Species Detail - Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Heritage Council's Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme Fauna Records from 2016 to 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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Dendrocopos major
Great Spotted Woodpecker
NHMSYS0000530331 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
demaj
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
1
1
1
26/06/2018
26/06/2018
1 January (recorded in 1950)
31 December (recorded in 2014)
Heritage Council of Ireland, Heritage Council's Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme Fauna Records from 2016 to 2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), accessed 28 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/432/Species/11298>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)