Species Detail - Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) - 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).
Melanitta nigra
Common Scoter
NBNSYS0000000196
RecommendedWell-formed
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 - Red List
menig
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
222
67
43
21/07/1978
07/09/2025
1 January (recorded in 1980)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10100