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Protected Species

Protected Species


visibilityRecords: 981,130

petsSpecies: 367

Threatened Species

Threatened Species


visibilityRecords: 890,746

petsSpecies: 1,442

Invasive Species

Invasive Species


visibilityRecords: 91,772

petsSpecies: 173

Flowering plant

Flowering plant


visibilityRecords: 1,678,379

petsSpecies: 2,725

Bird

Bird


visibilityRecords: 1,455,061

petsSpecies: 543

Insect - moth

Insect - moth


visibilityRecords: 1,515,717

petsSpecies: 1,511

Terrestrial mammal

Terrestrial mammal


visibilityRecords: 239,045

petsSpecies: 52

Insect - butterfly

Insect - butterfly


visibilityRecords: 419,648

petsSpecies: 44

Marine mammal

Marine mammal


visibilityRecords: 98,818

petsSpecies: 55

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Recently updated datasets Records added
National Invasive Species Database 310
Bees of Ireland 5,873
Explore Your Shore 1,009
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Ireland 986
Water Framework Directive Lake Macrophyte Status Survey Data 2007 to 2019 467
Sherkin Island Marine Station Phytoplankton Records from the Southwest Coast of Ireland. Series 1: Long-term data series from Roaringwater Bay/Long Island Bay and South of Sherkin Island, Co Cork 1980-2014 2,363
Wasps of Ireland 250
Hoverflies (Syrphidae) of Ireland 1,076
Swifts of Ireland 113
Spiders of Ireland 33
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