Joe Proudfoot: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 130 of 130 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 8 Wigeon Mareca penelope 9 American Wigeon Mareca americana 01/03/2020 ECNR 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17 Goosander Mergus merganser River Avonmore, Wicklow 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 20 Swift Apus apus 21 Rock Dove Columba livia 22 Stock Dove Columba oenas 23 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 24 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 25 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 27 Coot Fulica atra 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 31 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 32 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 33 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 34 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes ********** ********** 35 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 36 Curlew Numenius arquata 37 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 38 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 39 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 40 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 41 Redshank Tringa totanus 42 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 43 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 44 Knot Calidris canutus 45 Sanderling Calidris alba 46 Dunlin Calidris alpina 47 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 48 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 49 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 50 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 51 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 52 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Bray 53 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 55 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 56 Common Gull Larus canus 57 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Bray 58 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 59 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 60 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 61 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 62 Razorbill Alca torda 63 Guillemot Uria aalge 64 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 65 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 66 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 67 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 68 Gannet Morus bassanus 69 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 70 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 71 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 72 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 73 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 74 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 01/03/2020 Broadlough 75 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 07/01/2020 Aghade Bridge, Tullow 76 Buzzard Buteo buteo 77 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 78 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 79 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 16/01/2020 Woodbrook, Shankill 80 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 81 Merlin Falco columbarius 82 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 83 Jay Garrulus glandarius 84 Magpie Pica pica 85 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 86 Rook Corvus frugilegus 87 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 88 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 89 Raven Corvus corax 90 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Carysfort 91 Coal Tit Periparus ater 92 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 93 Great Tit Parus major 94 Skylark Alauda arvensis 95 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 96 Swallow Hirundo rustica 97 House Martin Delichon urbicum 98 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 99 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 100 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 101 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 102 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 103 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 104 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 105 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 106 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 107 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 108 Redwing Turdus iliacus 109 Blackbird Turdus merula 110 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 111 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 112 Robin Erithacus rubecula 113 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 114 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 115 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 116 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 117 Dunnock Prunella modularis 118 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 119 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 120 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 121 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 122 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 123 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 124 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 125 Linnet Linaria cannabina 126 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 127 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 128 Siskin Spinus spinus 129 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 130 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus