Madeira · observation
Caniçal fishing port
· Machico
A monk seal was photographed visiting Caniçal's fishing port.
- Species
- Not recorded / not sure
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Carlos Freitas photograph; Rosa Pires, Parque Natural da Madeira, in The Monachus Guardian
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- https://www.monachus-guardian.org/library/mguard10.pdf — PDF page 18 caption explicitly gives 12 July 2002 and Caniçal fishing port. Rendered photograph bears Carlos Freitas credit; credit checked.
- Identification confidence
- Not recorded
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.