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  This Year
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Total counts

  • Records: 1,649,459
  • Species: 14,881

Records per month (2025/2026)

Records per group (12 Months)

Recent record images

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Recent records

  • Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)
    2026-09-21
    Ballymaley
  • Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)
    2026-09-21
    Ballymaley
  • Riband Wave (Idaea aversata)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Stinking Dapperling (Lepiota cristata)
    2026-09-23
    Johnstown
  • Autumnal Rustic (Eugnorisma glareosa)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Small Wainscot (Denticucullus pygmina)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Narrow-winged Grey (Eudonia angustea)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)
    2026-09-16
    Ballymaley
  • Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    2026-09-23
    Glenageary
  • Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris)
    2026-08-15
    Craigavon
  • Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris)
    2026-08-14
    Lurgan
  • Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
    2026-07-22
    Craigavon
  • Himalayan Honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa)
    2026-07-22
    Lurgan
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
    2026-07-19
    Lurgan
  • Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)
    2026-05-26
    Damastown
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
    2026-09-23
    Thurles
  • Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    2026-09-23
    Ballybrooney
  • Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
    2026-09-23
    ballina
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
    2026-09-23
    Roundabout on Dublin road as you enter Carrick on shannon co leitrim
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
    2026-09-23
    Thurles
  • Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    2026-09-23
    Dromid
  • Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
    2026-05-19
    Damastown
  • Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
    2026-09-23
    Celbridge
  • Eristalis pertinax
    2026-07-15
    Lurgan
  • Trimmer's Mining Bee (Andrena trimmerana)
    2026-05-06
    Navan
  • Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
    2026-07-10
    Lurgan
  • Peacock (Inachis io)
    2026-09-23
    Tallaght
  • Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
    2026-07-10
    Lurgan
  • Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
    2026-09-23
    Tallaght
  • Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
    2026-09-23
    Lurgan
  • Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)
    2026-09-23
    Patrickswell
  • Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
    2026-09-23
    Lurgan
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
    2026-09-23
    Kilkenny
  • Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
    2026-09-23
    Knockatallon
  • Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    2026-09-23
    Lurgan
  • Nematomorpha
    2026-09-23
    Blacklion
  • Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
    2026-09-22
    Sandy Roac
  • Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Pine Marten (Martes martes)
    2026-08-15
    Larkinstown
  • Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Fuchsia magellanica
    2026-09-23
    Cahercorney
  • Canadian Fleabane (Conyza canadensis)
    2026-09-23
    Cahercorney
  • Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
    2026-09-23
    Sean Walsh Park
  • Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
    2026-09-23
    Tournore
  • Pine Marten (Martes martes)
    2026-09-23
    Roundwood
  • Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
    2026-09-23
    Enniscorthy town - Waterfront Pool and leisure centre
  • Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
    2026-09-23
    Thomastown
  • Red Underwing (Catocala nupta)
    2026-09-23
    Barretstown Meadows
  • Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    2026-09-22
    Kilkenny City
  • Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
    2026-09-23
    Ballybane
  • Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
    2026-09-23
    Clonakilty
  • Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
    2026-09-23
    The Miles
  • Blackbird (Turdus merula)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Gold Spot (Plusia festucae)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Centre-barred Sallow (Atethmia centrago)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • August Thorn (Ennomos quercinaria)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Sallow (Xanthia icteritia)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata)
    2024-09-07
    Ballysax little
  • Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Elder (Sambucus nigra)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
    2026-09-23
    Clane
  • Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    2026-09-23
    Lugnafahy
  • Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
    2026-09-23
    Lady's Island
  • Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
    2026-09-23
    Easkey
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
    2026-09-23
    Easkey
  • Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little
  • Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little
  • Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little
  • Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little
  • Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little
  • Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
    2026-09-20
    Ballysax little

Most recorded

  • Bird
    Robin (Erithacus rubecula)998
    Buzzard (Buteo buteo)992
    Blackbird (Turdus merula)870
    Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)721
    Swallow (Hirundo rustica)680
  • Flowering plant
    Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)413
    Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)339
    Primrose (Primula vulgaris)328
    Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.)302
    Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum)285
  • Insect - butterfly
    Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)1661
    Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)1237
    Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)1168
    Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)1126
    Peacock (Inachis io)696
  • Insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
    Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)261
    Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)233
    Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)221
    Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)215
    Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)173
  • Insect - hymenopteran
    Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)621
    Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)521
    Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)430
    White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)275
    Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)246
  • Insect - moth
    Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)1082
    Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)720
    Silver Y (Autographa gamma)588
    Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)544
    White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)533
  • Insect - true fly (Diptera)
    Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)201
    Eristalis tenax153
    Eristalis pertinax143
    Helophilus pendulus92
    Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)89
  • Marine mammal
    Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)55
    Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)27
    Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)10
    Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)9
    Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)7
  • Terrestrial mammal
    Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)3772
    Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)1573
    Pine Marten (Martes martes)1046
    Fox (Vulpes vulpes)942
    Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)368

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