Audit the first inventory of our vast biodiversity

IRELAND’S scenic mountains, woodlands and waterways are home to more than 31,000 different species of flora and fauna.

A team of scientists found about 60% of Ireland’s biodiversity are invertebrates, with just one in 10 being popular species such as plants, birds and mammals.

It is also estimated at least 7,000 kinds of algae and fungi have yet to be discovered across Ireland.