A FAMILY was excited after spotting a seal soaking up the sun on Harwich beach.
Lennie-Jay Petchey, 29, was testing out her metal detector with her four-year-old son Tate when something much larger came up on the horizon.
Mrs Petchey, of Victoria Street, Dovercourt, said: “We head down quite often when the tide is out as there is always sand to play in.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a seal on the beach, we were definitely excited.”
She added: “At first I was worried something could be wrong with it, although the RSPCA had no concerns and said it would just be resting.
"Tate ended up naming it Sealy and when we returned from getting food we couldn’t see it, so I presume it made its way back home into the sea.”
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