Species Detail - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) - 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).
Sterna paradisaea
Arctic Tern
NBNSYS0000000365
RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
stpar
Pontoppidan, 1763
Bird
Species
155
63
39
12/05/2001
11/08/2025
8 March (recorded in 2015)
25 December (recorded in 2023)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), accessed 28 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10175