Wardens keep a watchful eye on expectant mothers and their young to keep them safe from visitors.
The pupping season begins gradually but "really, really goes to town" by the second and third week of November, the Friends of Horsey Seals said
Horsey on the Norfolk coast welcomed an estimated 2,500 young last winter, with a year-on-year increase of about 10%. Chairman Peter Ansell said the season began slowly but by mid-November they "start popping out all over the place" with hundreds of pups on the sand.Seal wardens monitor numbers of expectant mothers and young, while keeping an eye out for visitors wandering on to the sand
He said the majority of the marine mammals on the beach are currently adults, with at least two healthy pups born this week.
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