Chris Ingram: Ireland Year List 2023 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 191 of 191 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 16/12/2023 Dunfanaghy New Lake 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 08/01/2023 Big Isle 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25/02/2023 Inch Lake 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 02/11/2023 Inch Lake 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 02/11/2023 Inch Lake 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Swift Apus apus 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 36 Rock Dove Columba livia 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Corncrake Crex crex 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 19/09/2023 blanket nook 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 59 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 61 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 64 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 16/05/2023 Inch Lake 65 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 74 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 05/08/2023 blanket nook 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 77 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 14/07/2023 Blanket Nook 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 83 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 86 Common Gull Larus canus 87 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 88 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 90 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides also Kumlien's 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 97 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 98 Razorbill Alca torda 99 Little Auk Alle alle 100 Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 105 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 109 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 03/04/2023 Inch Lake 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ********** ********** 118 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 28/05/2023 glenveagh 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 122 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 08/01/2023 Inch Lake 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 13/12/2023 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 16/04/2023 Lisnagra Wood 128 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 129 Merlin Falco columbarius 130 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 131 Jay Garrulus glandarius 132 Magpie Pica pica 133 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 134 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 135 Rook Corvus frugilegus 136 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 137 Raven Corvus corax 138 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/12/2023 Inch Lake 139 Coal Tit Periparus ater 140 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 141 Great Tit Parus major 142 Skylark Alauda arvensis 143 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 144 Swallow Hirundo rustica 145 House Martin Delichon urbicum 146 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 147 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix ********** ********** 148 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 149 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 150 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 151 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 152 Whitethroat Curruca communis 153 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 154 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 155 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 156 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 157 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 158 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 159 Redwing Turdus iliacus 160 Blackbird Turdus merula 161 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 162 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 163 Robin Erithacus rubecula 164 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca ********** ********** 165 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 166 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 167 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 168 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 169 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 170 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 171 Dunnock Prunella modularis 172 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 173 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 174 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 175 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 176 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 177 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 178 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 21/10/2023 Tory Island 179 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 180 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 181 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 182 Linnet Linaria cannabina 183 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 11/11/2023 Tory Island 184 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 185 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 186 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 187 Siskin Spinus spinus 188 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 189 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 190 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 11/11/2023 Tory Island 191 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus