Greece · 2001—2026
Mediterranean monk seal
Seals around Greece.
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25 April—8 October
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Months in 2007
Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Dendrinos et al. (2008)
Observation: Researchers directly observed six pups resting or swimming in one monitored cave on the same field-survey day. This is one cave encounter, separate from the other cave recorded that day.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Dendrinos et al. (2008)
Observation: A monk seal pup was observed swimming in a second monitored cave on Gyaros. Kept separate from the six pups recorded in another cave that day.
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Date:Reported: Victoria MOm / The Monachus Guardian
Observation: Viktoria Drouga found a newborn female monk seal pup struggling in storm waves at Kolimpithra beach. The pup was later named Victoria and taken into care.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Bjoern Lovén / The Monachus Guardian; MOm response
Observation: At 14:30 the observer heard a noise and saw a grey monk seal swim from a cave at very close range, then recorded it swimming and cave activity. The source describes this as a separate sighting from 25 April; no distinct individual claim is made.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Bjoern Lovén / The Monachus Guardian; MOm response
Observation: The observer reported one monk seal swimming in poor visibility during the late afternoon. The later 27 April encounter made the observer confident that this first sighting was also a seal; the two sightings are retained as separate dated encounters without inferring that they were different animals.