Species Detail - Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) - 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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Ardea purpurea
Purple Heron
NHMSYS0000530173 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
arpur
Linnaeus, 1766
Bird
Species
64
22
16
02/05/1965
20/04/2024
19 March (recorded in 1990)
30 October (recorded in 1996)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), accessed 19 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/11143

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)