Mapping animal sightings in Ireland

A flourish map of animal sightings, 2016-2021.

Gary Lynch https://gary-lynch.github.io/
04-14-2021

The National Biodiversity Data Centre collates user submitted data on animal sightings. Users across Ireland have submitted over 9,000 sightings since 2016, including information such as location, species and date. Using Flourish, I’ve plotted these onto an interactive map of Ireland.

Made with Flourish

If you’re interested in submitting sightings to the National Biodiversity Data Centre - you can get started here: https://records.biodiversityireland.ie/start-recording

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