Species Detail - Swift (Apus apus) - 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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Apus apus
Swift
NHMSYS0000530165 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
apapu
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
1962
375
103
29/07/1994
04/09/2025
8 January (recorded in 2022)
10 December (recorded in 2016)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Swift (Apus apus), accessed 21 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11135

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)