Paul Lynch: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 158 of 158 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 6 Garganey Spatula querquedula 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Teal Anas crecca 12 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13 Eider Somateria mollissima 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 17 Swift Apus apus 18 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19 Rock Dove Columba livia 20 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 24 Coot Fulica atra 25 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 14/11/2021 Tacumshin 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 31 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 13/10/2021 Mizen 32 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 33 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 13/10/2021 Mizen 34 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 35 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 36 Curlew Numenius arquata 37 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 38 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 39 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 40 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 44 Redshank Tringa totanus 45 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 46 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 47 Knot Calidris canutus 48 Ruff Calidris pugnax 49 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 50 Sanderling Calidris alba 51 Dunlin Calidris alpina 52 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 53 Little Stint Calidris minuta 54 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 04/08/2021 Swords estuary 55 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 56 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 19/06/2021 Portrane beach, Co Dublin Identification confirmed on 19th, but has been present for about 3 weeks and was also present last year. Dismissed initially as an odd Little Tern. 1st Irish, 2nd western Palaearctic 57 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 58 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 59 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 60 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 61 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/02/2021 62 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 63 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 64 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 65 Common Gull Larus canus 66 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 67 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 68 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 70 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 71 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/08/2021 Pelagic off Baltimore 72 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 21/08/2021 Pelagic off Baltimore 73 Puffin Fratercula arctica 74 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 75 Razorbill Alca torda 76 Guillemot Uria aalge 77 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 79 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 21/08/2021 Pelagic off Baltimore 80 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 81 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 82 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2021 Pelagic off Baltimore 83 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 21/08/2021 Pelagic off Baltimore 84 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 85 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 21/08/2021 Pelagic off Baltimore 86 Gannet Morus bassanus 87 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 88 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 89 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 10/10/2021 Turvey Park 90 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 91 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 14/11/2021 South Slobs 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 93 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 15/07/2021 Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal 1st Irish. Adult 94 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 95 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 20/11/2021 Lough boora, co Offaly 96 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 06/03/2021 Rogerstown Juvenile 97 Buzzard Buteo buteo 98 Barn Owl Tyto alba 99 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 100 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 101 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 103 Merlin Falco columbarius 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 105 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 12/09/2021 Galley head Ringed from captive breeding program in Spain. 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/11/2021 Lough boora, co Offaly 107 Magpie Pica pica 108 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 112 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 113 Raven Corvus corax 114 Coal Tit Periparus ater 115 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 116 Great Tit Parus major 117 Skylark Alauda arvensis 118 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 120 House Martin Delichon urbicum 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 122 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 123 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 125 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 126 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 17/10/2021 Cape clear 127 Whitethroat Curruca communis 128 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 129 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 130 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 131 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 132 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 133 Redwing Turdus iliacus 134 Blackbird Turdus merula 135 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 136 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 137 Robin Erithacus rubecula 138 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/10/2021 Turvey Park 139 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 140 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 141 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 142 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 143 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 144 Dunnock Prunella modularis 145 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 146 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 147 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 148 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 149 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 150 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 151 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 152 Linnet Linaria cannabina 153 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 154 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 155 Siskin Spinus spinus 156 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 16/10/2021 Cape clear 157 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 158 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus