Suckling Pup

I waited patiently in the Dunes at Winterton beach whilst a female Grey Seal and her pup moved close enough to me to get this intimate image of the pup feeding. It looked very content and relaxed as it suckled the fat rich milk from its mother’s teat. It takes approximately 3 weeks for these pups to be fully weened and until then they are wholly reliant on their mother’s milk for survival which enables them to increase their body weight by 2 Kilograms each day.