Species Detail - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - 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).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback Whale
N/A
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
menov
(Borowski, 1781)
marine mammal
Species
1
1
1
14/06/2011
14/06/2011
1 January (recorded in 2021)
29 December (recorded in 2020)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/134653>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)