Observations by janet_ledingham

Washed up onto the salt marsh at high tide.
Later measured at 2m from the tip of the anal fin to the tip of the dorsal fin and 169cm wide.
Specimens taken by Otago Museum staff later in the day.

Large male sea lion

Large male sealion

Large male on beach

Large male sea lion close to old wharf

Growing at the base of sand dunes on both Big Beach and near the Pilot houses on Shelly Beach

Two large sealions, the one with the injured face north of the Jetty and the second one south of it.

Pup 9031 had been playing in the rocks, mother at sea, and then headed up for the dunes where female Nuki was resting

Female Patti back from fishing on the beach near Long Mac and pup 9031 emerging from the trees to greet her -and have a feed no doubt.

Young male P417 on beach a bit north of the jetty

Pup 9031, mother away fishing

Two females, Nuki 9028 and Patti on the beach in sight of the jetty. Patti's pup 9031 was asleep in the bushes by the Pilot house.

Two females, Patti and Nuki (9028), on the sand in sight of the jetty and pup 9031 asleep in the bushes at top of the beach

Large male with an injured face in the water beside the jetty

A large number of birds

Female sealion Patti with her pup 9031 and a young male

piles of seaweed and rock crannies favoured

An aggressive stance!

seen from the Spit Road at mid-tide

Female, just north of old jetty

Sealion tracks close to the old jetty