Species Detail - European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Caprimulgus europaeus
European Nightjar
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caeur
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
8
5
4
01/01/2007
31/12/2011
31 May (recorded in 2020)
4 July (recorded in 2019)
BirdWatch Ireland, Bird Atlas 2007 - 2011, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/220/Species/11209>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)