Species Detail - Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) - 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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Arenaria interpres
Turnstone
NBNSYS0000000142 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
arint
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
920
167
66
30/06/1977
31/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 1984)
31 December (recorded in 1986)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10057

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)