Species Detail - Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) - 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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Anas penelope
Eurasian Wigeon
Wigeon
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
anpen
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
732
185
78
05/10/1992
24/05/2023
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, Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10093>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)