Species Detail - Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) - 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).
Ardea purpurea
Purple Heron
NHMSYS0000530173
UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
arpur
Linnaeus, 1766
bird
Species
22
16
13
02/05/1965
28/04/2013
19 March (recorded in 1990)
30 October (recorded in 1996)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11143>