Species Detail - Skylark (Alauda arvensis) - 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).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Alauda arvensis
Skylark
NHMSYS0000530139 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
alarv
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
2238
468
123
18/05/1996
22/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 1973)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Skylark (Alauda arvensis), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11110

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)