Species Detail - Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bird Atlas 2007 - 2011".

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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Melanitta fusca
Velvet Scoter
N/A
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section II Bird Species
mefus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
65
36
28
01/01/2007
31/12/2011
2 January (recorded in 2018)
19 December (recorded in 2016)
BirdWatch Ireland, Bird Atlas 2007 - 2011, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/220/Species/10099>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)