Species Detail - Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland".

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
Limosa lapponica
Bar-tailed Godwit
NBNSYS0000000146 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
lilap
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
6823
196
70
19/08/1961
30/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 1973)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
eBIRD, eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), accessed 19 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/435/Species/10061

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)