Brian McCloskey: Monaghan Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 123 of 123 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/04/2024 Carrickmacross Flock flew north at 01:35am. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 17/11/2019 Moylan Lough 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 12/03/2017 Slieve Beagh 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/05/2020 Ballyhoe Lough, Co. Monaghan. What an absolute stunner! Super views. Self find and county first. 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2021 Moylan Lough. Male. 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 14 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/01/2017 Lough Morne February 2017- 3 Individuals (2 Male, 1 Female, belly’s not seen so not aged for certain) October 2017-1 First-winter Male December 2018- 3 individuals (1 Male, 2 Female, first winters) February 2019-(8! Individuals (Ad Male and ad Female with 6 first winters) 2020-3 Individuals (First winter Male on Moylan Lough in Feb, 2 juveniles in October) 2021-adult male Moylan Lough and juvenile on Monalty. 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16 Scaup Aythya marila 14/04/2011 Lough Nagarnaman 17 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 16/03/2024 Monalty Lough, Carrickmacross 1w female. Self found. 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/04/2020 Carrickmacross Nocmig 19 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 09/02/2020 Monalty Lough 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 24/12/2021 Moylan Lough Drake 22 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/04/2011 Slieve Beagh Numerous sightings. 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 24 Swift Apus apus 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26 Rock Dove Columba livia 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 07/03/2016 Rostreana Bog. First sighting date unknown. 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 32 Coot Fulica atra 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 37 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 38 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2020 Moylan 5 late evening at Moylan. Numerous noc migs previously. 39 Curlew Numenius arquata 40 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/11/2011 Near Cloughan Common in the woodland around Lough Fea in winter. 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2020 Moylan 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 23/07/2023 Ballyhoe Lake, Co. Monaghan 44 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2020 Moylan Lough First County record! Two birds! 45 Redshank Tringa totanus 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia Nocmig 47 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/04/2020 House Minimum of two Dunlins over at 23:18 followed by another 60 seconds later! 48 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 06/04/2024 Ballyhoe Lough, Co. Monaghan 17 dropped in at dusk and departed north at 20:30. 49 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 50 Common Gull Larus canus 51 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 26/02/2021 Moylan Lough First-winter argentatus. 52 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 26/12/2021 Moylan 53 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 54 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 55 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 21/03/2021 Near Essexford, Co. Monaghan. 56 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 57 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 58 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 12/03/2017 North Monaghan Pair seen in 2017 and at the same site in 2019. . 59 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 60 Buzzard Buteo buteo 61 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/01/2011 Essexford 62 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 63 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 64 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 12/05/2019 Lough Fea 65 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 66 Merlin Falco columbarius Slieve Beagh 67 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/02/2020 Ballyhoe 68 Jay Garrulus glandarius 69 Magpie Pica pica 70 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 71 Rook Corvus frugilegus 72 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 27/11/2020 Moylan Lough, Co. Monaghan 73 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 74 Raven Corvus corax 75 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Approximately 2006. In primary school grounds while I was in 2nd class. 76 Coal Tit Periparus ater 77 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 78 Great Tit Parus major 79 Skylark Alauda arvensis 80 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 81 Swallow Hirundo rustica 82 House Martin Delichon urbicum 83 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 84 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 19/05/2017 Derrygorry Forest. Irish tick. 85 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 86 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 87 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 88 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/06/2021 Monalty 89 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 90 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 91 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/05/2017 Emy Lough Singing. 92 Whitethroat Curruca communis 93 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 94 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 95 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 96 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 97 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 98 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 99 Redwing Turdus iliacus 100 Blackbird Turdus merula 101 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 102 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 103 Robin Erithacus rubecula 104 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 105 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/04/2011 Slieve Beagh 106 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 107 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 108 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 109 Dunnock Prunella modularis 110 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 111 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 112 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 113 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 114 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/01/2022 Moylan Lough. Female with large Chaffinch flock 115 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 116 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 117 Linnet Linaria cannabina 118 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 119 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/04/2018 Mullaghfad 120 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 121 Siskin Spinus spinus 122 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 123 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus