Care is needed with sightings of rare or vulnerable species in potential breeding habitat (regardless of season), or, for some species, in any circumstances (e.g. large raptors). Any such information submitted to this website will not be displayed below a certain level of detail - in extreme cases, only the county may be displayed or the record may be kept offline. However, fuller details will be be retained in the county record files and forwarded to the Irish Rare Breeding Birds Panel.