Post on 21-Jan-2016
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Photo: Brian Black
Ice edge forms
Seals breed on the ice
In late Autumn theseals head north to have their pups on the winter ice-field
Photo: Sue Wilson
photo: Pavel Erokhin
How many seals can you see ?1
23 4 5
6 7 89
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Photo: Ivar Jüssi
Photo: Sue Wilson
Photo: Sue Wilson
adult
pup mother
Photo: Sue Wilson
Photo: Sue Wilson
Photo: Sue Wilson
mother
pup
Photo: Sue Wilson
Pups follow their mothers......
Photos: Sue Wilson
...and the mother often turns round to make sure her pup is following
This fat pup can swim safely as soon as the ice melts
This mother will soon stoplooking after her pup.
Photos: Sue Wilson
Ice melts
Seals swim away from thenorth east
When the ice melts in the spring, theseals head south again. They haul outon islands ( ) to moult
and start to feed in the deeper waters of themiddle and south Caspian.
Photo: Pavel Erokhin
Thanks to all colleagues in the CISS and Darwin project teams, to the Caspian Environment Programme (CEP) and Agip KCO
Thanks to Sue Wilson, Pavel Erokhin, Ivar Jüssi and Brian Black for Caspian seal images