A five-day-old seal was separated from its mother in a creek and was washed up in the middle of the field, attracting the attention of a herd of cows, BBC News reported.

Birdwatch Ian Ellis noticed the herd standing around something on the field at an RSPB sanctuary on the banks of The Wash in Lincolnshire. He discovered that they were surrounding a baby seal, which he saw through his telescope.

"There are seals on the edge of the marsh but it was the way the cows were so inquisitive that made me look," Ellis, 67, said, The Telegraph reported.

He was advised by RSPB staff warden Toby Collett to move the poor seal from the muddy puddle.

"Toby picked up the seal and I put it in my coat and carried it to the car park all the way down the sea bank to be rescued," Ellis added.

The harbor seal, who is currently recovering, was named "Celebration" to mark the Natureland seal sanctuary's 50th anniversary. She will be rehabilitated until she is 60-70 lb and is able to feed in the water on her own.

Celebration will be released back to the wild after she finishes recovering.