Species Detail - Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) - 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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Sylvia atricapilla
Blackcap
NHMSYS0000530633 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
syatr
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
3353
538
115
30/06/1986
18/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 1970)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), accessed 21 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11592

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)