Jim Bowman: Ireland Year List 2019 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 200 of 200 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 23/01/2019 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 12/02/2019 Ballyhealy, Co Wexford 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 28/03/2019 Lurgangreen 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 23/01/2019 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/05/2019 Tacumshin 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10/06/2019 Cahore 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24/10/2019 Webb's Field, Kilcoole 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 11/03/2019 Ballymount, Dublin 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27/02/2019 Westfield, Limerick 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/02/2019 Skerries 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 14/02/2019 Gormanston 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14/02/2019 Gormonston 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/03/2019 Laytown 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 09/10/2019 Ballymena 32 Swift Apus apus 05/05/2019 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/05/2019 Lough Dan 34 Rock Dove Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 23/01/2019 Wexford Hrb. 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 10/05/2019 ECNR 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/05/2019 Kilcoole 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 15/10/2019 Dundalk Docks 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/03/2019 Rathdrum 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 59 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 14/09/2019 Tacumshin 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 61 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/06/2019 Swords 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2019 Tacumshin 63 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 23/01/2019 Ferrybank, Wexford 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 05/05/2019 Tacumshin 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 05/08/2019 Lady's Island 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 11/03/2019 Dundalk 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 70 Knot Calidris canutus 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/03/2019 Lady's island 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/08/2019 Lady's Island 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 76 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 31/08/2019 Tacumshin 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 31/08/2019 Tacumshin 78 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 31/08/2019 Tacumshin 79 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/05/2019 5 Mile Point 80 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 15/10/2019 Lurgangreen 81 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 10/09/2019 Soldier's Point, Dundalk 82 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 05/05/2019 Lady's Island 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2019 5 Mile Point 84 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 23/06/2019 Ring Marsh 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 01/05/2019 ECNR 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/05/2019 Lady's island 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 88 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 24/01/2019 Bray 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 21/02/2019 Dungarvan 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 04/02/2019 Bray Hrb. 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 27/02/2019 Limerick 99 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 100 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/08/2019 101 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 102 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 103 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/05/2019 Ireland's Eye 104 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 105 Razorbill Alca torda 106 Guillemot Uria aalge 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 109 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 111 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 04/09/2019 Bridges of Ross 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/05/2019 Off Sorrento Point, Dalkey 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 12/02/2019 Cahore 117 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 31/08/2019 Lady's Island 118 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 119 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 12/02/2019 Drinagh, Wexford 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 121 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 02/07/2019 Lurgangreen 122 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 125 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 23/01/2019 Wicklow 17 at Avoca, Co. Wicklow 126 Buzzard Buteo buteo 127 Barn Owl Tyto alba 128 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 11/06/2019 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 03/02/2019 ECNR 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 27/02/2019 Oola 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Hobby Falco subbuteo 18/05/2019 ECNR 134 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 135 Jay Garrulus glandarius 136 Magpie Pica pica 137 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 11/10/2019 An Rinn 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 05/03/2019 Rathdrum 141 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 142 Raven Corvus corax 143 Coal Tit Periparus ater 144 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 145 Great Tit Parus major 146 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 05/05/2019 Tacumshin 147 Skylark Alauda arvensis 148 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/05/2019 ECNR 149 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/03/2019 Sallynoggin 150 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2019 ECNR 151 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 152 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 21/02/2019 Springfield, Dungarvan 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/03/2019 Kilcoole 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/03/2019 Kilcoole 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2019 5 Mile Point 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 05/05/2019 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 157 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2019 ECNR 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 159 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13/06/2019 Hodson Bay, Lough Ree 160 Whitethroat Curruca communis 05/05/2019 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 161 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 08/10/2019 Killiney Hill 162 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 163 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 164 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Donabate 165 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 166 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 167 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 168 Redwing Turdus iliacus 169 Blackbird Turdus merula 170 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Turvey 171 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/04/2019 Killiney Hill 172 Robin Erithacus rubecula 173 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Dun Laoghaire (east pier) Dun Laoghaire 174 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/05/2019 Glendalough 175 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 176 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2019 Dun Laoghaire (east pier) 177 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 178 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/10/2019 Balbriggan 179 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 180 Dunnock Prunella modularis 181 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/05/2019 ECNR 182 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 183 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 184 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 02/03/2019 Lingstown 185 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 186 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 03/02/2019 Tacumshin 187 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 188 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 189 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Turvey 190 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 191 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 192 Twite Linaria flavirostris 11/12/2019 Shore Road, Dundalk 193 Linnet Linaria cannabina 194 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 195 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/05/2019 Coronation Plantation 196 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 197 Siskin Spinus spinus 198 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 05/12/2019 West Pier, Dun Laoghaire 199 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Turvey 200 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus