The number of grey seal pups being born on the Calf of Man seems to be holding up.
That's the view of Eleanor Stone, the marine Officer for the Manx Wildlife Trust.
She was on the Calf for the pupping season recently, as part of her ongoing research to monitor the Isle of Man's seal population, and says the figures are pretty good at the moment:

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