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This Year
- Records:
- Species:
Total counts
- Records: 1,275,042
- Species: 13,408
Records per month (2023/2024)
Records per group (12 Months)
Recent record images
Upright Hedge-parsley
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/torilis_japonica_ff5451d60642b3bc4b3c0c17659d7028.jpg)
Gormanston
2024-07-23
Recorded by Colm Byrne
Adder's-tongue
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/ophioglossum_vulgatum_621ae44527650d84d0a00d503c20b1a6.jpg)
Spinc
2024-06-22
Recorded by PatriciaO’Leary
Hairy Tare
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/vicia_hirsuta_aa749ebc00b87d545c62cec1950fab17.jpg)
Roxborough
2024-07-19
Recorded by Tony Nagle
Tufted Vetch
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/vicia_cracca_02d8e7f8909ebb13ead819b9eb0a2cff.jpg)
ballaghboy
2024-07-05
Recorded by susan reddin
Yarrow
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/achillea_millefolium_e83024279440e0c1a7a0c9bf2055e8fa.jpg)
T201534
2024-07-02
Recorded by Tracy Fennell
Flame Shoulder
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/ochropleura_plecta_1c47dda7a96a5aa19d6eafefdf6c3269.jpg)
Bellharbour, Clare
2024-07-08
Recorded by Jamie O'Neill
Common Periwinkle
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/littorina_littorea_d99308c2d1c61b0c3b820d4860365231.jpg)
Castles,Isle of Doagh
2024-07-21
Recorded by Carol Gilroy and
Pink Sea-fan
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/eunicella_verrucosa_7cfbb7017053cd43dc0e321c41fef7cf.jpg)
Middle Rock Dive Site, Kilkee
2024-06-02
Recorded by Eabha Hughes
Hart's-tongue
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/asplenium_scolopendrium_c6d3d6dd87df6006c30f22d7e21084e6.jpg)
Faunarooska, Fanore
2024-06-30
Recorded by Margaret Cahill
Sheep's-bit
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/jasione_montana_18145faa8aa87379093478c7ca3bc1ba.jpg)
Power head
2024-06-30
Recorded by Ruben Keane
Buff Footman
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/eilema_depressa_8db01b3b7594da649f496a777443eda0.jpg)
Lyranes
2024-07-25
Recorded by Lorcan McDonnell
Foxglove
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/digitalis_purpurea_50bd1084a2391ba87398de0b99f77b43.jpg)
Tralee-Fenit Greenway, County Kerry
2024-06-28
Recorded by Richard Moloney
Phalangium opilio
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/phalangium_opilio_b2699c1619a3ab0ba11e66004717a031.jpg)
John Joe Sheeny Road, Tralee
2024-07-11
Recorded by Richard Moloney
Kidney Vetch
![](https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/storage/record-images/anthyllis_vulneraria_bed9f36e9bad5baa166f4e4a12ac8d45.jpg)
Dun Laoghaire
2024-07-03
Recorded by Jane Powers
Recent records
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Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum)2024-07-14Fenit
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Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata)2024-07-27Mullagh
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Sea Aster (Aster tripolium)2024-07-10Fenit
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)2024-07-10Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Marsh Ragwort (Senecio aquaticus)2024-07-10Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara)2024-07-10Fenit
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Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)2024-07-26Leanne, Crookhaven
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Hemlock Water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata)2024-05-02Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)2024-05-02Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba)2024-05-02Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Tormentil (Potentilla erecta)2024-06-19Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella)2024-07-21Strandhill
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Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)2024-06-19Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Tormentil (Potentilla erecta)2024-06-19Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus)2024-07-23Louisburgh
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Grey Chiton (Lepidochitona cinerea)2024-07-23Louisburgh
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Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)2024-05-09Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)2024-07-22Bunkilleen
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Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Water Mint (Mentha aquatica)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Garden Bumble Bee (Bombus hortorum)2024-07-23Louisburgh
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Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Ragged-Robin (Silene flos-cuculi)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Bombus lucorum2024-07-23Louisburgh
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Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)2024-07-23Louisburgh
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Purple-loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)2024-07-15Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Ragged-Robin (Silene flos-cuculi)2024-07-24Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)2024-07-26Longwood Co Meath
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Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)2024-07-26Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Broad Buckler-fern (Dryopteris dilatata)2024-07-26Longwood Co Meath
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Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)2024-07-26Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)2024-07-23Longwood Co Meath
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Bombus lucorum agg.2024-07-25Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)2024-07-23Longwood Co Meath
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Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)2024-07-25Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)2024-07-25Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Bombus lucorum agg.2024-07-25Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)2024-07-25Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)2024-07-20Longwood Co Meath
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Pirri-pirri-bur (Acaena novae-zelandiae)2024-07-26Glenveagh National Park
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Blackbird (Turdus merula)2024-07-20Longwood Co Meath
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Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)2024-07-25Tralee ( Ballygarry)
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Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)2024-07-16Longwood Co Meath
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Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)2024-07-26Portsalon
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Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)2024-07-26Howth
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Magpie (Abraxas grossulariata)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Barred Straw (Eulithis pyraliata)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Common Rustic (Mesapamea secalis)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota)2024-07-23Ballintoy
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Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)2024-04-21Oxmantown
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Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines)2024-04-21Kilmainham
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Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)2024-04-21Kilmainham
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Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)2024-04-21Kilmainham
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Treble-bar (Aplocera plagiata)2024-07-26Bruckless
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Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)2024-04-20Kilmainham
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Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia)2024-07-26Cushaling Bog, Rathangan
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Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia)2024-07-26Cushaling Bog, Rathangan
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Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)2024-07-26Cushaling Bog, Rathangan
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Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)2024-04-19Kilmainham
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Greater Horntail Wasp (Urocerus gigas)2024-07-25Miltown Malbay
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Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)2024-04-18Kilmainham
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Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)2024-04-18Kilmainham
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Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)2024-07-26Large Field near Ballincollig Co Cork
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Abia lonicerae/Abia aenea2024-04-11Adare
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Abia fasciata2024-07-26Kinsale
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Heteropelma amictum2024-07-26Kinsale
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Taphrina tosquinetii2024-07-26Killybegs
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Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)2024-07-26Killybegs
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Common Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus vespillo)2024-07-26Killybegs
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Swift (Apus apus)2024-07-26Kilkenny City
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Swift (Apus apus)2024-07-26Kilkenny City
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Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)2024-07-26Clonea
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Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)2024-07-26Clonea
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Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima)2024-07-26Clonea
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Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum)2024-07-26Clonea
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Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)2024-07-26Clonea
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Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)2024-07-26Clonea
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Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)2024-07-26Clonea
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Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)2024-07-26Clonea
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Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)2024-07-26Clonea
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Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)2024-07-26Clonea
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Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)2024-07-26Clonea
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)2024-07-26Clonea
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White Stonecrop (Sedum album)2024-07-26Clonea
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Wild Thyme (Thymus polytrichus)2024-07-26Clonea
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Timothy Grassbug (Stenotus binotatus)2024-07-26Tankardstown
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22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)2024-07-26Tankardstown
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Eristalis intricarius2024-07-26Tankardstown
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Scaeva pyrastri2024-07-26Tankardstown
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Chrysis2024-07-26Ballyporeen
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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)2024-07-26Beltoy
Most recorded
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Bird
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) 889 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) 886 Blackbird (Turdus merula) 751 Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) 621 Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) 609 -
Flowering plant
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) 584 Primrose (Primula vulgaris) 417 Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) 386 Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum) 321 Daisy (Bellis perennis) 294 -
Butterfly
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) 634 Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) 542 Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) 416 Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) 390 Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) 354 -
Dragonfly (Odonata)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) 313 Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) 265 Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) 197 Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) 195 Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) 187 -
Hymenopteran
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) 484 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) 354 Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum) 254 Bombus lucorum 220 Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius) 199 -
Moth
Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) 308 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 284 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 250 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 215 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 213 -
True fly (Diptera)
Helophilus pendulus 237 Eristalis pertinax 207 Common Snout (Rhingia campestris) 111 Limonia nubeculosa 108 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) 104 -
Marine mammal
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) 62 Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) 23 Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) 14 Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) 8 Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 4 -
Terrestrial mammal
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) 642 Pine Marten (Martes martes) 600 Fox (Vulpes vulpes) 458 Irish Stoat (Mustela erminea subsp. hibernica) 350 Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) 318