Species Detail - Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) - 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).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Saxicola rubetra
Whinchat
NHMSYS0000530590 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
sarub
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
399
76
42
12/09/1963
28/09/2024
25 January (recorded in 2025)
8 November (recorded in 2022)
eBIRD, eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), accessed 19 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/435/Species/11553

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)