Daniel Newton: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 239 of 239 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Dark-bellied Brant, B.b. bernicla. Also Pale-bellied Brant, B.b. hrota. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 08/03/2020 Nobber, Co. Meath 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Russian White-fronted Goose, A.a. albifrons. Also Greenland White-fronted Goose, A.a flavirostris. 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 15/01/2023 Ballysaggart Lough, Co. Tyrone 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 21/01/2017 Kinnegar Shore, Co. Down 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30/09/2023 Corbally Reservoir 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 06/12/2020 Quoile Pondage, Co. Down 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 14/10/2019 Galgorm, Co. Antrim 40 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 23/03/2023 Newcastle, Co. Down 41 Swift Apus apus 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 43 Rock Dove Columba livia 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/11/2022 Lisburn, Co. Antrim 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 49 Corncrake Crex crex 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 59 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 60 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 61 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 21/07/2016 Belfast Harbour Estate, Co. Down 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 65 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 03/09/2023 The Cull, Co. Wexford 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 71 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 72 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 73 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 74 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 03/09/2023 Tacumshin, Co. Wexford 75 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/10/2020 Bar Hall Bay, Co. Down 76 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 08/08/2020 Castle Espie, Co. Down 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 79 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 07/05/2017 Swords Estuary, Co. Dublin 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 04/09/2022 Castletown River, Dundalk 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 30/07/2022 Maynooth, Co. Kildare 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 90 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 94 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 95 Little Stint Calidris minuta 96 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 97 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 98 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 21/07/2023 Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal 99 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 100 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 04/06/2022 Portrane, Co. Dublin 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger C.n. niger. Also American Black Tern, C.n. surinamensis, (16-09-18, Castlerock, Co. Derry) 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 23/07/2017 Soldier's Point, Co. Louth 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 105 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 110 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 10/12/2017 Dargan Bay, Co. Antrim 111 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 112 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 16/07/2020 North Bull, Co. Dublin 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 114 Common Gull Larus canus 115 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 117 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis L.m. michahelis. Also Azorean Yellow-legged Gull, L.m. atlantis, (02-10-22, Cross Lough, Co. Mayo) 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 119 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 121 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides L.g. glaucoides. Also Kumlien's Gull, L.g. kumlieni, (24-02-2017, RSPB Belfast WOW). 122 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 124 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 125 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 126 Puffin Fratercula arctica 127 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 128 Razorbill Alca torda 129 Guillemot Uria aalge 130 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 131 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 132 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 133 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 134 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 135 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 136 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 137 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 01/10/2022 Annagh Head, Co. Mayo 138 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 139 Gannet Morus bassanus 140 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 13/07/2020 Greystones, Co. Wicklow 141 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo P.c. carbo. Also Sinensis Cormorant, P.c. sinensis, (03-02-23. Belfast Lough) 142 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 143 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 02/10/2022 Doon Lough, Co. Leitrim 144 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 21/01/2018 RSPB Portmore Lough, Co. Antrim 145 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 146 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/04/2023 Loughbrickland, Co. Down 147 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 148 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 22/08/2019 RSPB Belfast WOW, Co. Down 149 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 17/12/2017 Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry 150 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 151 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 152 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 153 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 154 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 155 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 10/05/2023 Portmore Lough 156 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 19/08/2016 Katesbridge, Co. Down 157 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 06/11/2022 Inch Lake, Co. Donegal 158 Buzzard Buteo buteo 159 Barn Owl Tyto alba 160 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 161 Hoopoe Upupa epops 28/03/2023 Comber, Co. Down 162 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 163 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 03/02/2018 Cairn Wood, Co. Down 164 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 165 Merlin Falco columbarius 166 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 167 Jay Garrulus glandarius 168 Magpie Pica pica 169 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 170 Rook Corvus frugilegus 171 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 172 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 173 Raven Corvus corax 174 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 175 Coal Tit Periparus ater 176 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 177 Great Tit Parus major 178 Skylark Alauda arvensis 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 182 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 183 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 184 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 185 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Ballyquintin, Co. Down 186 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 187 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita P.c. collybita. Also Siberian Chiffchaff, P.c. tristis, (19-02-23. Dundalk, Co. Louth) 188 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 189 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 190 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 13/09/2022 Howth Head, Co. Dublin 191 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 192 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 194 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 11/10/2020 Runkerry Point, Antrim 195 Whitethroat Curruca communis 196 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 29/10/2023 Bar Hall Bay, Co. Down 197 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 198 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 199 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 200 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 05/07/2019 Dundrum, Co. Down 201 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 202 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 203 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 204 Redwing Turdus iliacus 205 Blackbird Turdus merula 206 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 207 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 208 Robin Erithacus rubecula 209 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/10/2020 Runkerry Point, Antrim 210 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 211 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 212 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 213 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 214 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 215 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 216 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Blue-headed Wagtail, M.f flava. 219 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 220 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 221 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 222 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 14/07/2020 Ballyfrench, Co. Down 223 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 224 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 225 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 226 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 227 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 228 Twite Linaria flavirostris 229 Linnet Linaria cannabina 230 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 231 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 10/01/2023 Dunsilly, Co. Antrim Hornemann’s Redpoll, A.h. hornemanni 232 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 233 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 234 Siskin Spinus spinus 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 236 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 237 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 238 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 20/09/2020 Fanad Head, Co. Donegal 239 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 23/09/2023 Rathlin, Co. Antrim