Norfolk homeowner finds a seal in her garden more than a MILE from the sea

• Shocked girl noticed seal at her vacation house in Blakeney, Norfolk
• RSPCA rescued the marine mammal, which didn't have any accidents
• It's believed the seal swam inland up a small river earlier than taking a relaxation 

By Alex Matthews For Mailonline

Printed: 08:01 EST, 5 January 2017 | Up to date: 16:10 EST, 5 January 2017

A girl discovered a seal in her backyard greater than a mile from the coast after it misplaced its bearings and swam upstream.   

The misplaced seal was noticed by the girl at her vacation house in Blakeney, Norfolk, and was thought to have swam up a small river earlier than taking a relaxation in some shrubbery. 

RSPCA animal assortment officer Naemi Kilbey mentioned: 'The seal had managed to make his manner into the backyard, simply off a coastal highway, by way of the fence.

A girl discovered a seal in her backyard greater than a mile from the coast after it misplaced its bearing and swam upstream (pictured)

'The house owner noticed him late within the afternoon on New Yr's Eve and, regardless of being nicely and really misplaced, he fortunately did not have any apparent accidents or sickness.

'I managed to get to the seal on New Yr's Day and fortunately he was in excellent situation and did not want any additional therapy so we loaded him up within the van and took him straight right down to the seashore at Blakeney to launch him.

'It was so beautiful to begin the brand new 12 months watching him swim again out to sea the place he belongs.

'Hopefully, he'll discover the brand new house he was on the lookout for someplace that is slightly extra seal-friendly.'

RSPCA officers consider the seal had obtained into the backyard by swimming alongside the River Glaven, only a few hundred metres from the backyard the place he was discovered.

Officer Kilbey added: 'It isn't unusual for seals to enterprise up rivers away from the ocean on the lookout for meals and so they usually handle to search out their manner again.

'But it surely seems to be like this man's inside navigation system obtained a bit frazzled and he ended up slightly misplaced! The girl definitely had a shock when she noticed him lazing round in her shrubbery!'

The RSPCA advises members of the general public to maintain a distance from any seals on land and to not intrude until vital.

Anybody who might even see a seal who's sick, injured or stranded, ought to name the RSPCA's emergency cruelty line on 0300 1234 999.

 

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