Species Detail - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Distribution 2009-2014".

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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Halichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
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hagry
(Fabricius, 1791)
marine mammal
Species
48931
665
325
25/02/2009
14/12/2012
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1997)
Michelle Cronin, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Distribution 2009-2014, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/227/Species/134649>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)