The skeleton of a seal that washed up on a Cornish beach will go on display on Friday (July 27).

The 2.4-metre grey seal – known to researchers as Septimus – was first sighted swimming near Par by the Cornwall Seal Group Research Trust (CSGRT).

When, just over a year later, Septimus was found dead on a beach near St Austell, experts decided to preserve his bones for display to help people learn more about the species.

The skeleton will be displayed during CSGRT’s Seal Squad Xplorer Programme (SSXP) Roadshow, with the first public showing on Friday at the University of Exeter’s annual Marine Ecology and Conservation Network Conference at the Penryn Campus.

See tomorrow’s Cornish Times for full article.