A BABY seal stranded on a North Berwick beach has been named ET – because he won't go home!

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) team were called to reports of a stranded male juvenile grey seal at Elcho Green on West Beach on Saturday and have been monitoring him ever since.

A second baby seal stranded on rocks outside North Berwick Lifeboat Station was rescued this afternoon. 

Corinne Gordon, area co-ordinator for BDMLR, said: "The older of the two pups is fine and healthy with no injuries at all. It is a weaned pup so mother has long gone and will not come back.

"We have had so much support and response from members of the public, who have been absolutely amazing.

"I can't thank North Berwick residents enough because they have been offering my team of medics cups of hot drinks, coffee, tea, donuts and donations.

"We have been speaking to everyone who has come down and advised people to give the seal a wide berth and to put their dogs on a lead.

"The last thing we want is a dog bitten because seals carry so much nasty bacteria in their mouths that can be transferred to humans and dogs.

"If a dog gets bitten you are looking at over £300 in vet bills and humans can expect a trip to the hospital if they are bitten, too.

"Don't touch the seal, don't take selfies with it – even injured or malnourished seals will try and bite, it is a defence mechanism to say stay away, it is a warning and they are so quick to turn and bite.

"He is a wee celebrity and we have named him ET because he won't go home!"

BDMLR visited the pup late this afternoon and assisted him into the water, where he acclimatised himself before swimming into the sea, though "he may return to the beach this evening to rest".

Corinne added: "He knows where the water is, he knows he is getting hungry and he knows if he comes onto the beach for another couple of days he will survive because he has a lot of blubber in him."

A two-week-old white coat male seal stranded on rocks has been taken to a rescue centre.

Corinne said: "This one was mother dependent as he had not shed his white coat, so he would've been abandoned.

"He was of a skinny size, around 15 kilos – which would be close to birth weight – and was rescued by myself and another medic.

"He was passed over to the SSPCA where he will be looked after until he's big and fat enough to be released into the wild."

Yesterday (Sunday), over 500 calls regarding marine casualties and reports of stranded wildlife following Storm Arwen were made to BDMLR.

Corinne concluded: "I can't put a number on fatalities but there has been a lot; this has been one of the worst storms we have encountered for seals and we have seen a lot of deaths but we are also rescuing a lot."