Species Detail - Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - 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).
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Sandwich Tern
NHMSYS0021274181
RecommendedWell-formed
Sterna boysii Latham, Sterna cantiaca J.F.Gmelin, Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787, Sterna sandvicensis , Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis Latham, 1787, Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis
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N/A
(Latham, 1787)
Bird
Species
633
142
58
12/08/1994
12/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 2019)
30 December (recorded in 2003)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), accessed 21 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/305573