Species Detail - Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) - 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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Aythya marila
Greater Scaup
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section II Bird Species || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex III, Section III Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
aymar
(Linnaeus, 1761)
bird
Species
68
35
29
07/05/2002
13/04/2024
2 January (recorded in 2023)
30 December (recorded in 2005)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), accessed 28 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10097>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)