Species Detail - Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database".

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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Tursiops truncatus
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
NBNSYS0000005179 RecommendedWell-formed
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
1
1
1
21/08/2025
21/08/2025
1 January (recorded in 1900)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), accessed 03 July 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/441/Species/134666

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)