Species Detail - True's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "IWDG Cetacean Strandings Database".

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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Mesoplodon mirus
True's Beaked Whale
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Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
memir
True, 1913
marine mammal
Species
15
12
10
01/01/1900
20/08/2023
1 January (recorded in 1900)
28 November (recorded in 2022)
Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, IWDG Cetacean Strandings Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, True's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/219/Species/134661>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)