Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Harbour Seal Moult Thermal-imaging Aerial Survey 2024
A helicopter survey carried out by the Sea Mammal Research Unit of the University of St Andrews to obtain abundance and distribution data on Harbour Seals and Grey Seals in Ireland during the Harbour Seal moult period (Aug-Sep) in 2024, using thermal imaging and high resolution digital photography.
Simple
- Alternate title
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2024 Harbour Seal Moult Thermal Aerial Survey
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-24
- Citation identifier
- https://data.gov.ie/dataset/ / Harbour Seal Moult Thermal-imaging Aerial Survey 2024
- Purpose
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1. Conduct an aerial survey of 80-100% of all coastal areas in Ireland during the Harbour Seal moult period (Aug-Sep), using a thermal imaging video camera to detect groups of seals ashore and a high resolution photo camera to record all groups of seals encountered.
2. Data analysis to provide species identification, count and spatial data using the imagery and location data collected during the survey.
3. Produce a comprehensive report describing the survey, findings, tables and maps presenting seal abundance , distribution, and national trend analysis.
4. Provide all data collected during the survey in digital format (video files and photographs), as well as the final seal count and location data (Excel spreadsheet and GIS shapefile).
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Species distribution
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.3
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biota, biodiversity, marine fauna, marine mammal
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, marine, mammal, biodiversity
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ISO 3166
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Ireland
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- Use limitation
- Use limitation
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Copyright Government of Ireland. This dataset was created by National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This copyright material is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2024-08-01
- End date
- 2025-02-28
Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 1014
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/2157
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2157
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version Esri shapefile
10+
Access database
mdb
excel
xlsx
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name zip
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/HSTI24_aerial_seal_survey.zip Dataset
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name pdf
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM158.pdf Irish Wildlife Manual 158
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Provide Spatial Data Theme keyword
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-06-15
- Explanation
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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.
- Pass
- Yes
Conformance result
- Title
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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Sightings data obtained between the 1st August and 28th February 20245 during the Harbour Seal thermal imaging survey.
Metadata
- File identifier
- cc6f87e9-6e66-434f-8431-deb998c4c731 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-03-24T11:03:19
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Point of contact
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