Sightings of the common frog uncommon in many areas

There have been no recorded sightings of the common frog in many parts of the country over the last seven years.

Ireland has one species of frog and while we have a “very healthy population” of the protected amphibian, people living in the northern half of Ireland are not recording as many sightings as people elsewhere.

“If you draw a line from Galway to Dublin, there is a lot less recording from above that line. So there is not much reporting in the north-west and north-eastern midlands,” said Liam Lysaght, National Biodiversity Data Centre director.