Leopard Seal
Photo by Vandy Pollard
Special visit from a juvenile female Leopard Seal resting on Lyall Bay Beach in Wellington today. Shot this evening from the footpath looking down as the beach area has been cordoned off for the safety of the seal and public/dogs. Usually found in the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic regions but occasionally make it to New Zealand shores. They are the only Seals known to hunt and kill warm- blooded prey including other seals. 100-400mm 5.6 1/800 iso 2000. Cropped.
Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.
