Donna Nook

Several months ago, we booked a few days in Lincolnshire with the intention of visiting the seals at Donna Nook. Then doing the research AFTER booking the holiday cottage, I was slightly disappointed to find that during the week, you can't venture onto the beach to take pictures.

Having resigned myself to looking at seals from afar, I was amazed to walk a few yards out of the car park to see a mother tenderly nursing her newborn pup. A few yards further along and another family group presented themselves to us. And the further we walked, the more seals we saw.

We were also very blessed with the weather. Whilst the rest of the country was suffering from gales and exceptional downpours, Donna Nook was bathed in beautiful November sunlight (and the wind was mostly kept at bay by the sand dunes).

The newborns were so inquisitive that my 500mm was often of no use because they just 'flumped' right up to the fence to look at the mad people with the funny equipment. At the time we visited, there were 500 babies with around another 800 expected before the end of the season. I'm hoping to go back in a few weekends time to brave walking amongst the warring bull seals to add a few more pictures to my collection. It's a trip I can highly recommend to anyone.

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