David Hall / Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) using a large,encrusted boulder as a tool to scratch itself against, Gowland Harbour, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada. March.

Alex Mustard / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera). Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean.

Nick Upton / Adult female Common / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) 'Sija' waving a flipper in a pool where she is a long-term resident, Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, Cornwall, UK, January.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Common seal (Phoca vitulina) at the surface, Brancaster Beach, North Norfolk, England, Great Britain, December.

Andy Trowbridge / Common / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) looking out of water with bee hovering above its nose. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Boat full of people watching Common Seals (Phoca vitulina) on sand bank at Blakeney Point, Norfolk, August 2013.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup hauled out on a beach at sunrise, Donna Nook Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, Lincolnshire, England, UK, January.

Claudio Contreras / Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina), near San Quintin, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, December.

Erlend Haarberg / Common / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) looking out of water, Iceland, May

Erlend Haarberg / Common / Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) swimming in wave, Iceland, August

Laurie Campbell / Common / Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) bottling / sleeping upright in water and moored in bed of sea thong weed, Islay, Scotland, April

Merryn Thomas / Pladda Lighthouse, with Seals (Phoca vitulina) on rocks in foreground at Seal Shore Campsite, Kildonan, Arran, Scotland, August 2011.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on saltmarsh, Wallasea Wild Coast Project, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project, Wallasea Island, Essex, England, UK, October

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common / Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on mudflats at saltmarsh, Wallasea Island RSPB reserve, Essex, UK, March 2011

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup resting on beach, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, November. Did you know? The grey seal is Britains largest carnivorous animal.

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup, portrait on sand, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October

Danny Green / 2020VISION / RESTRICTED USE - Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup resting on a sandbank during a sandstorm, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK, October. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Alex Mustard / A young Harbour / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK. Bristol Channel, North East Atlantic Ocean. July

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbour / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) moving from an exposed rock into the water, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) pup lying on beach, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008

Orsolya Haarberg / Common seal (Phoca vitulina). J??s???lacial lagoon. Iceland. June 2008

Brandon Cole / Common / Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) mother and pup on iceberg at base of tidewater glacier. Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean. NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA.

Brandon Cole / Common / Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) swimming underwater, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean. NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA

Niall Benvie / Common seal {Phoca vitulina} coming out of sea at haul out site, Islay, Argyll, Scotland, UK. February

Larry Michael / Common / Harbour seal {Phoca vitulina} head emerging through sea ice, Alaska.

Michael Hutchinson / Common seal entering sea {Phoca vitulina} Isle of Mull, Scotland

Brandon Cole / Common / Harbour seal mother and pup on ice floe {Phoca vitulina} Le Conte Glacier, Alaska, North America NOT FOR SALE IN US

Brandon Cole / Common / Harbour seal underwater {Phoca vitulina} Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada NOT FOR SALE IN USA

Tom Vezo / Harbour / Common seal on beach {Phoca vitulina} California, USA

Brandon Cole / Portrait of Common / Habour seal {Phoca vitulina} on ice floe, Le Conte Glacier, South East Alaska, USA NOT FOR SALE IN USA

Niall Benvie / Common seal hauled out {Phoca vitulina} Islay, Argyll, Scotland

Florian Graner / Common seal {Phoca vitulina} Point Lobos, Pacific Ocean

David Welling / Common seal mother feeding 2 day pup {Phoca vitulina} La Jolla Cove, California, USA

Paul Hobson / Common seal on beach with surf in background {Phoca vitulina} Lincolnshire, UK

Norbert Wu / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) swimming underwater, Monterey, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup in shallows, Elkhorn Slough, California

Ralph Pace / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) in kelp forest, Monterey, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) pup, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) mother and pup nuzzling, Monterey Bay, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) group on ice floes, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) group, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Jasper Doest / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) on beach, Donna Nook Nature Reserve, England

Ingo Arndt / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) on beach, Europe

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Two Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) swimming in calm lagoon waters, Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, Iceland. July.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman paddling alongside curious Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, Iceland. July.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman paddling alongside curious Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, Iceland. July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two Common seals (Phoca vitulina) resting on a sandbank, Findhorn Bay, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK. March.