Firefighters were today called to rescue an injured seal washed up at Kew Bridge.
A London Fire brigade crew and RSPCA officers spent over an hour trying to work out the best way to help the grey seal.
RSPCA officer Jill Sanders said: “The seal just washed up - he’s been around all week.
“He has an injury to his right eye and so is not able to get back to the locks and out to the main sea.
“He might not like being moved. He’s a big animal - quite aggressive.
“We are trying to restrain him, take him to the animal hospital to treat his eye and then release him out to sea.
Seal by Kew Bridge
“This story should have a happy ending.”
Local childminder Elon Tekle, 42, from Isleworth, watched the seal for over half an hour with her young pupils.
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She said: “We just came here instead of Kew Gardens on the off chance and saw this - it’s amazing.
“These six children are just loving it and we are going to learn loads about seals afterwards and work out how he got here.”
In a separate sighting on Saturday police warned members of the public not to approach a seal which was spotted near Canary Wharf.
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