Daniel Newton: Western Palearctic Year List 2024 IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 237 of 237 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 9 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 14 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 15 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 16 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 17 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 28 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2024 Dundrum Inner Bay South 30 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 31 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 33 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis 34 Common Swift Apus apus 35 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 36 Great Bustard Otis tarda 37 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 38 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Rock Dove Columba livia 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 42 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 43 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 45 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 46 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 47 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 50 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/02/2024 52 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 53 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 54 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 56 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 60 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 63 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 66 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 70 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 71 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/01/2024 Dundrum Inner Bay South 73 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Red Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 82 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 84 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 85 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 87 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 89 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 91 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 92 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 93 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 95 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 96 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 97 Common Gull Larus canus 98 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 99 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 100 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 101 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 102 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 103 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 104 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Common Murre Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 110 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 112 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 113 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 114 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 115 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 116 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 117 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 118 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Yes 28/05/2024 Belcarra, Co. Mayo 119 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 122 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 123 Great Egret Ardea alba 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 125 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 127 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 128 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 129 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 130 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 131 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 132 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 133 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 134 Little Owl Athene noctua 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 136 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 137 European Roller Coracias garrulus 138 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 139 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 140 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 141 Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei 142 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 143 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 144 Merlin Falco columbarius 145 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 27/02/2024 146 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 147 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 148 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 149 Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 150 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 151 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 152 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki 153 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 154 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 155 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 156 Rook Corvus frugilegus 157 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 158 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 159 Northern Raven Corvus corax 160 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 163 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 164 Great Tit Parus major 165 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 166 Woodlark Lullula arborea 167 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 168 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 169 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 170 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 171 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 172 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 173 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 174 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 175 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 176 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 177 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 178 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 179 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 180 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 181 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 182 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 183 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 184 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 185 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 186 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 187 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 188 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 189 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 190 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 191 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 192 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 193 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 194 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 195 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 196 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 197 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2024 Newcastle Harbour 198 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 199 Redwing Turdus iliacus 200 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 201 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 203 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 204 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 205 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 207 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 208 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 209 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 210 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 211 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 212 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 213 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 214 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 215 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 216 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 217 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 218 Dunnock Prunella modularis 219 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 220 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 221 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 222 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 223 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 224 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 225 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 226 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 227 Twite Linaria flavirostris 228 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 230 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 231 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 232 European Serin Serinus serinus 233 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 234 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 235 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 236 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 237 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus