Colum Flynn: Waterford Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 124 of 124 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Quann’s 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 28/01/2024 Lisselan 13 birds 3 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 04/01/2024 Lisselan 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2024 Lisselan 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16/01/2024 Shandon 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2024 Lisselan 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2024 Lisselan 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Ballineety 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Ballineety 11 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2024 Lisselan 12 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 Barnawee 13 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 13/02/2024 Annestown Ad male with Teal flock 14 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25/02/2024 Knockaderry Ad male with Lesser Scaup and Tufties 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 16 Scaup Aythya marila 04/01/2024 Lisselan 17 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 06/01/2024 Ardmore Bay Female 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/04/2024 Ballineety Female type 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Quann’s 21 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/02/2024 Knocklofty 22 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2024 Knockaderry 23 Rock Dove Columba livia 02/01/2024 Dungarvan 24 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/01/2024 Newport East 2 birds 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Tarr’s Bridge 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Ballinclampar 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2024 Annestown 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 29 Coot Fulica atra 25/02/2024 Knockaderry 2 on back lake 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Ballineety 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Helvick 32 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/01/2024 Ballinacourty 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Cunnigar 34 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 35 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/01/2024 Lisselan 36 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2024 Ballinclampar 37 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Ballineety 38 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/04/2024 Ballineety 39 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Killongford 40 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2024 Ballinclampar 41 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2024 Quann’s 42 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Cunnigar 43 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 44 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Helvick 45 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 46 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Ballinclampar 47 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 28/01/2024 Dunmore East 5 birds 48 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 13/04/2024 Helvick 49 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/01/2024 Ballinard 50 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 51 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Cunnigar 52 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay Adult winter and 1st winter in fields with Common Gull 53 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Cunnigar 54 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Boreenatrá 55 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Ballinagoul 56 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2024 Ballineety 57 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 13/04/2024 Helvick 2 adult birds, light phase and pale phase 58 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 06/04/2024 Helvick 2 birds 59 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/04/2024 Helvick 60 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 06/04/2024 Helvick 2 birds 61 Razorbill Alca torda 14/01/2024 Ballinard 62 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 63 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2024 Ballinagoul 64 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 28/01/2024 Bunmahon 3 birds on nests on cliffs 65 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 06/04/2024 Helvick 66 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2024 Ballinagoul 67 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Helvick 68 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2024 Helvick 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Killongford 70 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 04/02/2024 Ballynaclash, Clashmore 6 birds seen 71 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Ballinagoul 72 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Boreenarua 73 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/05/2024 Cruachán Mountain Adult male 74 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 06/01/2024 Newport East Single bird over trees at river end of road 75 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 06/01/2024 Newport East ** Both captive release birds on usual tree. 76 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2024 Lisselan 77 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 78 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/03/2024 Clonea 79 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 80 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 81 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2024 Ballinacourty 82 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Youghal Road 83 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2024 Boreenatrá 84 Raven Corvus corax 11/02/2024 Helvick Heaf 85 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/01/2024 Glass Factory, Dungarvan 2 birds 86 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 87 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 04/01/2024 Annestown 88 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2024 Tournore Park 89 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 90 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/04/2024 Knockaderry 91 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2024 Helvick 2 birds 92 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2024 Ballyvoile 93 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 04/01/2024 Annestown 94 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2024 Annestown 95 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 30/03/2024 Annestown 96 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 04/01/2024 Annestown 97 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2024 Annestown 98 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/04/2024 Durrow 99 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 100 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Helvick 101 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Ballinclampar 102 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 103 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 104 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Quann’s 105 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Cunnigar 106 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 107 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2024 Ballinacourty 108 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 109 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/05/2024 Coumaraglinmountain 110 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/01/2024 Tournore Park 111 Dunnock Prunella modularis 04/01/2024 Ballyduff Lower 112 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2024 Annestown 113 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Cunnigar 114 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 115 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2024 Ballinclampar 116 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 117 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2024 Ballinclampar 118 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 06/01/2024 Whiting Bay 119 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2024 Knockaderry 120 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/05/2024 Knockaderry 121 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/05/2024 Knockaderry At least 2 female types 122 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2024 Dungarvan Civic Offces 123 Siskin Spinus spinus 26/04/2024 Knockaderry 124 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/02/2024 Annestown