Species Detail - Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) - 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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Mesoplodon bidens
Sowerby's Beaked Whale
Sowerby's Whale
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
mebid
(Sowerby, 1804)
marine mammal
Species
3
0
2
20/05/2002
20/05/2002
1 January (recorded in 1900)
25 November (recorded in 2016)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK), European Seabirds and Sea (ESAS) Cetacean Sightings 1980-2003, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens), accessed 18 April 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/87/Species/134660>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)