Mícheál Cowming: Ireland Year List 2023 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 216 of 216 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 Swan 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 07/02/2023 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/02/2023 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 9 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 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/10/2023 Inishbofin, Galway Female/immature 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 17 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2023 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Lisellan Drake 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 25/10/2023 Lisellan Drake. Found by AJ 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Drake. Found by Colum Flynn 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 22 Scaup Aythya marila 07/02/2023 Lady's Island, Wexford Drake 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 08/12/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Drake. 3rd county record 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 11/11/2023 Ballinacourty Pier Female/immature 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/03/2023 Rostellan, Cork Female 26 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 05/02/2023 Valley Pier, Achill Island, Mayo 2CY Female 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/02/2023 Valley Pier, Achill Island, Mayo 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2023 The Gearagh, Cork Female 30 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 05/02/2023 Rossow, Co. Mayo Drake 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2023 The Gearagh, Cork Male & Female 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2023 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 34 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 13/03/2023 Dungarvan, Co. Waterford 7 birds. New national record. Original finder (FOC). Record surpassed (9) in Bray, Wicklow on 19-Mar-23 (CC) 35 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2023 Ferrybank, Waterford City 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2023 Ballintlea Heard calling 37 Rock Dove Columba livia 21/01/2023 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25/02/2023 Tallow 2 birds 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2023 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 14/01/2023 The Gearagh, Cork 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 43 Coot Fulica atra 14/01/2023 Lough Adeara, Cork 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 18/03/2023 Rosslare Bay, Wexford Found by P. Kelly 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 28/01/2023 Ballinacourty 2 birds 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 07/02/2023 Rosslare Harbour, Wexford 2 birds 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 07/04/2023 Lisellan, Tramore, Co. Waterford 2nd County Record 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/01/2023 Cunnigar, Dungarvan Found the previous day by PMW. 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2023 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 54 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/09/2023 Coolum, Brownstown Head Flyover calling 55 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 29/01/2023 Ballinclamper 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/03/2023 Cuskinny, Cork 2 birds 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/01/2023 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 61 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 28/10/2023 Western Bay, Dungarvan Juvenile 62 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 29/01/2023 Kilmacleague 63 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/01/2023 Carroll's Cross Single bird flew over N25 at 3pm 64 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2023 65 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 25/09/2023 Tramore Boating Lake 2 birds present. 1 seen. Found by JAP 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/04/2023 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/01/2023 Tallow 3 birds 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/04/2023 Lisselan, Tramore 3 birds feeding with Black-winged Stilt 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/11/2023 Lisellan, Tramore 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/01/2023 72 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 07/01/2023 Tallow Overwintering bird. 1st County Record. Originally found in December 2022 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2023 74 Knot Calidris canutus 28/01/2023 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 07/02/2023 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve 3 birds. 8 birds also at Lady's Island 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 19/08/2023 Cunnigar Moulting adult 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/01/2023 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 15/01/2023 Dunmore East Pier Single bird 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/07/2023 Ballycotton, Cork 2 birds. 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 20/07/2023 Ballycotton, Cork Adult 82 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 21/07/2023 Blanketnook, Donegal 3rd Irish Record. 83 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 28/07/2023 Ballinclamper Adult birds. Found by JAP. 84 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 23/07/2023 Tacumshin, Wexford Found by K. Grace. 85 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 20/07/2023 The Gearagh, Cork Adult. Found by S Cronin. 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/08/2023 Helvick Juvenile 87 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 26/09/2023 Dungarvan Moulting adult. Found by CF 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 28/05/2023 Lady's Island Lake, Wexford 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/05/2023 Lady's Island Lake, Wexford 90 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 24/07/2023 Ballinard 4 adult birds 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/03/2023 Helvick Multiple birds 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 18/03/2023 Tacumshin, Wexford Adult 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/01/2023 94 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 95 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/02/2023 Rosslare Harbour, Wexford Adult 96 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 05/08/2023 Ballyneety Sub-adult. Found by CF 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 100 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 21/01/2023 Kilmurrin Cove 2CY bird 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/02/2023 Ballynagaul, Ring 2CY bird 103 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 10/08/2023 Helvick Juvenile. Found by JAP 104 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 16/03/2023 Helvick 105 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 10/08/2023 Helvick 106 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/06/2023 Brownstown Head 4 birds flying east 107 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/02/2023 Rosslare Harbour, Wexford 4 birds 108 Razorbill Alca torda 11/02/2023 Bunmahon 109 Guillemot Uria aalge 15/01/2023 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/02/2023 Rosslare Harbour, Wexford 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/11/2023 Dungarvan Bay Found the previous day by PMW 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2023 113 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10/06/2023 Brownstown Head 2 birds flying east 114 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/01/2023 115 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 26/07/2023 Helvick 11 birds 116 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 10/08/2023 Helvick Single bird. Found by CF 117 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 11/08/2023 Helvick Single bird 118 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 16/03/2023 Helvick 119 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 24/09/2023 Helvick 120 Gannet Morus bassanus 21/01/2023 121 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 122 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2023 123 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 05/02/2023 Doon Lough, Leitrim 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 02/04/2023 Tacumshin, Wexford Single bird. 125 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/03/2023 Lady's Island Lake, Wexford 2CY 126 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 30/04/2023 Ballyvergan, Youghal, Cork Adult. Found by DOS 127 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 128 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 05/05/2023 Ballyteige, Wexford Found by E. Dempsey 129 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 07/02/2023 Kiliane, Wexford 2 birds 130 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 07/01/2023 The Gearagh, Cork At least 2 birds 131 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 132 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/05/2023 Co. Waterford Scottish-ringed female (PF1) 133 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes ********** ********** 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2023 135 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 29/01/2023 Kilmacleague Ringtail 136 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 06/09/2023 Brownstown Head Juvenile male. Co-find with P. Archer. 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 20/03/2023 Arklow, Wicklow 4-5 birds over M11 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/02/2023 Tacumshin, Wexford 140 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 21/10/2023 Barnawee Bridge 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 27/10/2023 Cunnigar 1 of 2 birds found the previous day by JAP 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2023 Lisellan 143 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 14/01/2023 The Gearagh, Cork 144 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 145 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/02/2023 Rossow, Mayo Adult male 146 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/06/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Found by CF the previous day 147 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/01/2023 Kilmurrin Cove 148 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/03/2023 Two Mile Bridge, Dungarvan 149 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 150 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 22/01/2023 Bunmahon 151 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 152 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 153 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2023 154 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 155 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/02/2023 156 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 157 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 158 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 14/01/2023 The Gearagh, Cork 3 birds. 1st Irish record 159 Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/01/2023 Lisellan 160 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir 30+ birds.1st of year 161 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/03/2023 Helvick 1st of year 162 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/04/2023 Stradbally 2 birds. 1st of year 163 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 02/04/2023 Ballinoulart, Wexford 2 birds heard calling. 1 seen briefly, but well. 164 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2023 Ballinoulart, Wexford First of the year 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/01/2023 Tallow 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir Heard singing 168 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 17/09/2023 Brownstown Head Found by PMW 169 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/05/2023 South Slob, Wexford 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2023 Brownstown Head 171 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2023 Tallow Female 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 24/05/2023 Saleen Singing bird. Found previous day by visiting birder 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2023 Brownstown Head 174 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 16/10/2023 Brownstown Head Found by PMW. Ringed 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 11/02/2023 Killhalla Quay 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 15/01/2023 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 183 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 184 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 21/04/2023 Helvick Female. Found by JAP 185 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/05/2023 Brownstown Head First of year 186 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 187 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 30/09/2023 Brownstown Head Found by PMW 188 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2023 Helvick Female. Found by PMW & MD 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Barnacle, Dungarvan Female 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/08/2023 Helvick Female/1st winter. Found by AMN 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2023 Whiting Bay, Ardmore Juvenile. Found by JAP 192 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2023 193 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 16/03/2023 Helvick Male. 1st of year 194 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12/02/2023 Kilrossanty 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 03/02/2023 Whiting Bay Single bird on feeder 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 198 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 199 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 200 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 201 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2023 202 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 203 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/02/2023 Lismore Female 204 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 205 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 06/10/2023 Brownstown Head Adult. Ringed. Found by PMW 206 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 207 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/02/2023 Ferrypoint 208 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2023 209 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/02/2023 Ballysaggart Single bird 210 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 211 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/02/2023 Knockmealdown Mountains 212 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 213 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 17/09/2023 Brownstown Head 1st County Record 214 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 215 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 21/10/2023 Inishbofin, Galway Found by JD 216 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 08/10/2023 Achill Island, Mayo 1st Irish Record. Found by MOB