Species Detail - Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) - 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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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
175
66
43
10/08/2015
09/12/2018
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1997)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/134649>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)