Greece · 2001—2026
Mediterranean monk seal
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14 October 2009—14 July 2024
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- Arcadia1 report
- Attica6 reports
- Central Greece6 reports
- Cyclades14 reports
- Dodecanese8 reports
- Ionian Islands9 reports
- North Aegean25 reports
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- South Aegean1 report
- Thessaly7 reports
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Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH — iNaturalist (solarboot-projekte)
Observation: Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).
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Date:Reported: Unidentified bertvanwijk — iNaturalist
Observation: Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Octopus Foundation
Observation: A second pup birth was recorded. Distance from the camera prevented individual identification.
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Date:Reported: Big Stars and pup Octopus Foundation
Observation: Cameras recorded Big Stars giving birth at about 05:30. Mother and pup remained for six days.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Αριστοτέλης Σκιαδαρέσης — iNaturalist (aristotelis_skiadaresis)
Observation: Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Octopus Foundation
Observation: A pup birth was recorded in another monitored cave. The mother's identity was not established.
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Date:Reported: Big Stars and pup Octopus Foundation
Observation: Researchers documented Big Stars giving birth; their 2022 comparison identifies the mother and the same calendar date in 2021.
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Date:Reported: Kyriakì Octopus Foundation
Observation: Remote cameras recorded a mother giving birth to the pup named Kyriakì.
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Date:Reported: Nefeli MOm
Observation: An orphaned female monk seal pup later named Nefeli was found stranded at Assos beach and transferred for rehabilitation.