Isabelle Walsh: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 168 of 168 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/02/2020 East Coast Nature Reserve 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/03/2020 East Coast Nature Reserve Male and female 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 28 Swift Apus apus 29 Rock Dove Columba livia 30 Stock Dove Columba oenas 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 33 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 34 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 35 Coot Fulica atra 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 37 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 39 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 40 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 10/08/2020 Kilcoole 41 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 42 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 43 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 44 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 50 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 51 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 54 Redshank Tringa totanus 55 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 56 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 58 Knot Calidris canutus 59 Ruff Calidris pugnax 60 Sanderling Calidris alba 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 62 Little Stint Calidris minuta 63 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 64 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 26/07/2020 Tacumshin 65 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 66 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 26/07/2020 Tacumshin 67 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 68 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 69 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/07/2020 Tacumshin 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 73 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/07/2020 Bull Island 74 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 75 Common Gull Larus canus 76 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 77 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 80 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 81 Razorbill Alca torda 82 Guillemot Uria aalge 83 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 84 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 85 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 86 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 87 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 88 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 90 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 13/07/2020 Greystones 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 93 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 94 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 95 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 01/01/2020 Wexford 96 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 97 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 98 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 99 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 100 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 101 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 23/02/2020 Kilcoole 102 Buzzard Buteo buteo 103 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 104 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 105 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 07/03/2020 East Coast Nature Reserve Male and female 106 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 107 Merlin Falco columbarius 108 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 109 Jay Garrulus glandarius 110 Magpie Pica pica 111 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 112 Rook Corvus frugilegus 113 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 23/02/2020 East Coast Nature Reserve 114 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 115 Raven Corvus corax 116 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 117 Coal Tit Periparus ater 118 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 119 Great Tit Parus major 120 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 26/07/2020 Tacumshin 121 Skylark Alauda arvensis 122 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 123 Swallow Hirundo rustica 124 House Martin Delichon urbicum 125 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 126 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 127 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 128 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 129 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 130 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 131 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 132 Whitethroat Curruca communis 133 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 134 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 135 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 136 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 09/07/2020 Arklow, Wicklow 137 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 138 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 139 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 140 Redwing Turdus iliacus 141 Blackbird Turdus merula 142 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 143 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 144 Robin Erithacus rubecula 145 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 146 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 147 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 148 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 149 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 150 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 151 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 152 Dunnock Prunella modularis 153 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 Piggery, Wexford 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 157 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 158 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 161 Linnet Linaria cannabina 162 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 163 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 166 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 167 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus