Volunteers witnessed the moment the new baby arrived – and managed to video the birth while sitting “precariously” on a cliff edge
A new seal pup was born in Smugglers Cave on the Calf of Man with volunteers from Manx Wildlife Trust watching from a cliff edge. Despite this location being usually hard to monitor, they managed to capture footage of the birth using their drone.
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“The site consists of two long caves,” says the Manx Wildlife Trust on Facebook, and “viewing inside meant the team had to sit precariously on the cliff edge.”
Melissa Hobson
