Species Detail - Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "ObSERVE II Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin".

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).
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Ardenna gravis
Great Shearwater
NHMSYS0021273561 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
N/A
(O'Reilly, 1818)
Bird
Species
93
22
18
03/08/2021
16/09/2022
12 January (recorded in 1996)
20 November (recorded in 1989)
Department of Climate, Energy & the Environment, ObSERVE II Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis), accessed 14 March 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/442/Species/305547

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)