Species Detail - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "European Seabirds and Sea (ESAS) Cetacean Sightings 1980-2003".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback Whale
N/A
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
menov
(Borowski, 1781)
marine mammal
Species
2
1
1
04/04/2001
03/09/2001
4 January (recorded in 2017)
29 December (recorded in 2020)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK), European Seabirds and Sea (ESAS) Cetacean Sightings 1980-2003, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), accessed 25 April 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/87/Species/134653>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)