First seal pups make early arrival at nature reserve

Grey seal pups have appeared a month earlier than usual at a nature reserve.

The pupping season in Cumbria generally runs from October to mid-November, but this year at South Walney Nature Reserve, the first pup was spotted on 31 August.

It was called “a lovely late summer surprise” by conservationists at the trust.

A second pup was born three weeks later, on 17 September.