Species Detail - Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "North-west Ireland Machair Breeding Waders 2009.".

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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Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian Oystercatcher
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
haost
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
8
7
6
10/04/2009
02/07/2009
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
BirdWatch Ireland, North-west Ireland Machair Breeding Waders 2009., National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/171/Species/10033>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)