Our founding community

Madeira, watched
with care.

Seal Watch began with public reports of Mediterranean monk seals around Madeira and the Desertas Islands.

A record of encounters.

We bring together published reports so people can follow the story over time. A report is an observation, not a count of a different seal, and an attributed name is not independent identity verification.

Conservation response and official monitoring remain with local wildlife teams. Seal Watch is a public archive and is not an emergency response service.

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