Brian McCloskey: Louth Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 191 of 191 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Lurgangreen 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 26/03/2011 Lurgangreen 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 19/02/2012 Cruisetown 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/06/2023 Lurgangreen Self-found. Eclipse male. 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila Lurgangreen 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/01/2022 Termonfeckin 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Hermitage 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Hermitage Cruisetown and Termonfeckin also. 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25/03/2020 Termonfeckin 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 24/12/2017 Lurgangreen 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix 31/07/2023 Knockabbey, Co. Louth 33 Swift Apus apus 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 11/06/2022 Baltray 35 Rock Dove Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Crane Grus grus Yes 26/02/2019 Lurgangreen 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/04/2023 Greenore/Ballagan, Co. Louth Ad summer. 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Lurgangreen 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 21/08/2021 Dundalk Docks, Co. Louth Juvenile. 4th county. 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 13/10/2019 Dundalk Docks. 59 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/12/2022 Near Lisdoo 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 62 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Hermitage 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 66 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 01/09/2022 Dixon’s, Dundalk juv 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 70 Knot Calidris canutus 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2022 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Docks 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 79 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 12/06/2023 Baltray 80 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 19/08/2023 Cruisetown Strand, Co. Louth Ad moulting. 81 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/08/2013 Cruisetown 82 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 15/10/2011 Cruisetown 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 88 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 06/07/2020 Annagassan, Co. Louth First-summer. 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/07/2023 Clogherhead 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Little Auk Alle alle 15/12/2015 Clogherhead 104 Guillemot Uria aalge 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/01/2011 Salterstown 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 108 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 06/07/2023 Clogherhead 109 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 09/10/2016 Upriver, Docks 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 25/03/2023 Castletown River, Dundalk, Co. Louth 2cy 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Docks 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/02/2018 Shore road 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 01/06/2023 Ardee 123 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 14/04/2024 Immature. Untagged. 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo 125 Barn Owl Tyto alba Essexford 126 Long-eared Owl Asio otus Seabank 127 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 128 Hoopoe Upupa epops Almondstown 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 25/05/2018 Ravensdale 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 135 Magpie Pica pica 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 139 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 140 Raven Corvus corax 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 143 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 144 Great Tit Parus major 145 Skylark Alauda arvensis 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 147 Swallow Hirundo rustica 148 House Martin Delichon urbicum 149 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 150 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 151 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 152 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 153 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 02/05/2024 Stonetown, Co. Louth Self-found. 13th Irish. First for Louth. Reeling male. 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 158 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 159 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 160 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 25/05/2018 Ravensdale 161 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 162 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 163 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 164 Redwing Turdus iliacus 165 Blackbird Turdus merula 166 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 167 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 168 Robin Erithacus rubecula 169 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 170 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 171 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 172 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 173 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 174 Dunnock Prunella modularis 175 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 176 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 177 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 03/02/2013 Cooley Point 178 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 179 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 23/01/2018 Lurgangreen 180 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 181 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 182 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/11/2017 Cooley 183 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 184 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 185 Twite Linaria flavirostris 186 Linnet Linaria cannabina 187 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 188 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 189 Siskin Spinus spinus 190 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 191 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus