Dataset Details - Birds of Ireland
Sighting of birds
28/08/2012
17/10/2025
To increase knowledge of local bird distribution in Ireland
Generally casual observations submitted to the Data Centre through the on-line data submission form
Island of Ireland and its territorial waters
Mostly from 2011 onwards
High
Ongoing
N/A
Open (Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 02 November 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155>
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Liam Lysaght
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Carriganore, WIT West Campus, Waterford
+ 353 51 306240
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day | 284286 |
| Year | 33 |
| Month | 25 |
1970
2025
Record Statistics
284344
23343
374
5
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 274534 |
| 1km | 8352 |
| 2km | 1458 |
| 10km | 0 |
| 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 |
| Activity | A description of the type of behaviour observed |
| Common name | The common name of the taxon |
| 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 |
| Habitat code (Fossitt, 2000) | The code assigned to the habitat described in A Guide to Habitats in Ireland (Fossitt 2000) |
| Habitat description | A description of the habitat in which the organism was recorded |
| Record comment | A comment associated with any individual record |
| Site description | A general description of the site, not necessarly based on formal habitat description |
| 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) |
| Type of sighting | A description of the type of sighting made |
| 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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