Womble was rescued on 24th November 2025
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Meet Womble, a 4-5 weeks old male grey seal pup, who was rescued on the 24th of November 2025 from Carlyon Bay beach, St Austell, by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) marine mammal medic volunteers. He was found with wounds to his body, underweight and malnourished.
This pup was uplifted and taken to the BDMLR´s seal hospital in Cornwall for initial treatment and care. A few days later on the 26th of November 2025, Womble was transferred to the Sanctuary´s hospital in Gweek to continues his rehabilitation journey.
| | Photo credit (below) : Lizzi Larbalestier - BDMLR
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Update - 3rd December 2025 : Womble is currently on a course of antibiotics, and the animal care team is cleaning his wounds several times a day to help his heal. He is still in the isolation area of the hospital but has just started eating for himself...but Womble is quiet messy with this so far!
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Update - 26th December 2025 : Womble has been moved down to the outside nursery pool number 4 for his next stage of rehabilitation. This means he is on the road to recovery and also has a deeper pool to swim in. He currently weighs 18.8kg.
He is sharing this nursery pool with another rescued seal pup named Profiterole, they are doing very well and learning how to compete for fish which are all vital skills they will need when they are released back out into the wild.
His flipper tag ID number is SL352 (yellow).
This photo below was taken in the nursery pool on the 26th of December 2025.
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Update - 28th January 2026 : This photo of Womble was taken in the rehabilitation pool on the 28th of January 2026.
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Update - 12th January 2026 : These photos of Womble were taken in the rehabilitation pool on the 12th of February 2026.
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