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I'm currently planning ahead for a couple of locations and was after a bit of advice about shooting the seals here.

Currently I have a 7d with good lenses ranging from 17 to 200mm as well as a 400mm. I'm going to add another body which will be either a 5D2 for best iq on subjects that don't tax the af too much, a 1d3 for speed or a new 70d as another all rounder.

How close can you responsibly and safely get to the seals?
 
Very close, some come right up to the fences, last we saw pups sitting at the fence and mothers fighting /5 metres away :)
 
As an update to this, the first Pup was born on Wednsday 23rd Oct.

I will certainly be going in the next few weeks. Early afternoon is the best time when the Sun will be behind you, in regard to Lenses, something like a 70-200mm would be fine, they come very close to the path and fence, there are some of course further away so your 400mm could come in handy too.

The Wildlife trust now seem to actively discourage Photographers going out onto the Dunes towards the Sea, as they say it will result in distress and some Pups dying.

Hope this Helps.

Regards Paul
 
They have a new car park ,it's Left of were the old on was.

Rob.
 
I'm going over the Donna Nook this weekend. Hope to have a few pics to show next week.
 
I'm praying that these seals don't get affected by the high tides and winds tomorrow.
 
I was planning on visiting this weekend but Lincoln wildlife trust is urging visitors to stay away due to the storm surge. I think they may be thinking of removing the fences so the seals can escape into sand dunes behind. The high tides may split mothers from their pups and they need time to be reunited. I'm hoping all goes well and there is no pup deaths, unlike a similar event in 2011.
:: Important Notice ::
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Donna Nook National Nature Reserve - Seal Colony
The Lincolnshire coast may be affected by a surge tide this evening and/or tomorrow morning. This has the potential to cause widespread disruption amongst the seals at Donna Nook. We are asking people to stay away from the site until after the weekend in order to give the seals time to settle down and for us to make the site safe - at the previous surge tide in 2011, seals were spread far and wide in surrounding dunes. Staff will be on site during tonight's high tide to monitor the situation and take what steps are possible.
Thursday 5 December 2013

http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/index.php
 
The latest update is (from http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/index.php):

"The tidal surge has affected the entire east coast including our reserves at Donna Nook, Gibraltar Point and Far Ings.

At Donna Nook the seals are now dispersed throughout the sand dunes and should not be approached.

Please do not visit any of the coastal reserves.

Our thoughts are with everyone living on the coast."
 
The volunteers and Lincoln wildlife trust have done a great job in helping the seals though the buildings took a battering. The fence has had to be broken down to allow them into the dunes, the photos seem to show they are now happy in the sand dunes behind the fence. I can see a temporary fence being needed until January. A few photos can be seen here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.612157362183199.1073741837.572875042778098&type=1

The seals at horsey unfortunately don't seem to have faired as well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/25260313
 
Einholt said:
Very close, some come right up to the fences, last we saw pups sitting at the fence and mothers fighting /5 metres away :)
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First try at posting a picture hope it works,this was before the high tides and storms but not all the female where fighting :)

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Thanks for that,it was just to show they where not all fighting :)
 
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