Christopher O'Sullivan: Ireland Life List IRBC, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 220 of 220 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/06/2022 Ring village, Cork 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/01/2018 The Gearagh, Co Cork 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12/05/2016 White's Marsh, Clonakilty Adult male 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20/04/2016 White’s Marsh, Clonakilty 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/04/2017 Cul de sac pool, Clonakilty Adult male 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 25 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 27 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 04/06/2019 Lisheen, Cork In song 28 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 20/03/2023 Rosscarberry 1 bird around the square and over the N71 Rosscarbery. Found during major influx of birds in Ireland. Filmed and later photographed by C Jones & P Connaughton. 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Rock Dove Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 37 Corncrake Crex crex 10/06/2015 Singing at Galley head 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 45 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 28/10/2019 Muckross estuary, Clonakilty Juvenile 46 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 23/07/2016 Whites Marsh Clonakilty injured bird 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 03/07/2021 Ring estuary, Clonakilty, Cork 1st summer. Images and call obtained. 54 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 55 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 57 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Lissagriffin and several more on Whale Watching Trips from Courtmac 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola A few at Whites Marsh since 2014 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 62 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 01/10/2015 Whites Marsh/Clogeen Marsh Clonakilty 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 66 Knot Calidris canutus 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 69 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 26/09/2021 Mizen Head, Cork One juvenile at Lissagriffin. 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 73 Little Stint Calidris minuta 74 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 10/07/2022 Clogheen Marsh, Clonakilty 75 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 28/09/2017 Clogheen Marsh, Clonakilty with Ciaran Cronin 76 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Muckross Estuary, Clonakilty 77 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 26/04/2017 Muckross Estuary, Clonakilty Stayed for over a week 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Muckross, Clonakilty 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 83 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini On Sea watches and on whale watching trips from Courtmac 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 86 Common Gull Larus canus 87 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Clonakilty 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 10/12/2021 Clogheen Marsh, Clonakilty 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 91 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 93 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 95 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 99 Razorbill Alca torda 100 Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Clon Bay, 2016 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 06/09/2016 10 miles sw of galley head on fishing charter and more since then on Whale watching trips 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 02/08/2017 Galley Head 108 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 110 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 111 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 112 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 09/08/2015 1 off Galley Hd, Cork 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 18/12/2015 Whites Marsh Clonakilty 2 birds 117 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 118 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 22/11/2017 Cul De Sac Pool, Clonakilty Uncertain of exact date 119 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 13/04/2016 Clogheen Marsh, Clonakilty stayed for a few days 120 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 121 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 22/05/2021 Grange Bog, East of Clonakilty, Cork A dream find. 2CY bird. photographed. 122 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 09/09/2022 Ardfield, Clonakilty Over the house & just in off the sea 123 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus at garretstown with Paul Connaughton in 2012 or 2013 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 20/10/2013 Wicklow presumably from introduced population 127 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 01/04/2014 Near Moll’s go. Kerry. Fly over from re-introduced poplulation 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Red strand, Inchydoney Island and Clogeen Marsh 132 Hoopoe Upupa epops 25/04/2021 Mizen Head Joe’s garden, Mizen head. 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 134 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/09/2014 Mizen Head 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 01/05/2013 wicklow With P Connaughton 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 138 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/04/2024 Dunowen head, Ardfield, Cork 139 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 140 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 07/04/2023 Ballycusheen, Ardfield, Clonakilty Adult female. What a buzz!! 141 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/05/2016 Adult male, Mizen Head, The only recork of RBS in ireland in 2016 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 143 Magpie Pica pica 144 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 145 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 146 Rook Corvus frugilegus 147 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 148 Raven Corvus corax 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 150 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 151 Great Tit Parus major 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 27/03/2019 Near last garden, Mizen Head Adult for 5 minutes. Irish Tick also 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 161 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 22/09/2023 Mizen head, Cork Self found. Call recorded and images obtained. 162 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 12/09/2020 Mizen Head Messed this one up. Found and photographed by me on sept 12th but didn’t ID. Found and Identified the next day by PM and DOS. 163 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 164 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 165 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 09/06/2014 Old head if Kinsale, Cork 5th County Record 166 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 26/09/2018 Capr Clear, Cork lifer 167 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Mizen Head 170 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 28/10/2015 Last Garden Mizen Head 171 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca several on mizen and 1 on cape clear 172 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 30/04/2018 Near Chaz bushes, Mizen Head Adult male in song 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 174 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 178 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 28/06/2018 Galley Head adult near red strand. found a Juv near galley hd a few years previously, 179 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 180 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 181 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 182 Redwing Turdus iliacus 183 Blackbird Turdus merula 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 185 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus several on Mizen Hd 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 188 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 29/09/2023 Garinish, West beara, Cork Self found. Skulking individual. Called on occasions. Also seen my Kieran Grace. 189 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Main Garden and Near chaz bushes Mizen Hd 190 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 191 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 22/10/2016 Mizen Head Co-find with Paul Connaughton and easily my best find to date. 192 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 193 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Mizen, Cape and Tacumshin 194 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Mizen and Galley hd 195 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 196 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 197 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/10/2022 Toe head, Co Cork Self found. 2nd Irish record and the first in 30 years. 198 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 199 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 200 Dunnock Prunella modularis 201 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Mizen hd 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 204 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 205 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 12/09/2021 Lady’s well, straw town, galley head, Cork Flyover, calling. Saw bird also. 206 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 207 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 208 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 209 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 210 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 22/10/2021 Chaz’s willows, Mizen head, Cork Juv, Chaz’s willows, mizen head. 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 212 Linnet Linaria cannabina 213 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 214 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 215 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 216 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 04/10/2013 Mizen Hd, Cork Co-find with Dan Ballard 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 218 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 20/10/2023 Dunowen head 2 birds feeding in the stubble fields. 219 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 220 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus