General Biodiversity Records from Ireland

Published by National Biodiversity Data Centre

The records in this Dataset are general records of different taxonomic groups submitted to the National Biodiversity Data Centre. This provides a temporary facility to store and make available data submitted to the Centre, until such time as subsets of the data can be added to a recognised national database.

Geographic Coverage: The island of Ireland

Temporal Coverage: Primarily for capturing new records from 2010 onwards, though it also contains some older records.

Species Groups recorded: acarine (Acari), alga, amphibian, annelid, bird, bony fish (Actinopterygii), bryozoan, cartilagenous fish (Chondricht, centipede, coelenterate (=cnidarian), comb jelly (Ctenophora), conifer, Crustacean, echinoderm, fern, Flatworm (Turbellaria), flowering plant, Fungus, harvestman (Opiliones), insect - alderfly (Megaloptera, Insect - beetle (Coleoptera), insect - booklouse (Psocoptera, insect - bristletail (Archaeog, Insect - butterfly, insect - caddis fly (Trichopte, insect - dragonfly (Odonata), insect - earwig (Dermaptera), insect - hymenopteran, insect - lacewing (Neuroptera), insect - mayfly (Ephemeroptera, insect - moth, insect - orthopteran, insect - silverfish (Thysanura, insect - stick insect (Phasmid, insect - stonefly (Plecoptera), Insect - true bug (Hemiptera), insect - true fly (Diptera), jawless fish (Agnatha), lichen, liverwort, millipede, Mollusc, moss, ribbon worm (Nemertinea), sea spider (Pycnogonida), slime mould, spider (Araneae), sponge (Porifera), springtail (Collembola), stonewort, terrestrial mammal, tunicate (Urochordata)

Dataset Status: Ongoing

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biodiversity biodiversity data centre biota ecological parameter ecosystem ecosystem analysis ecosystem research environment environmental conservation environmental research geoscientificinformation habitat ireland national biodiversity data centre nature protection nbdc organism protected area publishtoisde species species distribution synecology wildlife wildlife conservation wildlife habitat wildlife protection wildlife sanctuary

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Created 2020-01-14
Last Updated 2025-10-22
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