Species Detail - Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Melanitta perspicillata
Surf Scoter
NBNSYS0000000274
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
meper
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
237
71
42
09/09/1846
22/11/2014
1 January (recorded in 2011)
31 December (recorded in 1990)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/10136