Species Detail - Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) - 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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Dendrocopos major
Great Spotted Woodpecker
NHMSYS0000530331 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
demaj
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
4682
468
98
01/01/1802
29/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 1950)
31 December (recorded in 2014)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), accessed 12 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/11298

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)