Species Detail - Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - 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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Gallinago gallinago
Common Snipe
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section I Bird Species || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex III, Section III Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
gagal
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
2242
524
119
29/06/1992
30/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2010)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10037>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)