Species Detail - Shag (Gulosus aristotelis) - 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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Gulosus aristotelis
Shag
NHMSYS0021537828 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
guari
N/A
Bird
Species
964
195
72
05/08/1977
25/09/2025
1 January (recorded in 1980)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Shag (Gulosus aristotelis), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/309474

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)