Species Detail - Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023".

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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Morus bassanus
Northern Gannet
Gannet, Solan Goose
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
mobas
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
63423
1086
696
29/06/1979
07/03/2010
1 January (recorded in 1999)
31 December (recorded in 2012)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/408/Species/10817>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)