Species Detail - European Otter (Lutra lutra) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Northern Ireland Mammal Database".

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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Lutra lutra
European Otter
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Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
lulut
(Linnaeus, 1758)
terrestrial mammal
Species
2926
259
71
01/01/1911
31/12/2015
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 2012)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Otter (Lutra lutra), accessed 30 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/119290>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)