a standing stone.

    0.51 miles away
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  2. Giant Mackaskill Monument is located ti the South of Berneray.

    1.21 miles away
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    1.25 miles away
  4. Loch Bhurigh is easily accessible from the machair to the south of the island.

    1.38 miles away
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