Species Detail - Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

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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Larus argentatus
Herring Gull
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Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
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Pontoppidan, 1763
bird
Species
17655
1253
365
01/04/1968
30/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/10045>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)