Species Detail - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "European Seabirds and Sea (ESAS) Cetacean Sightings 1980-2003".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Balaenoptera musculus
Blue Whale
Sibbald's Rorqual, Sulphurbottom
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
bamus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
marine mammal
Species
2
0
1
30/05/2001
15/05/2002
1 January (recorded in 1767)
18 December (recorded in 1957)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK), European Seabirds and Sea (ESAS) Cetacean Sightings 1980-2003, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), accessed 25 April 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/87/Species/134656>