Species Detail - Brown Hare (Lepus 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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Lepus europaeus
Brown Hare
NHMSYS0000080218 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
leeur
Pallas, 1778
Terrestrial mammal
Species
1
1
1
01/01/1977
31/12/1978
7 January (recorded in 1985)
28 December (recorded in 1976)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammal Recording Scheme 1970-1985 (An Foras Forbartha), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus), accessed 18 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/229/Species/119489>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)