Species Detail - Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

Species image

Delphinus delphis
Common Dolphin
N/A
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
dedel
Linnaeus, 1758
marine mammal
Species
1059
147
205
24/07/1980
25/07/2002
1 January (recorded in 1900)
31 December (recorded in 2006)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (UK), European Seabirds and Sea (ESAS) Cetacean Sightings 1980-2003, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis), accessed 29 March 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/87/Species/134667>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)