Species Detail - Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "ObSERVE Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin".
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 fusca
Velvet Scoter
NBNSYS0000000195
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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
15
7
5
17/09/2016
19/12/2016
2 January (recorded in 2018)
19 December (recorded in 2016)
Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment, ObSERVE Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/322/Species/10099>