Species Detail - Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Phoca vitulina
Common Seal
Eastern Atlantic Harbour Seal
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phvit
Linnaeus, 1758
marine mammal
Species
158
66
45
19/09/2015
29/12/2018
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Seal (Phoca vitulina), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/134647>