Survey Details - Liscannor Bay Seal Surveys 2025
Liscannor Bay Seal Surveys 2025
UAV Seal Survey of Liscannor Bay and Mutton Island funded by LBAF
2025
2025
As part of the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) project called Towards building a Strategic Marine Alliance in Liscannor Bay.
6 surveys were carried out from June to September. Video and images were captured during each flight from a UAV over known or suspected haul out sites. Some sites such as Bar Trá and Coolrone could be surveyed using binoculars. After each flight images were inspected and any seal present were marked.
Liscannor Bay, Ireland
After each flight images were inspected and any seal present were marked.
Dataset provided by IWDG/Simon Berrow
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF) Database, Survey: Liscannor Bay Seal Surveys 2025, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 09 September 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/441/Survey/1820
Survey Statistics
116
0
2
Survey species distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Survey records distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Records per year
Species per year