Ian Young: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 250 of 250 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 24/02/2022 Lisa fell 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 08/02/2022 Greyabbey 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 09/04/2022 Lurgangreen 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 11/01/2023 North Slob 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula Lough Shark 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 28/04/2022 Tac 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 23/05/2022 Lough Beg 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/03/2022 Oxford Island 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 05/12/2022 New Lake Dunfanaghy 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 33 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 04/01/2023 Achill 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21/08/2022 Magilligan Point 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 10/11/2022 Inch 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/06/2022 Lough Beg 38 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 29/11/2022 Carramore Mayo 39 Goosander Mergus merganser 13/11/2022 Glynn 40 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 24/04/2022 Shillanavogy 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 09/04/2023 Ballycastle 45 Swift Apus apus 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 47 Rock Dove Columba livia 48 Stock Dove Columba oenas 49 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/11/2022 Lisburn 51 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 52 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/01/2023 The Gearagh 53 Corncrake Crex crex 54 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 55 Coot Fulica atra 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 17/03/2022 Ardmore Point 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 07/07/2022 Tac 64 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 07/07/2022 Tac 65 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 66 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 01/08/2022 Blessington 67 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 68 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/05/2022 Tramore 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14/04/2022 Ballyquintin Point 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/05/2022 Tacumshin 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 78 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 12/11/2022 Leixlip 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/08/2022 Seagahan Dam 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 06/10/2022 Tacumshin 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 02/09/2022 Dundalk 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 19/12/2022 Tallow, Waterford 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 87 Knot Calidris canutus 88 Ruff Calidris pugnax 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/08/2022 RSPB WOW 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/08/2022 WOW RSPB 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 02/09/2022 Kilcoole 95 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 01/08/2022 Blessington 96 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 14/08/2023 Blanketnook 97 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 06/06/2022 Portrane 98 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 06/06/2022 Portrane 99 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 19/07/2023 Rodgerstown 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 101 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 01/08/2022 Dundalk 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 105 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 07/07/2022 Lady’s Island 106 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 107 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 07/07/2022 Lady’s Island 108 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/04/2022 Lough Mourne 109 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 110 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 111 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 27/11/2022 Ballygalley 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/03/2022 RSPB wow 114 Common Gull Larus canus 115 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 17/11/2022 Lurgangreen 116 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 11/01/2023 Duncannon 117 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 118 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11/07/2022 Booley Bay Wexford 119 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 120 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 121 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 122 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/01/2023 WOW 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/08/2022 Magilligan Point 124 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 125 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 126 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/04/2022 Saltee 127 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 128 Razorbill Alca torda 27/04/2022 Saltee 129 Little Auk Alle alle 12/12/2022 Donaghadee 130 Guillemot Uria aalge 131 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 132 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 133 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 02/11/2023 Crookhaven 134 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 135 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 136 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 137 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 05/10/2022 Bridges of Ross 139 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 141 Gannet Morus bassanus 142 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 143 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 144 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 145 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 146 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/12/2022 Back Strand Rosslare 147 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 148 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 149 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 05/06/2022 Whites Marsh 150 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 20/01/2022 Toome 151 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 15/12/2021 Ballycarry 152 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 153 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 05/06/2022 Whites Marsh 154 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/08/2022 Strangford Lough 155 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 03/03/2022 Rosscommon 156 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 11/04/2023 Glenveagh National Park 157 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 158 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 159 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/06/2022 Shilnavogy 160 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 161 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 14/05/2023 Portmore 162 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 15/09/2021 Downpatrick 163 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 10/11/2022 Inch 164 Buzzard Buteo buteo 165 Barn Owl Tyto alba 166 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 167 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 04/12/2022 Ards Peninsula 168 Hoopoe Upupa epops 169 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 170 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 26/01/2022 Ballyhanwood 171 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 172 Merlin Falco columbarius 173 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 174 Jay Garrulus glandarius 175 Magpie Pica pica 176 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 177 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 178 Rook Corvus frugilegus 179 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 180 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 181 Raven Corvus corax 182 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/12/2022 Bangor West 183 Coal Tit Periparus ater 184 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 185 Great Tit Parus major 186 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 11/01/2023 The Gearagh 187 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 27/04/2022 Tac 188 Skylark Alauda arvensis 189 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 190 Swallow Hirundo rustica 191 House Martin Delichon urbicum 192 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 193 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 194 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Ballyquintin 195 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 196 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 197 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 04/11/2022 Glenawilling Beach 198 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2022 Cahore 199 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 27/04/2022 Tac 200 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 12/09/2022 Howth Head 201 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 02/05/2022 Capanagh 202 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 203 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/05/2022 Lough Erne 204 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2022 Dundrum coastal path 205 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 29/10/2023 Bar Hall Bay 206 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 207 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 208 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 209 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 210 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 211 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 212 Redwing Turdus iliacus 213 Blackbird Turdus merula 214 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 215 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 216 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/05/2022 Capanagh 217 Robin Erithacus rubecula 218 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/09/2022 Ballyquintin 219 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 220 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 221 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 222 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 223 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 04/11/2022 Toehead 224 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 225 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 226 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 227 Dunnock Prunella modularis 228 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 229 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 230 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 231 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 232 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 12/03/2022 Portavogie 233 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 234 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 235 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 236 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 237 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 238 Twite Linaria flavirostris 239 Linnet Linaria cannabina 240 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 241 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 242 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 31/12/2022 Antrim 243 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/08/2022 Shillnavogie 244 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 245 Siskin Spinus spinus 246 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 06/10/2022 Tacumshin 247 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 248 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 249 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 250 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 21/10/2022 Kilbaha