Species Detail - Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Branta canadensis
Canada Goose
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Invasive Species: Invasive Species || Invasive Species: Invasive Species >> High Impact Invasive Species || Invasive Species: Invasive Species >> Regulation S.I. 477 (Ireland) || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section I Bird Species
brcan
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
103
37
34
10/11/1995
24/12/2024
3 January (recorded in 2019)
27 December (recorded in 2014)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), accessed 13 May 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10027>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)