Species Detail - Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Marine Turtle Records".

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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Lepidochelys kempii
Kemp's Ridley
Kemp's Loggerhead Turtle, Kemp's Ridley Turtle
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
lekem
(Garman, 1880)
reptile
Species
13
13
11
01/01/1921
21/12/2021
10 January (recorded in 2016)
29 December (recorded in 1993)
Gabriel King & Simon Berrow, Rod Penrose and Other Sources, Irish Marine Turtle Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/114/Species/128434>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)