Brian Porter: Ireland Year List 2021 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 22/06/2021 Belmullet, Co Mayo 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 06/01/2021 Waterford 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 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Crane Grus grus Yes 30/05/2021 Undisclosed 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 06/05/2021 Tipperary 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 54 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 58 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 59 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 22/06/2021 Belmullet 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 64 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 75 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 76 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 77 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 19/06/2021 Portrane Co Dublin 78 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 79 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 82 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 84 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 86 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 89 Common Gull Larus canus 90 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 92 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 106 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 06/08/2021 Bridges of Ross 107 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 108 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 109 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 110 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 111 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 112 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 114 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 118 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 22/04/2021 Ballylongford 119 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 17/10/2021 Tacumshin 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 17/10/2021 Tacumshin 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 03/04/2021 Wexford 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 15/07/2021 Dunfanaghy Co Donegal 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 128 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes ********** ********** 129 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 05/01/2021 Corbally Wood Co Kilkenny 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 132 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 135 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 05/01/2021 Corbally Wood Co Kilkenny 136 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 138 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 139 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 09/09/2021 Galley Head 140 Jay Garrulus glandarius 141 Magpie Pica pica 142 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 147 Raven Corvus corax 148 Coal Tit Periparus ater 149 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 150 Great Tit Parus major 151 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 02/05/2021 Tacumshin 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis 153 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 154 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 155 Swallow Hirundo rustica 156 House Martin Delichon urbicum 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 158 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 159 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 160 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 161 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 07/11/2021 Kilcoole Sibe' chiffer only NOT IBERIAN 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 164 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 167 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 168 Whitethroat Curruca communis 169 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 170 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 171 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 172 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 04/06/2021 Kilcoole 173 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 174 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 175 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 176 Redwing Turdus iliacus 177 Blackbird Turdus merula 178 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 179 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 180 Robin Erithacus rubecula 181 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 182 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 185 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 186 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 188 Dunnock Prunella modularis 189 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 190 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 191 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 192 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 193 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 194 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 195 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 196 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 197 Linnet Linaria cannabina 198 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 199 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 200 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 201 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 202 Siskin Spinus spinus 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus