Animals in Ireland: What You Can Spot, Learn, and Collect
Irish wildlife: Skellig puffins and gannets, Killarney's native red deer, basking sharks and humpbacks off Kerry and Cork, Shannon dolphins, otters and pine martens.
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Ireland has no snakes, no moles and only one newt, but it has some of the best marine wildlife in Europe: basking sharks off Achill and Kerry, humpback and fin whales off West Cork, a resident bottlenose pod in the Shannon estuary, and puffins and 35,000 pairs of gannets on the Skelligs. On land Killarney holds the last native red deer, otters and Irish hares are everywhere, and pine martens are recovering fast.
Ireland is thin in AnimalDex so far, which is a gap worth filling. The country's wild list is short on species but long on quality, and most of it is coastal and accessible from the Wild Atlantic Way.
Kerry and West Cork give the seabirds and whales, the Shannon estuary the dolphins, Killarney the red deer, Donegal and Mayo the basking sharks and eagles, and Dublin a zoo with elephants, gorillas and orangutans in Phoenix Park.
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Ireland's island isolation gave it a strange fauna: no snakes, only one newt, an endemic hare subspecies and a stoat subspecies, and red deer that have been in Killarney since the last ice age. Everything here is a slightly different version of Britain's.
The waters off Ireland's south-west have become one of Europe's best whale coasts in the last 20 years, with humpbacks now seen every year off West Cork and Kerry alongside fin and minke whales.
Tempat mencari
Peta satwa liar Ireland
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Ditemukan di Ireland oleh pengguna AnimalDex
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Spesies yang benar-benar dicatat orang di sini
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Kolektor memilih membagikan capture ini di Discover dan bisa menariknya kapan saja. Koordinat dibulatkan sekitar satu kilometer dan diperbarui setiap build situs.
Hewan untuk di-spot
Pilihan spesies di sini sengaja dibuat praktis, menyeimbangkan aksesibilitas, excitement, dan apa yang realistis untuk diperhatikan traveler di lokasi tersebut.
Atlantic PuffinC
Around 8,000 puffins nest on Skellig Michael beside the monastic steps, with more on the Saltees and Great Blasket, and on Rathlin across the border in Northern Ireland.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed on Skellig Michael landings from May to early August.
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Northern GannetC
Little Skellig is white with around 35,000 pairs, one of the world's largest gannet colonies; the boats circle beneath the cliffs.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed on Skellig boat trips from Portmagee.
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Manx ShearwaterC
Thousands breed in burrows on the Skelligs, the Blaskets and Puffin Island, streaming past the boats in rafts at dusk.
Catatan spotting: Common at sea off Kerry from April to September.
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Red DeerB
Killarney National Park holds Ireland's only native red deer, around 1,000 animals that have been there since the ice retreated; the rut echoes across Torc and Mangerton in October.
Catatan spotting: Reliable at dawn on the Knockreer and Muckross meadows.
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Sika DeerC
Introduced to Killarney in 1865 and now common in the park's oak woods and across Wicklow, where they hybridise with red deer.
Catatan spotting: Common in Killarney and the Wicklow Mountains.
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Basking SharkB
Ireland is a global hotspot; sharks gather off Achill, Malin Head and the Blaskets from April to July, sometimes dozens at once.
Catatan spotting: Seasonal; calm sunny days in May and June off Achill and Kerry.
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DolphinB
The Shannon estuary holds Ireland's resident bottlenose pod of over 100, seen on boats from Carrigaholt and Kilrush, and common dolphins work the whole west coast.
Catatan spotting: Near-guaranteed on Shannon trips from May to September.
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Humpback WhaleA
Humpbacks now return to West Cork and Kerry every year, feeding on sprat off Baltimore, Union Hall and the Blaskets.
Catatan spotting: Regular on West Cork whale trips from late summer to winter.
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Grey SealB
Breeds on the Blaskets, the Inishkeas and the Saltees, with Ireland's biggest colony on Great Blasket's white strand.
Catatan spotting: Reliable from Blasket and Saltee boats.
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European OtterD
Ireland has one of Europe's densest otter populations, fishing rivers, lakes and sea coasts from Connemara to Dublin's Grand Canal.
Catatan spotting: Uncommon to see; dawn on quiet Connemara shores.
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Mountain HareD
The Irish hare is an endemic subspecies that stays brown all year and grazes lowland fields and airport grass, not just mountains.
Catatan spotting: Common at dawn on open farmland.
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Pine MartenC
Recovering across the midlands and west and credited with pushing back grey squirrels; Clare, Galway and Wicklow are strongholds.
Catatan spotting: Rare to see; dusk on quiet woodland roads in the west.
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Asian ElephantA
Dublin Zoo in Phoenix Park has one of Europe's most successful elephant breeding herds in its Kaziranga Forest Trail.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed at Dublin Zoo.
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European RobinD
Ireland's garden robins are famously confiding and follow walkers along every hedge and woodland path, singing through the winter.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed.
Baca panduan spesiesPaling cocok untuk
Gunakan bagian ini untuk menilai apakah lokasi tersebut cocok dengan gaya perjalanan, level pengalaman, dan target AnimalDex kamu.
- Skellig boat trips for puffins, gannets and shearwaters
- Whales, dolphins and basking sharks along the Wild Atlantic Way
- Native red deer and the autumn rut in Killarney
- Dublin Zoo and the deer herd in Phoenix Park
Tips spotting
Tips ini dibuat agar halaman ini benar-benar berguna di lapangan, bukan hanya enak dibaca di layar.
- 01Skellig Michael landing boats sell out months ahead and depend on sea state; eco-tour boats that circle without landing are easier to book.
- 02Basking sharks show on flat-calm days after sunshine; scan from Keem Bay on Achill or Slea Head in Kerry in May and June.
- 03The Killarney rut peaks in the first two weeks of October; the Knockreer meadows at dawn are the easiest viewing.
- 04West Cork whale trips from Baltimore and Union Hall are best from August to November, when humpbacks follow the sprat inshore.
Wildlife Guides virtual
Panduan satwa liar ke Ireland
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What wildlife is there in Ireland?
Red and sika deer, otters, badgers, foxes, Irish hares, pine martens and red squirrels on land; grey and harbour seals, bottlenose dolphins, humpback, fin and minke whales and basking sharks at sea; and puffins, gannets, shearwaters and storm petrels on the Atlantic islands.
What animals can be found in Ireland?
Only 26 land mammals, including the endemic Irish hare and Irish stoat, around 450 recorded birds, and a very short herp list: the common frog, smooth newt, natterjack toad and viviparous lizard. There are no snakes, moles or weasels.
Why are there no snakes in Ireland?
Ireland was cut off from Britain by rising seas around 8,500 years ago, before snakes could recolonise northward after the ice age. Saint Patrick had nothing to do with it.
Where can you see puffins in Ireland?
Skellig Michael off Kerry is the classic site from May to early August, with the Saltee Islands off Wexford and Great Blasket also holding colonies, and Rathlin Island just across the border in Northern Ireland.
Apakah pengguna AnimalDex pernah menemukan hewan di Ireland?
Ya. Pengguna AnimalDex telah mencatat 1 capture publik dari 1 spesies berbeda di Ireland, termasuk common wood pigeon. Semuanya difoto di aplikasi pada saat penampakan.
Bagaimana cara menemukan panduan satwa liar ke Ireland?
Lihat bagian Wildlife Guides di halaman ini atau jelajahi Wildlife Guides di AnimalDex. Setiap panduan adalah panduan virtual yang dibuat dari penampakan satwa liar milik seorang penjelajah di sekitar Ireland: satwa yang mereka temukan, seberapa langka, dan kapan. Ini saran dari orang yang pernah ke sana, bukan tur. Jika kamu ingin ditemani seseorang di lokasi, bandingkan pemandu lokal dari pengetahuan satwanya, cara mereka memperlakukan satwa, dan kejelasan harganya sebelum berangkat.