Report a casual sighting

Observer info

Observer Name:

Observer Email:

Observer phone number:

Site info

Site:

Select the site if a Shorewatch site

Other site name:

Provide the site name if not a Shorewatch site

Spatial Ref: *

Click on the map to set the location where you were standing or enter an exact latitude and longitude

Date and time info

Date: *

Timezone:

Notes:

Tell us about any boat activity, environmental conditions or other notes

Tide info (for office use only)

Tide state:

For office use only

Tide height:

For office use only

Please enter the species you saw, ID confidence, number of adults / calves and any other information about them. Only enter a single species/sighting at a time. If you saw additional species, or more than one sighting, please enter them on a separate Casual Sighting.

Species

Sighting start time

Sighting end time

Seal location

Bearing to sighting

Reticules

Reticules from

Distance estimate

Species ID confidence

ID cues

Adults

Calves

Newborns

Behaviour

Activity

Direction

Seal behaviour/activity

Disturbance interaction

Interaction vessel

Comment

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use * as wildcard search (for example *dolphin to see all dolphin species options)
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