Colum Flynn: Waterford Year List 2022 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 147 of 147 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2022 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 27/01/2022 Derrigal 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 27/01/2022 Derrigal 4 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 27/01/2022 Derrigal 2 birds 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2022 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10/01/2022 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2022 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/05/2022 Ballineety Adult male 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2022 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13/01/2022 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 13 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2022 P&P Course Quann’s Male 14 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 26/01/2022 Lisselan 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 13/01/2022 Knockaderry Male 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13/01/2022 Knockaderry 26 with RN Duck 18 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/03/2022 Off Ballinacourty Pier 2 birds 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13/01/2022 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2022 21 Swift Apus apus 13/05/2022 Shandon 22 Rock Dove Columba livia 01/01/2022 23 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2022 Whiting Bay 40+ birds 24 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 07/01/2022 25 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2022 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/04/2022 Annestown 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2022 28 Coot Fulica atra 13/01/2022 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2022 30 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2022 31 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/01/2022 Ballinacourty 32 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2022 33 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/01/2022 34 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2022 35 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 08/01/2022 36 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 37 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2022 39 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2022 40 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2022 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 13/01/2022 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 29/07/2022 Killongford Pools 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13/01/2022 Bunmahon 44 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2022 45 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/01/2022 46 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 17/12/2022 Tallowbridge 1st Waterford record on River Bride 47 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2022 48 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2022 49 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 25/09/2022 Killongford At least 5 birds at Killongford 50 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2022 51 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2022 52 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2022 53 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 07/09/2022 Helvick 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 27/07/2022 Ballinclampar 2 juvs 55 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 27/07/2022 Ballinclampar 2 juvs 56 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/04/2022 Helvick 57 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/01/2022 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 59 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2022 60 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2022 61 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 62 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13/08/2022 Ballineety 2 sub adults, 1m and 1f 63 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2022 64 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 01/01/2022 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/01/2022 66 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/04/2022 Annestown 67 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 29/10/2022 Helvick Ad winter and 1st winter 68 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 26/06/2022 Helvick 69 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 28/06/2022 Helvick 70 Puffin Fratercula arctica 11/05/2022 Helvick Head 10 birds in total 71 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 17/03/2022 Ballinclampar 72 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2022 73 Guillemot Uria aalge 13/01/2022 74 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 17/01/2022 75 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2022 76 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/04/2022 Helvick 77 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 23/07/2022 Helvick Head 78 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/04/2022 Ballinclampar 100’s off-shore in feeding flocks 79 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 07/09/2022 Helvick 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2022 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 82 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2022 83 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 10/01/2022 Kitchen Hole, Cappoquin 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2022 85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 04/04/2022 Gortndiha, Ring 86 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2022 87 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/09/2022 Blackwater River Flying between Blackwater and Tourig Rivers 88 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 30/01/2022 Kilmurray 89 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 28/09/2022 Newport Quay 2 immature birds fro reintroduction scheme 90 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2022 91 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/12/2022 Tallowbridge 92 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2022 93 Merlin Falco columbarius 10/01/2022 Ballyneroon, Ballyduff 94 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 95 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/09/2022 Carriganore Flew over N25 96 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 97 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 01/01/2022 98 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Abbeyside 1st bird of 2022 99 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2022 100 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2022 101 Raven Corvus corax 20/01/2022 Home 102 Coal Tit Periparus ater 13/01/2022 103 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 104 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 105 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2022 106 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/04/2022 Kilmurrin 107 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2022 Lemybrien 108 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2022 Tournore 109 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 26/01/2022 Castletown Fen 110 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/01/2022 Springmount 111 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2022 Annestown 112 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 07/01/2022 113 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2022 Raheen Quay, Clashmore 114 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/01/2022 Dungarvan Hospital 115 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/10/2022 Helvick 116 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10/10/2022 Helvick Head 117 Whitethroat Curruca communis 07/05/2022 Helvick 118 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2022 119 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2022 120 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 121 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2022 122 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 13/01/2022 123 Redwing Turdus iliacus 10/01/2022 Ballyneroon, Ballyduff 124 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 125 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 29/01/2022 Coumaraglin 126 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/06/2022 Helvick 127 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 128 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/01/2022 Tramore 129 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2022 130 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/01/2022 Stradbally 131 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2022 132 Dunnock Prunella modularis 07/01/2022 133 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2022 134 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 135 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2022 136 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2022 137 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2022 138 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/01/2022 Kilmacthomas 139 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20/01/2022 140 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2022 141 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2022 142 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 26/01/2022 Castletown Fen 143 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 144 Siskin Spinus spinus 26/02/2022 Tournore Park Female at feeders 145 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2022 Ferrypoint 2 birds 146 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/01/2022 Kilmacthomas 147 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/03/2022