Registration of the seal population in the Wadden Sea of ​​Lower Saxony 2015 (UIG) Monitoring of Common seals in the Wadden Sea of ​​Lower Saxony 2015

Registration of the seal population in the Wadden Sea of ​​Lower Saxony in 2015. The population of seals in the Wadden Sea of ​​Lower Saxony is determined annually. For this purpose, counting flights are carried out in the summer months (May - September). During these months the seals give birth, raise their young and change their hair. Counts are taken at low tide. At this time the seals are resting on the dry berths. The censuses are trilaterally coordinated via the 'Seal Management Plan'. The data is part of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program (TMAP). Monitoring of Common seals in the Wadden Sea of ​​Lower Saxony 2015. The common seal population in the Wadden Sea of ​​Lower Saxony is determined annually by aerial surveys at low tides during the summer months (May - September). In this period whelping, nursing and moulting of the seals take place. The counts are trilaterally coordinated according to the 'Seal Management Plan'; the data are part of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program (TMAP).