Species Detail - European Otter (Lutra lutra) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

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

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Lutra lutra
European Otter
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Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
lulut
(Linnaeus, 1758)
terrestrial mammal
Species
37
23
22
20/05/2011
11/06/2016
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 2012)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Otter (Lutra lutra), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/119290>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)