🇮🇪Animals recorded in Ireland

Which animals have been recorded in Ireland? 49,292 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 229 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Green-veined White, Polyommatus mariscolore, Marsh Fritillary.

• 49,292 records
• 1,200+ species
• 64 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Green-veined White, Polyommatus mariscolore, Marsh Fritillary. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Ireland

	Animal	Group	Records
	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Insecta Pieridae	1,988
	Polyommatus mariscolore	Insecta Lycaenidae	1,557
	Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia	Insecta Nymphalidae	625
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	612
	Agabus bipustulatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	465
	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Insecta Lycaenidae	417
	Helophorus brevipalpis	Insecta Helophoridae	410
	Hydroporus palustris	Insecta Dytiscidae	393
	Hydroporus pubescens	Insecta Dytiscidae	389
	Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata	Insecta Geometridae	366
	Hygrotus inaequalis	Insecta Dytiscidae	345
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	343
	Large Heath Coenonympha tullia	Insecta Nymphalidae	329
	Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata	Insecta Geometridae	321
	Grayling [butterfly] Hipparchia semele	Insecta Nymphalidae	285
	Bank Vole Myodes glareolus	Mammalia Cricetidae	284
	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria	Insecta Nymphalidae	276
	Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata	Insecta Geometridae	275
	Cryptic Wood White Leptidea juvernica	Insecta Pieridae	264
	Anacaena globula	Insecta Hydrophilidae	250
	Haliplus ruficollis	Insecta Haliplidae	243
	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Insecta Pieridae	236
	Hydrobius fuscipes	Insecta Hydrophilidae	225
	sooty mud dweller Ilybius fuliginosus	Insecta Dytiscidae	222
	Hydroporus tessellatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	212
	Ringed Carpet Cleora cinctaria	Insecta Geometridae	208
	Haliplus lineatocollis	Insecta Haliplidae	204
	Hydroporus erythrocephalus	Insecta Dytiscidae	199
	Common European Whirligig Beetle Gyrinus substriatus	Insecta Gyrinidae	197
	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Insecta Nymphalidae	191
	Moss Carder Bee Bombus muscorum	Insecta Apidae	188
	Hydroporus gyllenhalii	Insecta Dytiscidae	188
	Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata	Insecta Geometridae	187
	Hydroporus obscurus	Insecta Dytiscidae	183
	Laccophilus minutus	Insecta Dytiscidae	181
	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Insecta Nymphalidae	171
	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Insecta Apidae	164
	Common Heath Ematurga atomaria	Insecta Geometridae	163
	Small White Pieris rapae	Insecta Pieridae	162
	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Insecta Lycaenidae	162
	Hydroporus planus	Insecta Dytiscidae	161
	Limnebius truncatellus	Insecta Hydraenidae	159
	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Aves Laridae	152
	Roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris	— Macrouridae	148
	Helophorus flavipes	Insecta Helophoridae	146
	Anacaena lutescens	Insecta Hydrophilidae	141
	large-grooved diving beetle Colymbetes fuscus	Insecta Dytiscidae	141
	Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus	Insecta Nymphalidae	140
	Early Thorn Selenia dentaria	Insecta Geometridae	140
	Agabus nebulosus	Insecta Dytiscidae	137
	Larger Noterus Noterus clavicornis	Insecta Noteridae	136
	Hydroporus striola	Insecta Dytiscidae	133
	Hydraena riparia	Insecta Hydraenidae	128
	Sturm's diving beetle Agabus sturmii	Insecta Dytiscidae	125
	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Aves Muscicapidae	124
	Hydroporus nigrita	Insecta Dytiscidae	124
	Perizoma taeniata	Insecta Geometridae	124
	Hygrotus quinquelineatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	123
	Dryops luridus	Insecta Dryopidae	119
	Rook Corvus frugilegus	Aves Corvidae	118