Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2020 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 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 18/01/2020 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 08/03/2020 Near Nobber Co. Meath Seen with Rachel Hynes and JFD 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18/01/2020 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 18/01/2020 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 09/03/2020 ecnr 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 22/12/2020 Cross Lough Belmullet Found by Dave Suddaby; seen with Brian Porter and Stephen King 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2020 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 09/03/2020 ecnr 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 16/03/2020 Grange Castle, Dublin Found by Ian Stevenson; seen with Donal Foley 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 18/01/2020 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15/01/2020 23 Scaup Aythya marila 26/01/2020 Dundalk 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/01/2020 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 12/02/2020 blackrock, dublin seen with Noel Keogh 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/01/2020 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/03/2020 lissadell 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/11/2020 Sandymount strand 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2020 home 33 Rock Dove Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 18/01/2020 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 18/01/2020 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/03/2020 mountcharles 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 44 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 10/08/2020 kilcoole Found by Noel Keogh; seen with Dick Coombes 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/01/2020 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 21/07/2020 Tacumshin 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2020 blackrock, dublin 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 09/03/2020 kilcoole 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 18/01/2020 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/07/2020 kilcoole 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/07/2020 Rogerstown 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/07/2020 Tacumshin 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/01/2020 Dundalk 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 66 Knot Calidris canutus 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 12/09/2020 Tacumshin 69 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 14/09/2020 Carnsore Point 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/01/2020 73 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 25/07/2020 Tacumshin 74 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/06/2020 kilcoole 75 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 25/07/2020 Tacumshin 76 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 25/05/2020 Dalkey 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 25/04/2020 Dun Laoghaire 79 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 02/07/2020 Lady's Island 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/04/2020 Dun Laoghaire 81 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 16/06/2020 Lady's Island Found by Jim Dowdall, seen with Rachel Hynes 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 84 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 22/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 86 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/07/2020 Bull Island 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/01/2020 88 Common Gull Larus canus 89 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 92 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 15/03/2020 killybegs 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 26/01/2020 Dundalk 94 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 15/03/2020 Sligo Port Found by Seamus Feeney; seen with Noel Keogh 95 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/03/2020 killybegs 96 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 22/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 22/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 102 Razorbill Alca torda 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 103 Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 15/03/2020 mountcharles 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 107 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 108 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 22/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 109 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 18/01/2020 111 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 112 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 22/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 12/07/2020 kilcoole 114 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 08/02/2020 116 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 13/07/2020 Greystones Beach, Wicklow Found by Niall Hatch. 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 119 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 18/12/2020 Ballylongford 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/06/2020 kilcoole 121 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 21/05/2020 Knock Lake found by Larry Lenehan 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 18/03/2020 South Slob Wexford 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2020 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/03/2020 Lingstown 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 14/02/2020 wicklow n11 129 Buzzard Buteo buteo 130 Barn Owl Tyto alba 131 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 133 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 18/12/2020 Castletownbeare 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 18/01/2020 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 08/09/2020 Kilmichael Point wexford 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 18/01/2020 139 Magpie Pica pica 140 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 25/08/2020 Bridges of Ross 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 26/01/2020 Lurgangreen 144 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 145 Raven Corvus corax 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 14/01/2020 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2020 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 02/07/2020 Tacumshin 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 18/01/2020 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/05/2020 booterstown 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2020 Dun Laoghaire 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/05/2020 booterstown 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 156 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 13/10/2020 Blackrock 157 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2020 Brooklawn Wood 158 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 159 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 28/09/2020 Churchtown, Wexford (near Carne) Found by Paul Keating; seen with Declan Murphy 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/05/2020 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 02/07/2020 Lady's Island 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/01/2020 163 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/09/2020 Kilmichael Point wexford 164 Whitethroat Curruca communis 11/05/2020 Tully Cross 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 18/01/2020 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 167 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18/01/2020 168 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 11/07/2020 Arklow 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 14/01/2020 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2020 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/03/2020 wicklow bird race 175 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 14/06/2020 ECNR 176 Robin Erithacus rubecula 177 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 14/09/2020 Saltee 178 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 179 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 25/04/2020 Dun Laoghaire 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/01/2020 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 18/01/2020 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 18/01/2020 184 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 03/01/2020 South Slob Wexford Found by Paul Kelly, seen with Declan Murphy, Brian Haslam and Killian Mullarney 185 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 13/10/2020 Tacumshin 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 188 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 189 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/01/2020 190 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 191 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 192 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2020 193 Twite Linaria flavirostris 26/01/2020 Dundalk 194 Linnet Linaria cannabina 195 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 09/08/2020 ECNR 196 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2020 197 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/01/2020 198 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 199 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/01/2020 200 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 23/09/2020 Fanad Head found by Wilton Farrelly; seen with Declan Murphy and Brian Porter