Species Detail - Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Wetland Birds Survey (I-WeBS) 1994-2001.".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Haematopus ostralegus
Oystercatcher
NBNSYS0000000026 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
haost
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
147
114
55
01/01/1994
31/12/2001
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
BirdWatch Ireland, Irish Wetland Birds Survey (I-WeBS) 1994-2001., National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), accessed 12 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/36/Species/10033>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)