Species Detail - Common Swift (Apus apus) - 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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Apus apus
Common Swift
Swift
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
apapu
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
6
2
5
24/05/1985
27/06/2000
8 January (recorded in 2022)
10 December (recorded in 2016)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Swift (Apus apus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/408/Species/11135>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)