Dataset Details - National Invasive Species Database
Dataset of Invasive species
01/07/2011
23/02/2024
Various: database compiled to identify and publicly display the distribution of invasive species in Ireland
Field observations
The island of Ireland
19th Century - present.
Records validated by the data provider of each record
On-going
http://invasivespecies.biodiversityireland.ie/
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, National Invasive Species Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 28 March 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/66>
Dataset 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
Dataset record 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
Dataset Contacts
Colette O' Flynn
Beechfield House, Waterford Institute of Technology, West Campus, Carraiganore, Co. Waterford.
(00353)51-306240
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
Resolution No. records
Day 11113
Day Range 2074
Year Range 234
Month Range 118
Month 75
Year 70
1863
2022
Record Statistics

13684

6286

149

8

Resolution No. records
100m 12846
1km 831
2km 0
10km 7
50km 0
Surveys
SurveyId Title Data Capture Period Species Records
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Dataset Attributes
Attribute Description
Abundance Measure of abundance of the organism recorded
Additional information Additional information associated with the record.
basisOfRecord The type of the individual record, e.g. observation, physical specimen, fossil
County Name of administrative county within which the record was made.
Determiner name The name of the person(s) who verified the identification - used for verify records of difficult taxa
East/North provided Original easting and northing provided with the record.
Grid reference comment An explantory note on the grid reference associated with each record
Habitat description A description of the habitat in which the organism was recorded.
I-WeBS site code I-WeBS Sitecode
I-WeBS subsite I-WeBS Subsite
Life stage A description of the life stage of the organism recorded.
Literature source Literature source
Original grid reference A copy of the original grid reference, if the supplied grid reference was greater than six figures.
Possible duplicate record in: Possible Duplicate Record in:
Sampling method Description of the sampling method employed to make the record.
Source Original source of data
Survey name Name of survey if the record was made as part of a specific survey (including collections of casual observations and other loose assemblages of data)
Vice-county The name of the Watsonian (botanical) vice-county within which the record was made.
Recorded Species
TaxonId PrefnameTaxonId Name Authority Group Rank Records
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