Dataset Details - Water Beetles of Ireland
water beetles
30/06/2011
31/07/2025
Understand the geographic distribution of water beetles in Ireland.
Direct observation supported by specimens in some cases.
Island of Ireland
1829-2008
All records validated by Prof. Garth Foster.
Complete
Ireland Red List No. 1 - Water beetles - http://www.npws.ie/publications/redlists/RL1.pdf
Restricted (Data can be viewed on the mapping system but is not available for download)
Balfour Browne Club, Water Beetles of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 15 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/58>
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Prof. Garth Foster
3 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr KA7 1JJ, Scotland, UK
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Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day | 38866 |
| Day Range | 4030 |
| Year | 679 |
| Year Range | 617 |
| Month | 137 |
1829
2025
Record Statistics
44329
3994
322
0
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 30249 |
| 1km | 13450 |
| 2km | 0 |
| 10km | 630 |
| 50km | 0 |
Dataset Attributes
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Recorded Species
| TaxonId | PrefnameTaxonId | Name | Authority | Group | Rank | Records |
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