Species Detail - Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) - 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 nigra
Common Scoter
NBNSYS0000000196
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section II Bird Species || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex III, Section III Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
menig
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
86
25
9
25/02/2016
19/01/2017
1 January (recorded in 2018)
31 December (recorded in 2018)
Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment, ObSERVE Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/322/Species/10100>