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  This Year
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Total counts

  • Records: 1,564,972
  • Species: 14,510

Records per month (2025/2026)

Records per group (12 Months)

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Recent records

  • Pine Marten (Martes martes)
    2026-05-29
    Glenasmole
  • Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
    2026-05-29
    Glenasmole
  • Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
    2026-05-30
    in our house
  • Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
    2026-05-30
    in our house
  • Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)
    2026-05-30
    Ardskeagh Buttevant
  • Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi)
    2026-05-30
    Oldbridge
  • Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
    2026-05-30
    Ballynoe Kilbrin
  • Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
    2026-05-30
    Tallaght
  • Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
    2026-05-30
    Field
  • Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
    2026-05-30
    Ivy covered wall
  • Curlew (Numenius arquata)
    2026-05-30
    Water’s edge near rockpools
  • Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)
    2026-05-30
    Grassy area
  • Common Fragrant-orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea agg.)
    2026-05-30
    Grassy area
  • Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
    2026-05-30
    Grassy area
  • Scathophaga stercoraria
    2026-05-30
    Killybegs
  • Tachycixius pilosus
    2026-05-30
    Killybegs
  • Pine Marten (Martes martes)
    2026-05-30
    Oldbridge
  • Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
    2026-05-30
    Harristown
  • Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
    2026-05-30
    Arklow
  • Sea Mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum)
    2026-05-30
    Dungloe
  • Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.)
    2026-05-30
    Cahercorney
  • Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
    2026-05-30
    Dungloe Riverwalk
  • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
    2026-05-30
    Knockaunakill
  • Dame's-violet (Hesperis matronalis)
    2026-05-30
    Cahercorney
  • Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus)
    2026-05-30
    Cahercorney
  • Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
    2026-04-23
    Ballydavid
  • Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    2026-04-23
    An Fuinnseog
  • Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
    2026-05-23
    Blackhead
  • Perfoliate Honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium)
    2026-05-23
    Blackhead
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
    2026-05-23
    Blackhead
  • Pine Marten (Martes martes)
    2026-05-29
    Tinahely
  • Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
    2026-05-14
    Clonascra
  • Yellow Cellar Slug (Limacus flavus)
    2026-05-30
    Cahercorney
  • Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Cherry Bark Tortrix (Enarmonia formosana)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Flame (Axylia putris)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Heart & Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)
    2026-05-30
    Ballylangley, Bandon
  • Cassida nobilis
    2026-05-24
    Dunaval
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
    2026-05-30
    Nettles and weeds
  • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
    2026-05-30
    On garden plants
  • Melanostoma scalare
    2026-05-30
    Knader Wood
  • Leucozona lucorum
    2026-05-30
    Knader Wood
  • Megabunus diadema
    2026-05-30
    Ballyshannon
  • Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
    2026-05-30
    Maypark Village
  • Bombus lucorum agg.
    2026-05-30
    Maypark Village
  • Red Mason Bee (Osmia rufa)
    2026-05-30
    Maypark Village
  • Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
    2026-05-30
    Maypark Village
  • Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
    2026-05-30
    Kilorglin Co. Kerry
  • Badger (Meles meles)
    2026-05-30
    Keeffe's Wood, Great Island
  • Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    2026-05-30
    Céide Fields
  • Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    2026-05-04
    Keeffe's Wood, Great Island
  • Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    2026-05-30
    Coolcotts
  • Pine Marten (Martes martes)
    2026-05-30
    Kinvara
  • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
    2026-05-29
    Coolcotts
  • Hairy Shield bug (Dolycoris baccarum)
    2026-05-29
    Coolcotts
  • Green Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas)
    2026-05-30
    Kilmore Quay
  • Common Blenny (Lipophrys pholis)
    2026-05-30
    Kilmore Quay
  • Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus)
    2026-05-30
    Kilmore Quay
  • Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
    2026-05-30
    Kilmore Quay
  • Common Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
    2026-05-29
    Hugginstown
  • Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima)
    2026-05-06
    Carna
  • Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
    2026-05-27
    Carna
  • Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
    2026-05-27
    Carna
  • Thrift (Armeria maritima)
    2026-05-27
    Carna
  • Scarce Oak Gall Moth (Pammene albuginana)
    2026-05-27
    Glanmire
  • Irish Hare (Lepus timidus subsp. hibernicus)
    2026-05-29
    Islandtarsney South
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
    2026-05-29
    Garden
  • Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
    2026-05-29
    Garden
  • Forester (Adscita statices)
    2026-05-30
    Carrigower Lodge. Kilpedder. Wicklow
  • American Mink (Mustela vison)
    2026-04-19
    Carna
  • Western Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza kerryensis)
    2026-05-30
    Falcarragh Biodiversity Garden
  • Thrift (Armeria maritima)
    2026-05-30
    Blackhall
  • Red Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia)
    2026-05-30
    Omeath
  • Common Limpet (Patella vulgata)
    2026-05-30
    Carna
  • Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina)
    2026-05-30
    Carna
  • Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis)
    2026-05-30
    Carna
  • Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
    2026-05-30
    D09CF72
  • Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)
    2026-05-30
    Omeath

Most recorded

  • Bird
    Robin (Erithacus rubecula)782
    Blackbird (Turdus merula)692
    Buzzard (Buteo buteo)569
    Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)521
    Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)514
  • Flowering plant
    Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)401
    Primrose (Primula vulgaris)311
    Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.)234
    Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)225
    Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)205
  • Insect - butterfly
    Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines)480
    Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)449
    Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)407
    Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)334
    Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)268
  • Insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
    Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)123
    Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)34
    Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)32
    Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)27
    Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)24
  • Insect - hymenopteran
    Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)313
    Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)267
    White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)148
    Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)144
    Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)118
  • Insect - moth
    Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)285
    Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)194
    Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)165
    Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)159
    Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)158
  • Insect - true fly (Diptera)
    Eristalis pertinax61
    Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)55
    Eristalis tenax54
    Syrphus ribesii35
    Leucozona lucorum33
  • Marine mammal
    Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)25
    Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)17
    Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)8
    Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)4
    Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)4
  • Terrestrial mammal
    Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)1090
    Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)603
    Pine Marten (Martes martes)529
    Fox (Vulpes vulpes)523
    Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)240

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