WILDLIFE
Baby seal trapped in sea defence is saved from drowning
Pup was spotted buried in sand between boulders and would have died when tide came in
Three people worked to free the grey seal pup which had become trapped at Waxham, Norfolk, at high tide
With just its tiny head above the sand, the seal pup could easily have been mistaken for a rock or some flotsam. But thanks to an observant photographer the young animal, buried up to its neck in sand between sea defence boulders, was saved.
Three people worked to rescue the grey seal pup which had become wedged among the rocks at Waxham, on the northeast Norfolk coast, at high tide. When the tide went out the pup was left trapped in the sand, which closed in around it. It could have drowned at the next high tide.
It was spotted by a photographer walking along the seafront on Friday afternoon, who contacted the Friends of Horsey Seals.
The pup had been buried up to its neck in sand
FRIENDS OF HORSEY SEALS
Sally Butler, part of the rescue team,
