Species Detail - Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) - 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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Saxicola rubetra
Whinchat
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
sarub
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
78
38
27
17/08/2002
15/09/2024
25 March (recorded in 2010)
22 October (recorded in 2022)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11553>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)