Synopsis
We follow Atlantic grey seals through the year, from courtship to pregnancy and birth. Will a curious snowy-white seal pup make it safely through to adulthood?
- Programme: Wonders of the Celtic Deep
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC One Wales
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography
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