Waterford Breeding Bird Atlas: list of species maps

national breeding maps national winter maps

The Waterford Breeding Bird Atlas 2006-2011

This project is funded by the Heritage Council (Wildlife Grant 2008 and 2009, Heritage Grant 2010)

Preliminary species maps

Click species names below to see maps showing the recorded distribution of selected species in Co Waterford during April-July of 2006-2010, based on records compiled to date. Click here for selection of national maps.

Last updated 12 December 2010

Non-passerines

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus - winter

Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota - winter

Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus

Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Great Northern Diver Gavia immer - winter

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata - winter

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis - winter

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Buzzard Buteo buteo

Merlin Falco columbarius - winter

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus - breeding winter

Coot Fulica atra

Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

Curlew Numenius arquata

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa - winter

Redshank Tringa totanus - winter

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos - breeding winter

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus - summer winter

Herring Gull Larus argentatus - breeding winter

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Guillemot Uria aalge

Razorbill Alca torda

Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle

Puffin Fratercula arctica

Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon Columba livia

Stock Dove Columba oenas

Woodpigeon Columba palumbus

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur

Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Long-eared Owl Asio otus

Swift Apus apus

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Passerines

Skylark Alauda arvensis

Sand Martin Riparia riparia

Swallow Hirundo rustica

House Martin Delichon urbicum

Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba

Dipper Cinclus cinclus

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Dunnock Prunella modularis

Robin Erithacus rubecula

Stonechat Saxicola torquata - breeding winter

Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - winter

Blackbird Turdus merula - breeding winter

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos - breeding winter

Redwing Turdus iliacus - winter

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia

Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Whitethroat Sylvia communis

Blackcap Sylvia communis - breeding winter

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita - breeding winter

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus - breeding winter

Great Tit Parus major

Coal Tit Periparus ater

Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

Jay Garrulus glandarius

Magpie Pica pica

Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax - breeding winter

Jackdaw Corvus monedula

Rook Corvus frugilegus

Hooded Crow Corvus cornix

Raven Corvus corax

Starling Sturnus vulgaris

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs - breeding winter

Greenfinch Carduelis chloris

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Siskin Carduelis spinus

Linnet Carduelis cannabina

Lesser Redpoll Carduelis (flammea) cabaret

Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula - breeding winter

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

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