Species Detail - Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) - 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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Columba palumbus
Woodpigeon
NHMSYS0000530309 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section I Bird Species || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex III, Section I Bird Species
copal
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
5088
614
119
13/11/1992
31/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2002)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11276>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)