Species Detail - Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) - 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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Rallus aquaticus
Water Rail
NHMSYS0000530803 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
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Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
2320
595
127
01/04/1968
03/11/2024
1 January (recorded in 2019)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), accessed 30 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/11760>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)