Species Detail - Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) - 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).
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Tachymarptis melba
Alpine Swift
NHMSYS0021268976 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
N/A
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
8
2
2
17/03/2023
20/03/2023
10 March (recorded in 1997)
9 November (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/305508

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)