Cyprus · 2006—2026
Mediterranean monk seal
Seals around Cyprus.
Explore sourced seal records around Cyprus, from Chrysochou Bay and Paphos to studies of the north coast. Dates and locations retain the limits of each source.
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9 September 2006—2 March 2023
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Julien Renoult — iNaturalist (jujurenoult)
Observation: Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Beton et al. — Oryx camera-trap study
Observation: A dead seal pup was found on a beach after heavy seas. Researchers assumed it was the pup seen on 27 October, but that identity was not confirmed. This date is the carcass discovery date, not a confirmed date of death.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Beton et al. — Oryx camera-trap study
Observation: A post-moult Class C seal was seen in the monitored area while researchers followed the status of a pup. The seal's identity and any relationship to that pup were not established; the exact site is withheld.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Beton et al. — Oryx camera-trap study
Observation: A non-moulted pup was observed at a fishing harbour following a storm. “Pup 3” is the researchers' label; the exact harbour and nearby cave locations are withheld.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Beton et al. — Oryx camera-trap study
Observation: A female post-moult seal was photographed at a monitored coastal site. “Seal 4” is the study's photo-identification label, not a public animal name; the exact cave site is withheld.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Beton et al. — Oryx camera-trap study
Observation: A female non-moulted pup was recorded at a monitored coastal site. The study later reported that the pup died before moulting; it attributed the death to wave action based on circumstantial evidence.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Beton et al. — Oryx camera-trap study
Observation: A moulted pup was observed outside a monitored coastal cave. Researchers considered it likely to be the same pup they had recorded during 25 November–9 December 2016; that identity remains the study's attribution.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified George Konstantinou — firsthand field notes
Observation: George Konstantinou reported seeing one adult female Mediterranean monk seal at the Cape Plakoti coast. The source dates the visit to 5 November 2016 and says he photographed and filmed the encounter; no individual name is attributed.
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Date:Reported: Unidentified Luca Morandini, firsthand letter in Monachus Guardian
Observation: While free diving, Luca Morandini saw a grey seal emerge from a coastal cave at about 19:30 and swim offshore. The magazine deliberately redacted the locality.
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Date:Reported: Bombaci Gücü et al., Middle East Technical University and LEVANT
Observation: The survey team reports its monitoring camera last recorded the identified male monk seal Bombaci on 9 September 2006. This is a later dated record after the summer field encounter.