Compiled dataset with records of Seal (Halichoerus gryphus; Phoca vitulina) observations for Ireland, from various sources and surveys. Geographic Coverage: National Temporal Coverage: 1978-ongoing Species Groups recorded: marine mammal Dataset Status: Data collation is ongoing Additional Information: Lyons, D.O. (2004) Summary of National Parks and Wildlife Service surveys for common (harbour) seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), 1978 to 2003. Irish Wildlife Manual No. 13, National Parks & Willdife Service, Ireland.; Cronin, M., Duck, C., O'Cadhla, O., Nairn, R., Strong, D. & O'Keeffe, C. (2003) Harbour seal population assessment in the Republic of Ireland. Irish Wildlife Manual No. 11, National Parks & Willdife Service, Ireland.
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Conforms To["The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.", "http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29903"]
Contact Emailinfo@biodiversityireland.ie
Contact NameNational Biodiversity Data Centre
Guidhttps://data.gov.ie/dataset/19f49d86-6e0e-4268-a62c-04d70af8c1e6
Harvest Object Idf2c43f49-a681-4d9e-a842-3986e2e5eed2
Harvest Source Id01350574-268d-4abb-b9b4-8108224932c4
Harvest Source Titledata.gov.ie - Environment
Identifier19f49d86-6e0e-4268-a62c-04d70af8c1e6
Issued2017-09-05
Language["http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG"]
Modified2026-08-19T15:11:26
ProvenanceNd53445b95f0848f19fe7b284eebb49ac
Publisher NameNational Biodiversity Data Centre
Publisher Urihttps://data.gov.ie/organization/national-biodiversity-data-centre
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Temporal End2013-12-31
Temporal Start1960-01-01
Theme["http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/ENVI", "Environment"]
Urihttps://data.gov.ie/dataset/19f49d86-6e0e-4268-a62c-04d70af8c1e6