Stephen King: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 204 of 204 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 22/12/2020 Belmullet 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 22/12/2020 Belmullet 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 32 Rock Dove Columba livia 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 38 Coot Fulica atra 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 40 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 10/08/2020 Kilcoole 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes ********** ********** 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 55 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/07/2020 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 62 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 65 Knot Calidris canutus 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 67 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 68 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 71 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 72 Little Stint Calidris minuta 73 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 11/07/2020 Kilcoole 74 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 75 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 76 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 30/07/2020 Tac 77 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 80 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 82 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 29/06/2020 Lady's Island 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 86 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 07/07/2020 Annagassan 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 15/07/2020 Bull island 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 07/07/2020 Soldiers point 94 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 95 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 96 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 97 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 103 Razorbill Alca torda 104 Guillemot Uria aalge 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 107 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 111 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 113 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 115 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 13/07/2020 Greystones 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 118 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 19/12/2020 Kerry 119 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 09/11/2020 Tomnafinnoge wicklow 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 123 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 124 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 125 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 126 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 127 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 15/06/2020 Redcross 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 133 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 19/12/2020 Castletown-Bearhaven 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 15/06/2020 back garden 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 136 Merlin Falco columbarius 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 138 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 05/09/2020 Kilmichael Point 139 Jay Garrulus glandarius 140 Magpie Pica pica 141 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 146 Raven Corvus corax 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 149 Great Tit Parus major 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 02/07/2020 Tac 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 156 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 157 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 15/10/2020 Brownstown head 158 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 159 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 160 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 28/09/2020 Churchtown 161 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 162 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 163 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 164 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 165 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 166 Whitethroat Curruca communis 167 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 168 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 169 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 170 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 09/07/2020 Arklow 171 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 172 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 173 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 174 Redwing Turdus iliacus 175 Blackbird Turdus merula 176 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 177 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 179 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 180 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 181 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 182 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 183 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 184 Dunnock Prunella modularis 185 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 186 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 12/10/2020 Tac 187 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 188 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 189 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 190 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 191 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 192 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 193 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 195 Twite Linaria flavirostris 196 Linnet Linaria cannabina 197 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 198 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 201 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 202 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus