Species Detail - Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The First Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1981/82-1983/84.".

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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Botaurus stellaris
Great Bittern
Bittern
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
boste
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
5
5
5
14/11/1981
29/02/1984
1 January (recorded in 1984)
31 December (recorded in 1923)
BirdWatch Ireland, The First Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1981/82-1983/84., National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), accessed 25 April 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/21/Species/11178>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)