Species Detail - Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) - 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 perspicillata
Surf Scoter
NBNSYS0000000274
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
meper
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
22
15
11
28/03/1984
04/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 2011)
31 December (recorded in 1990)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10136