Species Detail - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - 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

Species image

Halichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
NBNSYS0000005137 UnverifiedUnverified
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex V || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
hagry
(Fabricius, 1791)
marine mammal
Species
19
9
7
21/05/2011
12/06/2016
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1997)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/134649>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)