Isabelle Walsh: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 127 of 127 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 Teal Anas crecca 10 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 11 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 12 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 13 Swift Apus apus 14 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15 Rock Dove Columba livia 16 Stock Dove Columba oenas 17 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 18 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 19 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 21 Coot Fulica atra 22 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 23 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 24 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 26 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 28 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29 Curlew Numenius arquata 30 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 31 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 32 Redshank Tringa totanus 33 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 09/10/2021 Kilcoole 34 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 35 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 36 Knot Calidris canutus 37 Ruff Calidris pugnax 38 Sanderling Calidris alba 39 Dunlin Calidris alpina 40 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 41 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 27/08/2021 Soldier’s point 42 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 43 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 44 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 45 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 46 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 47 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 48 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 49 Common Gull Larus canus 50 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 51 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 52 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 53 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 54 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 55 Puffin Fratercula arctica 56 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 57 Razorbill Alca torda 58 Guillemot Uria aalge 59 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 60 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 61 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 62 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 63 Gannet Morus bassanus 64 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 65 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 66 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 67 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 01/05/2021 East Coast Nature Reserve 68 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 69 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 70 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 17/04/2021 Kilcoole 71 Buzzard Buteo buteo 72 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 73 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 17/04/2021 East coast nature reserve 74 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 75 Merlin Falco columbarius 76 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 77 Jay Garrulus glandarius 78 Magpie Pica pica 79 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 80 Rook Corvus frugilegus 81 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 82 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 83 Raven Corvus corax 84 Coal Tit Periparus ater 85 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 86 Great Tit Parus major 87 Skylark Alauda arvensis 88 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 09/10/2021 Kilcoole 89 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 90 Swallow Hirundo rustica 91 House Martin Delichon urbicum 92 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 93 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 94 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 95 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 96 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 97 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 98 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 99 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 100 Whitethroat Curruca communis 101 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 102 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 103 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 104 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 03/06/2021 Kilcoole 105 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 106 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 107 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 108 Redwing Turdus iliacus 109 Blackbird Turdus merula 110 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 111 Robin Erithacus rubecula 112 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 113 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 114 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 115 Dunnock Prunella modularis 116 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 117 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 118 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 119 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 120 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 121 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 122 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 123 Linnet Linaria cannabina 124 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 125 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 126 Siskin Spinus spinus 127 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus