Species Detail - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Seabird 2000".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Sterna hirundo
Common Tern
NBNSYS0000000138
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Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
29
22
17
31/05/1999
17/06/2001
15 March (recorded in 2018)
9 December (recorded in 2019)
BirdWatch Ireland, Seabird 2000, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/145/Species/10054>