Species Detail - Merlin (Falco columbarius) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Falco columbarius
Merlin
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Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
371
200
89
31/10/1992
09/12/2024
2 January (recorded in 2011)
31 December (recorded in 2012)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Merlin (Falco columbarius), accessed 30 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11701>