Mícheál Cowming: Waterford Year List 2023 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 198 of 198 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2023 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 11/02/2023 Kereen 2CY with Whooper flock 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12/10/2023 Brownstown Head 3 birds flew around the head before dark 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/10/2023 Lisellan Found by DS 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/03/2023 Derrigal Overwintering bird with Greylag Goose flock 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 02/12/2023 Lisellan 3 adult birds 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2023 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 23/05/2023 Tramore Boating Lake Drake 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Blackwater Callows Drake 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Lisellan 7 birds 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 16 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2023 Lisellan Drake 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 25/10/2023 Lisellan Drake. Found by Arlo Jacques 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Drake. Found by CF 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 21 Scaup Aythya marila 24/02/2023 Dungarvan Bay Drake. Found by TM 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 08/12/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Drake. 3rd county record 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/11/2023 Ballinacourty Pier Female/immature 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25/03/2023 Dungarvan Bay Male & Female 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 08/01/2023 Dungarvan Bay 2 birds 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 29/01/2023 Ballinclamper 2 redheads found by MC Sr. 1 bird seen by myself 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2023 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 29 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 13/03/2023 Dungarvan, Co. Waterford 7 birds. New national record until beaten days later in Bray, Co. Wicklow. Original finder (FOC) 2 more birds seen on 16-Mar-23 (FOC) 30 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir 6 birds 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2023 Ballintlea Heard calling 32 Rock Dove Columba livia 21/01/2023 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25/02/2023 Tallow 2 birds 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 08/04/2023 Ballinlough, Kill Heard only 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 38 Coot Fulica atra 22/01/2023 Ballyscanlon Lough 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 08/01/2023 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 41 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 28/01/2023 Ballinacourty 2 birds 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 07/04/2023 Lisellan, Tramore 2nd County Record 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/01/2023 Cunnigar, Dungarvan Found the previous day by PMW 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2023 47 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/09/2023 Coolum, Brownstown Head Flyover calling 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/01/2023 Ballinclamper 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/04/2023 Lisellan 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/01/2023 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 54 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 28/10/2023 Western Bay, Dungarvan Juvenile 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 29/01/2023 Kilmacleague 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/01/2023 Carroll's Cross Single bird flew over N25 @ 3pm 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/01/2023 58 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/09/2023 Tramore Boating Lake 2 birds present. 1 seen. Found by JAP 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/04/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2023 Tallow 3 birds 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/04/2023 Lisellan, Tramore 3 birds feeding with Black-winged Stilt 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/11/2023 Lisellan, Tramore 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/01/2023 65 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 07/01/2023 Tallow Overwintering bird. 1st County Record. Originally found in December 2022 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 67 Knot Calidris canutus 28/01/2023 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 24/07/2023 Ballyneety Moulting adult bird 69 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 19/08/2023 Cunnigar Moulting adult 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/01/2023 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/01/2023 Dunmore East Pier Single bird 73 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 01/09/2023 Cunnigar Found the day before by FOC 74 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 28/07/2023 Ballinclamper Adult birds. Found by JAP. 75 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/08/2023 Helvick Juvenile 76 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/09/2023 Dungarvan Moulting adult. Found by CF 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/07/2023 Ballinclamper 2 adult birds 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/07/2023 Ballinard Minimum 16 adult birds 79 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 24/07/2023 Ballinard 4 adult birds 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/03/2023 Helvick Multiple birds 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/12/2023 Tramore Backstrand 1st winter bird 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/01/2023 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 04/03/2023 Helvick Adult 85 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 87 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/08/2023 Ballyneety Sub-adult. Found by CF 88 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 89 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 21/01/2023 Kilmurrin Cove 2CY bird 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 91 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/02/2023 Ballynagaul Pier 2CY bird 92 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 10/08/2023 Helvick Subadult. Found by JAP 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 16/03/2023 Helvick 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 10/08/2023 Helvick 95 Puffin Fratercula arctica 10/06/2023 Brownstown Head 4 birds flying east 96 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 04/03/2023 Helvick 4 birds 97 Razorbill Alca torda 11/02/2023 Bunmahon 98 Guillemot Uria aalge 15/01/2023 99 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/02/2023 Bunmahon 100 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/11/2023 Dungarvan Bay Found the previous day by PMW 101 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2023 102 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10/06/2023 Brownstown Head 2 birds flying east 103 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/01/2023 104 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 26/07/2023 Helvick 11 birds 105 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 10/08/2023 Helvick Single bird. Found by CF 106 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 11/08/2023 Helvick Single bird 107 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/03/2023 Helvick 108 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 24/09/2023 Helvick 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/01/2023 110 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 111 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2023 112 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 29/10/2023 Bunmahon Badly injured right leg 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 16/03/2023 Ring, Dungarvan Originally found by MC Sr. 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 29/04/2023 Blackwater Callows, Lismore Found earlier in the week by DC 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2023 Scottish-ringed female (PF1) 118 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes ********** ********** 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 29/01/2023 Kilmacleague Ringtail 121 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 06/09/2023 Brownstown Head Juvenile male. Co-find with PA 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes ********** ********** 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/05/2023 Castletown Fen/Ballycashin 2 birds. One seen and one heard calling twice 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/10/2023 Barnawee Bridge 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/10/2023 Cunnigar 1 of 2 birds found the previous day by JAP 127 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 Lisellan 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 02/01/2023 Castletown Fen 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 19/10/2023 Brownstown Head 2 birds 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/06/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Found by CF the previous day 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/01/2023 Kilmurrin Cove 133 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/03/2023 Two Mile Bridge, Dungarvan 134 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 135 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 22/01/2023 Bunmahon 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 138 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2023 139 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 140 Coal Tit Periparus ater 12/02/2023 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 142 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 143 Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/01/2023 Lisellan 144 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir 30+ birds.1st of year 145 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/03/2023 Helvick 1st of year 146 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2023 Stradbally 2 birds. 1st of year 147 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 01/12/2023 Annestown 1st County Record 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 149 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 06/04/2023 150 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 Tallow 151 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Heard singing 152 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 17/09/2023 Brownstown Head Found by PMW 153 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 03/05/2023 Ballyscanlon Single bird singing. Heard only 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2023 Brownstown Head 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2023 Tallow Female 156 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/05/2023 Saleen Singing bird. Found previous day by visiting birder. 157 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2023 Brownstown Head 158 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 16/10/2023 Brownstown Head Found by PMW. Ringed 159 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 160 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 161 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/02/2023 Killhalla Quay 162 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 163 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 164 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 15/01/2023 165 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 166 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 167 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 168 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 21/04/2023 Helvick Female. Found by JAP 169 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/05/2023 Brownstown Head First of year 170 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 171 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 30/09/2023 Brownstown Head Found by PMW 172 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2023 Helvick Female. Found by PMW & MD 173 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/01/2023 Barnawee, Dungarvan Female 174 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/08/2023 Helvick Female/1st winter. Found by AMN 175 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2023 Whiting Bay, Ardmore Juvenile. Found by JAP 176 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2023 177 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/03/2023 Helvick Male. 1st of year 178 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12/02/2023 Kilrossanty 179 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/02/2023 Whiting Bay Single bird on feeder 180 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 181 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 182 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 183 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 184 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 185 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2023 186 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 187 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/02/2023 Lismore Female. Found by AM 188 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 189 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 06/10/2023 Brownstown Head Adult. Ringed. Found by PMW 190 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 191 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/02/2023 Ferrypoint 192 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 193 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/02/2023 Ballysaggart Single bird 194 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 195 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/02/2023 Knockmealdown Mountains 196 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 197 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 17/09/2023 Brownstown Head 1st County Record 198 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023