Species Detail - Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - 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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Hirundo rustica
Barn Swallow
Swallow
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
hirus
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
79
33
34
13/05/1981
05/06/2005
13 January (recorded in 2018)
21 December (recorded in 2020)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/408/Species/11372>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)