Having walked across Cardiff Bay’s Barrage umpteen times in the more than ten years I’ve lived in this area and never seen a seal, I’m now been treated to four sightings since my first in early September (see my blog Finally, a Grey seal, on 6 September).

I have no idea why I was so unsuccessful in the past, nor why I’m seeing seals more often; though I think, in fact, it’s only one seal. Looking at my photos (the images below were taken on 27 September and 30 October), the markings around the seal’s head look the same to me, so I think this is the same seal returning to the Barrage because it’s learned that, after heavy rain and when the sluices are open, a plentiful quantity of fish is washed down the rivers Taff and Ely and out into the Bristol Channel. Not great for the fish but the perfect location for a hungry Grey seal.