Species Detail - Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) - 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).
Somateria mollissima
Common Eider
NBNSYS0000000197
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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 II Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
somol
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
268
69
35
21/04/2002
27/07/2024
1 January (recorded in 2019)
31 December (recorded in 2022)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), accessed 28 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10101>