Species Detail - Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Clare Biological Records Centre Dataset 2004-2007".
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).
Melanitta fusca
Velvet Scoter
NBNSYS0000000195
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mefus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
4
2
2
06/03/2004
24/09/2005
2 January (recorded in 2018)
19 December (recorded in 2016)
Clare Biological Records Centre, Clare Biological Records Centre Dataset 2004-2007, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca), accessed 12 May 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/153/Species/10099>