Species Detail - Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) - 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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Botaurus stellaris
Great Bittern
Bittern
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
boste
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
97
65
49
01/01/1899
10/04/2023
1 January (recorded in 1984)
31 December (recorded in 1923)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), accessed 29 March 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/11178>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)