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RARE PHOTOS: Record number of grey seal pups born at ex military weapons testing site - The Real Truth

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A grey seal pup relaxing on the shingle ridge at Orford Ness, Suffolk, where a record number of pups have been born this year (Hanne Siebers/National Trust Images/ PA) -

A record number of grey seal pups have been born at a remote shingle spit that was once a Cold War weapons testing site.

The number of seal pups counted at Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast this pupping season stands at 430 – almost double the previous year’s total of 228 arrivals.

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