Dataset Details - Water Beetles of Ireland
water beetles
30/06/2011
17/06/2025
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
Balfour Browne Club
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 30 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/58>
Dataset species distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset record distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset Contacts
Balfour Browne Club
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 29633
Year 1628
Month 1172
Day Range 871
Year Range 328
Month Range 23
1829
2008
Record Statistics

33655

3141

312

0

Resolution No. records
100m 21490
1km 12165
2km 0
10km 0
50km 0
Dataset Attributes
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Recorded Species
TaxonId PrefnameTaxonId Name Authority Group Rank Records
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