Species Detail - West European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Mammal Recording Scheme 1970-1985 (An Foras Forbartha)".

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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Erinaceus europaeus
West European Hedgehog
NBNSYS0000005078 UnverifiedUnverified
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
ereur
Linnaeus, 1758
terrestrial mammal
Species
176
82
24
01/03/1972
31/12/1983
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1968)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammal Recording Scheme 1970-1985 (An Foras Forbartha), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, West European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/229/Species/119271>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)