Species Detail - Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025".

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).
Live Map

Species image

Sciurus vulgaris
Sciurus vulgaris
Eurasian Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
scvul
Linnaeus, 1758
terrestrial mammal
Species
1176
319
92
21/05/2002
30/04/2023
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 2004)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119283>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119283>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119283>