Species Detail - Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) - 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).
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Minke Whale
Lesser Rorqual
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
baacu
Lacépède, 1804
marine mammal
Species
4
3
3
10/06/2016
11/06/2016
1 January (recorded in 1860)
29 December (recorded in 2018)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/134741>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)