Species Detail - Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - 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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Egretta garzetta
Little Egret
NHMSYS0000530348 UnverifiedUnverified
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species
eggar
(Linnaeus, 1766)
bird
Species
3144
419
109
08/04/1998
30/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2007)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Little Egret (Egretta garzetta), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11314>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)