Species Detail - Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Sterna hirundo
Common Tern
NBNSYS0000000138
RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
sthir
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
386
122
71
05/05/2001
13/09/2025
1 March (recorded in 2024)
9 December (recorded in 2019)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10054