Species Detail - Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

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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Tursiops truncatus
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
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Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex II || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
tutru
(Montagu, 1821)
marine mammal
Species
12
11
9
04/01/2019
05/08/2024
1 January (recorded in 1900)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/134666>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)