New Zealand · observation
All Day Bay, North Otago
· North Otago
LeopardSeals.org reported a roughly two-metre female leopard seal at All Day Bay, later also seen at Waikouaiti on the same Thursday.
- Species
- Leopard seal
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Otago Daily Times; LeopardSeals.org
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- Otago Daily Times published Friday 18 January 2019 and says the sightings occurred on Thursday, resolving to 17 January. The later Waikouaiti view is grouped as the same-day account rather than a second animal.
- Identification confidence
- Not recorded
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.