Species Detail - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "IWDG Ship Surveys Sightings - ISCOPE Surveys 2005 - 2009".

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
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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
12
7
6
27/08/2005
10/09/2009
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1997)
Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, IWDG Ship Surveys Sightings - ISCOPE Surveys 2005 - 2009, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/232/Species/134649>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)