Beautiful moment of a grey seal together with her pup on the Noordzij beach. The grey seal suckles her pup for the first 4 weeks of its life, after which the pup has to go it alone. In the Netherlands, we have two kinds of seals. The common seal and the grey seal. In this photo, you can see the grey seal. A characteristic of the grey seal pup is that they are born with a beautiful white coat, also known as lanugo. It is a baby coat, meant to keep the body warm during the period when the pup still has to develop a thick layer of fur that will keep it warm as an adult seal. Until then, the lanugo protects the pup from the cold on land.
Hi, I'm Marjon, a passionate horse and dog photographer! Together with my family, we live in Zeeland, in the village of Renesse. We live close to the beach and can often be found there. My partner Marco, like me, has a passion for photography... Read more…