Species Detail - Goosander (Mergus merganser) - 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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Mergus merganser
Goosander
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section II Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
memer
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
92
35
22
06/02/2002
30/04/2023
1 January (recorded in 2018)
30 December (recorded in 2019)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Goosander (Mergus merganser), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10050>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)