Chris Ingram: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 269 of 269 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 16/01/2017 Kilcar 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 23/12/2012 Inch Levels 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 23 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 25/10/2022 Inch Lake 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 20/02/2014 Dunfanaghy New Lake 30 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 20/03/2014 Portnoo 31 Eider Somateria mollissima 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30/11/2016 Murvagh 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 21/05/2015 Tory Island 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 45 Rock Dove Columba livia 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 51 Corncrake Crex crex 52 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 53 Coot Fulica atra 54 Crane Grus grus Yes 20/05/2012 Rossbeg 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 11/05/2016 Inch Lake 64 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 03/07/2021 Inch Lake 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 73 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 74 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 75 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 77 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 06/10/2013 Tory Island 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/08/2014 Inch Lake 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 12/09/2014 Blanket Nook 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 14/10/2018 Inch Lake 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 95 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 96 Little Stint Calidris minuta 97 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 98 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 99 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 30/09/2011 Inch Lake 100 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 14/07/2023 blanket nook 101 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22/07/2019 Blanket Nook 102 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 103 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 01/08/2012 Bloody Foreland 104 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 105 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/05/2014 Inch Lake 106 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 107 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 108 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 109 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 111 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 112 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 113 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 13/02/2018 Killybegs 114 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 115 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 23/12/2018 Moville 116 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 117 Common Gull Larus canus 118 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 119 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 05/04/2013 Killybegs 120 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 121 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 122 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 123 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 124 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 125 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 18/01/2015 Killybegs 126 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 127 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 128 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 129 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 130 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 131 Puffin Fratercula arctica 132 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 133 Razorbill Alca torda 134 Little Auk Alle alle 135 Guillemot Uria aalge 136 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 137 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 138 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 139 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 12/05/2016 Tory Island 140 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 08/09/2017 Bloody Foreland 141 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 142 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 143 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 144 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 04/09/2020 Fanad 145 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 146 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 147 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 148 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 149 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 150 Gannet Morus bassanus 151 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 152 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 153 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 12/12/2013 Dunfanaghy 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 10/01/2013 Inch Lake 155 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 156 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 21/12/2012 St.Johnston 157 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 22/10/2019 Inch Lake 158 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 159 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 160 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 14/07/2021 Dunfanaghy New Lake 161 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 07/06/2014 Gregory Hill, Letterkenny 162 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 163 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 164 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 165 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 20/11/2019 Cranford 166 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 09/09/2010 Tory Island 167 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 25/04/2009 Pollan Dam 168 Buzzard Buteo buteo 169 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 170 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 171 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 23/09/2009 Tory Island 172 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 173 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 174 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 23/04/2021 Ardnamona Wood 175 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 176 Merlin Falco columbarius 177 Hobby Falco subbuteo 17/04/2015 Tory Island 178 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 179 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 13/07/2020 Dunfanaghy 180 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 181 Jay Garrulus glandarius 182 Magpie Pica pica 183 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 184 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 185 Rook Corvus frugilegus 186 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 187 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 188 Raven Corvus corax 189 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 190 Coal Tit Periparus ater 191 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 192 Great Tit Parus major 193 Skylark Alauda arvensis 194 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 26/10/2019 Tory island 195 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 196 Swallow Hirundo rustica 197 House Martin Delichon urbicum 198 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 199 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 200 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 201 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 09/10/2020 Malinbeg 202 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 203 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 204 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/10/2022 Tory Island 205 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 206 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 08/10/2012 Tory Island 207 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 208 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 31/05/2021 Tory Island 209 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 15/10/2015 Tory Island 210 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 211 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 212 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 213 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 214 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 215 Whitethroat Curruca communis 216 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 27/10/2017 Malinmore 217 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 218 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 219 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 220 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 06/06/2012 Malinbeg another Tory 221 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 222 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 223 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 224 Redwing Turdus iliacus 225 Blackbird Turdus merula 226 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 227 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 228 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 229 Robin Erithacus rubecula 230 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 13/05/2019 Tory Island 231 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 18/09/2014 Tory Island 232 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 233 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 234 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 235 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 236 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 237 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 238 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 239 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 240 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 241 Dunnock Prunella modularis 242 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Eastern Yellow Wagtail 243 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 15/10/2013 Tory Island 244 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 245 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba also White Wagtail 246 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 247 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 248 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 249 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 07/04/2019 Fanad 250 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 251 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 252 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 253 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 21/10/2023 Tory Island 254 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 255 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 256 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 257 Twite Linaria flavirostris ********** ********** 258 Linnet Linaria cannabina 259 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 260 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret also Mealy Redpoll 261 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 262 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 263 Siskin Spinus spinus 264 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 265 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 266 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 267 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 05/11/2015 Tory Island 268 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 269 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 20/09/2020 Fanad