Colum Flynn: Waterford Year List 2023 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 168 of 168 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2023 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25/01/2023 Kereen Single small Canada Goose with 38 Whooper Swans 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 12/10/2023 Lisselan 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2023 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2023 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2023 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2023 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2023 12 Pintail Anas acuta 31/01/2023 Lisselan 2 male and 2 female 13 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 14 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2023 Knockaderry Ad Male 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 16 Scaup Aythya marila 22/02/2023 Western Bay Ad male 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/07/2023 Helvick Cove 11 birds in one flock 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/01/2023 Western Bay, Dungarvan Male bird only 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 29/01/2023 Ballinclampar 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2023 21 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 04/02/2023 Adult ringed but too far to read 22 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 13/03/2023 Congress Villas, Dungarvan Saw at least 4 of 7 birds present 23 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2023 Dungarvan 24 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/05/2023 Cruachán Adult male singing and being harassed by Mippits and Wheatear near car park for Cruachán 25 Rock Dove Columba livia 01/01/2023 Garden 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/06/2023 Knockaderry 14 birds in ploughed field behind small lake 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2023 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2023 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2023 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 31 Coot Fulica atra 10/06/2023 Lisselan 4 birds 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2023 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2023 34 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/01/2023 Ballinacourty Single bird 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 36 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 07/04/2023 Lisselan Adult on spits between ponds 37 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/01/2023 Cunnigar Single bird roosting on Cunnigar from 4:15pm 38 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/01/2023 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2023 41 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/01/2023 Ballinclampar 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/01/2023 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2023 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2023 47 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 01/10/2023 Tramore Boating Pond 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/07/2023 Ballinclampar 49 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 07/01/2023 Tallowbridge 50 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 51 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2023 52 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 14/01/2023 Tallowbridge 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 54 Knot Calidris canutus 02/01/2023 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/02/2023 Killongford Pools Single bird 56 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/09/2023 Cunnigar At least one Juvenile 57 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2023 58 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 59 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 17/02/2023 Dunmore East Single bird at pier 60 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 01/09/2023 Cunnigar One juvenile 61 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 28/07/2023 Ballinclampar 2 adults 62 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/09/2023 Colligan River, Shandon Moulting adult. First Waterford record since Sept 1995 63 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/07/2023 Helvick 30+ adults west 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/07/2023 Helvick Cove 2 birds 65 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 24/07/2023 Ballinard 2+ adult birds flying around before all teens flew to the Eastern Rock 66 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/03/2023 Ballinagoul Single adult pale phase bird 67 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/01/2023 68 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 30/07/2023 Helvick 1 adult bird west at 19:50 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/02/2023 Curt agh Beach Adult ringed but too far to read 71 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 73 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/08/2023 Ballineety 2 birds, adult and near adult 74 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 76 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 18/03/2023 Knockaderry 1 1st Winter in fields just north of back lake 77 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 10/08/2023 Helvick 3cy bird 78 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 16/03/2023 Ballinagoul Single adult pale phase bird 79 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 06/07/2023 Helvick Cove 1 sub-adult with 2 Arctic Skua 80 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 07/07/2023 Helvick Cove 2 immature birds 81 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/07/2023 Helvick Cove 82 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 16/03/2023 Ballinagoul 83 Razorbill Alca torda 16/03/2023 Ballinagoul 84 Guillemot Uria aalge 07/01/2023 85 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/01/2023 86 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 27/12/2023 Helvick Cove Feeding off Helvick Head 87 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2023 88 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 06/07/2023 Helvick Cove 89 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2023 90 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 07/07/2023 Helvick Cove Single bird out beyond line of Manx passing at 7:50am 91 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 06/07/2023 Helvick Cove 3 birds 92 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 29/04/2023 Helvick 93 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 30/07/2023 Helvick 2 birds in Manx flock off head at least 94 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2023 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2023 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 98 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 19/03/2023 Gortnadiha, Ring Single bird near Harty’s Oyster farm at base of Cunnigar 99 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 24/04/2023 Blackwater Callows 100 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 102 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 31/01/2023 Lisselan Ring-tail quartering fields to east of Lisselan 103 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 01/03/2023 Carrigmorna, Lemybrien Adult bird flying over field to north side of road 104 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 105 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 106 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 25/07/2023 Mount Congreve Single bird flying over and calling 107 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/01/2023 108 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/02/2023 Whiting Bay Ad Female 109 Hobby Falco subbuteo 06/06/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir 2cy bird hawking insects over back lake and roosting in pine tree 110 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/01/2023 Helvick 111 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/04/2023 R666 near Towers 112 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 113 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 01/01/2023 114 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 115 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Garden 116 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2023 117 Raven Corvus corax 25/02/2023 Whiting Bay 6 birds 118 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/02/2023 119 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 120 Great Tit Parus major 07/01/2023 121 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/02/2023 Adult ringed but too far to read 122 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2023 Knockaderry 10+ 123 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2023 Lisselan 124 House Martin Delichon urbicum 22/04/2023 Camphire Bridge 125 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 02/12/2023 Annestown Bog 1st County record 126 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/05/2023 Camphire Bridge 127 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 29/03/2023 Helvick 128 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 29/03/2023 Helvick 129 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 06/05/2023 Castletown Fen 130 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 21/09/2023 Brownstown Head 131 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 09/05/2023 Camphire Bridge 132 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/09/2023 Brownstown Head 133 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2023 Garden Male but female and second male visiting on occasion subsequent dates 134 Whitethroat Curruca communis 29/04/2023 Helvick 135 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 136 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 137 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Garden 138 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2023 139 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 26/01/2023 140 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2023 141 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 142 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 143 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 22/04/2023 Helvick Ad female near Woodchat spot 144 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 20/08/2023 Helvick Female/Immature type 145 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Garden 146 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 01/10/2023 Brownstown 147 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/08/2023 Helvick Female/Immature type 148 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2023 Whiting Bay Juvenile east side of bay 149 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2023 150 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/04/2023 Helvick 151 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 16/02/2023 Stradbally 152 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Garden 153 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Garden 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 14/01/2023 Tallowbridge 157 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2023 158 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Garden 159 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 07/04/2023 Brownstown Head Adult male 160 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/01/2023 161 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 162 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 163 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 02/01/2023 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2023 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 15/02/2023 Killlongford 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 04/02/2023 Kilmacthomas 167 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 18/09/2023 Brownstown Head 1st winter 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/04/2023 Goat Island