Sean Geeney: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 104 of 104 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/09/2020 Seabank 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 22/11/2020 Fields behind Lurgan Green 6/7 mixing with 2/300 Brent Geese 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/08/2020 St Stephen's Green Pond 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 08/10/2020 Home Saw 4 flying over the house in the morning towards the beach 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 30/09/2020 Seabank 4/5 flying and feeding 6 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10/10/2020 Annagassan Harbour Saw about 15 of them but quite small so only ID'd after looking at pics 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 8 Pintail Anas acuta 30/11/2020 Navvy Bank Saw 5 flying over head and got a pic. Needed help with ID 9 Teal Anas crecca 09/10/2020 Seabank Saw a few 10 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 06/12/2020 Soldier's Point 1 Female 11 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Beach behind House 12 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13 Swift Apus apus 12/07/2020 Lynns 9 flew overhead of the garden heading south 14 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 15 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 16 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 08/07/2020 A few on the river 17 Coot Fulica atra 03/08/2020 St Stephen's Green Pond 18 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 19 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/09/2020 Salterstown through a scope A birder, Frank Meegan (?), showed me it quite far out 20 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 21 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/08/2020 Seabank 1000+ Knots with a few Grey Plover Initially wrongly ID'd as Golden Plover 22 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 14/11/2020 Over the garden I saw at least 300 migrating south 23 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 24 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 27/07/2020 Seabank Was shown it by Brian O'Neill 25 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/08/2020 Lurgangreen Saw about 20, including one being chased by a peregrine. It escaped :) 26 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/08/2020 Seabank Caught my eye as looked thinner and more upright than a curlew with a shorter beak. A bit like a mistle thrush versus a song thrush for me 27 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/07/2020 Lynns Beach Only adding on December 1st 28 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 09/07/2020 Lynns Beach Winter plummage - quite far out 29 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/08/2020 Lynns Beach 30 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 28/10/2020 Marshed behind Shore Road Flushed it way out on the marsh 31 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/07/2020 Annagassan Harbour Saw 2 zooming above Glyde Estuary and perched on the harbour wall 32 Redshank Tringa totanus Seabank- 3/4 33 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 27/07/2020 Seabank Was shown it by Brian O'Neill. Saw 2 34 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 25/07/2020 Seabank Saw around 10 35 Knot Calidris canutus 09/07/2020 Lynns Beach Approx 5 Seen 36 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/07/2020 Lynns Beach Approx 15 Seen 37 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/07/2020 Louth Nature Reserve Little Tern Colony Baltray 38 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/09/2020 Lynns Beach Saw 2/3 with sandwich terns 39 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 23/07/2020 Dunany Point 3-6 including juveniles 40 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 41 Common Gull Larus canus 20/08/2020 Seabank 42 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 43 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 44 Razorbill Alca torda 05/09/2020 Salterstown Maybe 50 all along Salterstown front 45 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/08/2020 Salterstown Pier Saw 10 - 20 diving for fish about a mile out 46 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 08/07/2020 Flying overhead near Glyde 47 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 48 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 25/03/2023 Between the Bridges, Castletown River 49 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Newry Canal 50 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/08/2020 Fields behind house Swopped up over a tree and flew 50 yards to an ivy covered tree. Couldn't spot him again but got an ID pic 51 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/12/2020 Marshes behind Shore Road Spotted one being harassed by a hooded crow 52 Buzzard Buteo buteo 53 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/10/2020 Seabank Amazing sighting and got some pics 54 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 25/10/2020 Behind the Estate on Point Road with a stream 55 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 13/07/2020 Lynns A beautiful juvenile perched on a neighbours concrete pillar 56 Merlin Falco columbarius 18/10/2020 Seabank 57 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26/07/2020 Field behind Family Home Saw 2 flying overhead being mobbed by smaller birds 58 Magpie Pica pica 59 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 24/09/2020 Cunnigar Spit, Waterford Saw 5 . Photos taken 60 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 61 Rook Corvus frugilegus 62 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 63 Raven Corvus corax 18/07/2020 Townley Hall Woods, Collon Heard it first and then tracked it down a bit and finally just saw fly out of a huge oak tree 64 Coal Tit Periparus ater Garden Peanut Feeder 65 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 08/07/2020 By Glyde Lots of Juveniles- No Adult Spotted 66 Great Tit Parus major 08/07/2020 67 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/11/2020 Dundalk Marshes Flushed loads when walking through the marsh at the end of the Shore Road 68 Swallow Hirundo rustica 69 House Martin Delichon urbicum 70 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 16/09/2020 Glyde River Banks 3/4 - very flighty 71 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 72 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 08/08/2020 Banks of Glyde in a tree Not fully confirmed as difficult to distinguish and picture is a little blurry. However , legs do look black 73 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/07/2020 Banks of Glyde in a tree I overlooked it but then I had asked in a forum for a pic 74 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/08/2020 Glyde - Opposite Water Treatment Plant Spotted a female in a berry tree 75 Whitethroat Curruca communis 11/07/2020 Dunany Point 2 or 3 singing loudly 76 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/09/2020 Comeragh Mountains 77 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 78 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/07/2020 Banks of Glyde in a tree 79 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 80 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 81 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/07/2020 Castlebellingham back fields Not certain as quite far away. I have pics and some signs as it's perched high and standing straigher up 82 Redwing Turdus iliacus 19/12/2020 Muintiagh, Galway 83 Blackbird Turdus merula 84 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/09/2020 Seabank 1st of the year . Looked like a juvenile. Hunting from a perch 85 Robin Erithacus rubecula 86 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/11/2020 Parent's Garden 1 - fighting with resident robins and wagtails 87 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/07/2020 Dunany Beach Singing loudly. Very bold. Walked within 3 metres 88 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 25/07/2020 Seabank Saw an Adult and a Juvenile 89 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 90 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 91 Dunnock Prunella modularis 10/07/2020 In lane opposite house drinking from a puddle 92 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/07/2020 Glyde - Opposite Water Treatment Plant Very bold and walking around 93 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 94 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 95 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 18/11/2020 Dundalk Marshes near back river Spotted at least one - I initially mistook it for a Meadow Pipit - there are plenty of those in that area 96 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 97 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 98 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 99 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/12/2020 End of Shore Road , field on left FS told there were approx 20 there - just spotted one with a thrush 100 Linnet Linaria cannabina 101 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 15/07/2020 Girley Bog, Kells Spotted on the top of a birch tree 102 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 103 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 104 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus