Species Detail - Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025".

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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Meles meles
Eurasian Badger
NHMSYS0000080191 UnverifiedUnverified
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
memel
(Linnaeus, 1758)
terrestrial mammal
Species
720
338
104
24/04/2009
30/04/2023
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1968)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Eurasian Badger (Meles meles), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119470>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)