Species Detail - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - 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).
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Halichoerus grypus
Grey Seal
N/A
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex V || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
hagry
(Fabricius, 1791)
marine mammal
Species
814
50
29
01/11/1968
03/07/2015
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1997)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/134649>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)