Species Detail - Blackbird (Turdus merula) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Turdus merula
Blackbird
NHMSYS0000530674 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
tumer
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
22
22
20
29/08/2016
16/08/2023
1 January (recorded in 1980)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Heritage Council of Ireland, Heritage Council's Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme Fauna Records from 2016 to 2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Blackbird (Turdus merula), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/432/Species/11633

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)