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  This Year
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Total counts

  • Records: 1,653,215
  • Species: 14,894

Records per month (2025/2026)

Records per group (12 Months)

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Recent records

  • Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
    2026-08-02
    Corraboffin
  • Large White (Pieris brassicae)
    2026-08-02
    Corraboffin
  • Peacock (Inachis io)
    2026-09-02
    Corraboffin
  • Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
    2026-09-02
    Corraboffin
  • Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
    2026-09-02
    Corraboffin
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
    2026-09-02
    Corraboffin
  • Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
    2026-09-02
    Corraboffin
  • Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
    2026-10-02
    Mayfield
  • Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Coot (Fulica atra)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
    2026-10-02
    Ballymulvey
  • Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
    2026-09-29
    Ballybay
  • Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
    2026-10-02
    Ballymulvey
  • Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
    2026-10-02
    Ballymulvey
  • Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)
    2026-10-02
    Ballymulvey
  • Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    2026-10-02
    Rockcorry
  • Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
    2026-10-02
    Rockcorry
  • Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa)
    2026-10-02
    Ballymulvey
  • Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
    2026-09-26
    Killenaule
  • Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
    2026-09-30
    Roberts cove
  • Narrow-winged Grey (Eudonia angustea)
    2026-10-02
    Naul
  • Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
    2026-10-02
    Corville
  • Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
    2026-10-02
    Clare Glens
  • Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)
    2026-07-09
    Carrickfinn
  • Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
    2026-10-02
    New inn
  • Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
    2026-10-02
    Dunquin
  • Limonia nubeculosa
    2026-10-02
    Killybegs
  • Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
    2026-10-02
    Estate in village
  • Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
    2026-10-01
    Ballymote
  • Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    2026-10-02
    Hillhall
  • Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    2026-10-02
    Hillsborough
  • Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    2026-10-02
    Dromore
  • Rayed Trough Shell (Mactra stultorum)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Dog-cockle (Glycymeris glycymeris)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Green Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Thick Trough Shell (Spisula solida)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Grey Top Shell (Gibbula cineraria)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Oyster Drill (Ocenebra erinacea)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Gutweed (Enteromorpha intestinalis)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Auger Shell (Turritella communis)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Crystal jellyfish (Aequorea)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Blunt gaper (Mya truncata)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • China Limpet (Patella ulyssiponensis)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Great Scallop (Pecten maximus)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Variegated Scallop (Chlamys varia)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Common Limpet (Patella vulgata)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Flat Periwinkle [Littorina obtusata] (Littorina obtusata)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Common Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Channelled Wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Spiral Wrack (Fucus spiralis)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Wig Wrack or Sea-loch Egg Wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
    2026-10-02
    Blackstones
  • Heterosiphonia
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Plocamium
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Sea Beech (Delesseria sanguinea)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Membranoptera alata
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Nitophyllum
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Cladophora rupestris
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Carrageen (Chondrus crispus)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Elachista
    2026-10-01
    Sweet Nellie’s Bay, Greencastle
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-10-02
    finglas road near glasnevin cemetery dublin
  • Lesser Sunflower (Helianthus petiolaris)
    2026-10-02
    Lyranes
  • Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)
    2026-10-02
    st. patrick's road drumcondra dublin
  • Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
    2026-10-02
    st. patrick's road drumcondra dublin
  • Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    2026-10-02
    Ballynerrin
  • Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
    2026-10-02
    Ballynerrin
  • Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua)
    2026-10-02
    st. patrick's road drumcondra dublin
  • Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    2026-10-01
    Ballynerrin
  • Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta)
    2026-10-01
    Poyntzpass
  • Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
    2026-09-29
    Palmerstown
  • Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope)
    2026-09-25
    Tilickafinna, Dursey Island.
  • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
    2026-10-02
    st. patrick's road drumcondra dublin
  • Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix)
    2026-09-18
    Tilickafinna, Dursey Island.
  • Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
    2026-10-02
    Stillorgan
  • Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
    2026-09-19
    Tilickafinna, Dursey Island.
  • House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
    2026-10-02
    st. patrick's road drumcondra dublin
  • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    2026-10-02
    royal canal near whitworth road dubli
  • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
    2026-10-02
    royal canal near whitworth road dublin
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-10-02
    Dundalk
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-10-02
    Dundalk
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-10-02
    Dundalk
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-09-18
    dundalk
  • Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
    2026-10-02
    Dundalk
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-10-02
    Dundalk
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-09-18
    Dundalk
  • Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
    2026-09-18
    dundalk

Most recorded

  • Bird
    Buzzard (Buteo buteo)1014
    Robin (Erithacus rubecula)1009
    Blackbird (Turdus merula)874
    Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)725
    Swallow (Hirundo rustica)692
  • Flowering plant
    Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)424
    Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)347
    Primrose (Primula vulgaris)331
    Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.)314
    Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum)288
  • Insect - butterfly
    Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)1678
    Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)1280
    Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)1182
    Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)1152
    Peacock (Inachis io)705
  • Insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
    Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum)283
    Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)233
    Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)222
    Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)215
    Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)175
  • Insect - hymenopteran
    Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)634
    Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)527
    Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)432
    White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)277
    Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)252
  • Insect - moth
    Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)1117
    Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)766
    Silver Y (Autographa gamma)614
    Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)568
    Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)561
  • Insect - true fly (Diptera)
    Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)211
    Eristalis tenax170
    Eristalis pertinax146
    Helophilus pendulus101
    Syrphus ribesii97
  • Marine mammal
    Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)58
    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)3825
    Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)1620
    Pine Marten (Martes martes)1062
    Fox (Vulpes vulpes)964
    Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)375

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