Distressing photo of a bloodied female seal found with plastic netting wrapped tightly around its neck

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Heartbreaking images show a bloodied seal with plastic netting wrapped so tightly around her neck it cut through her skin.

The wounded female was found on the Norfolk coast by a photographer hoping to capture photos of the animals for an annual calendar.

The pictures - taken at Blakeney Point, the largest seal colony in England - show the sheer scale of the plastic crisis and the saddening toll it takes on our marine species.