Species Detail - Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Calidris alpina
Dunlin
NBNSYS0000000035 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
caalp
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
747
175
71
31/10/1992
11/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Dunlin (Calidris alpina), accessed 30 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10042>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)