Species Detail - Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Tyto alba
Barn Owl
NHMSYS0000530685 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
tyalb
(Scopoli, 1769)
Bird
Species
1017
371
85
01/03/2003
30/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 2018)
31 December (recorded in 2022)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Barn Owl (Tyto alba), accessed 21 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11644

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)