Species Detail - Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) - 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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Aythya ferina
Common Pochard
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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 II Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
ayfer
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
146
66
38
05/10/1992
09/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2018)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10053>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)