Joe Proudfoot: Dublin Year List 2023 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 153 of 153 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/02/2023 Brittas 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/02/2023 Brittas 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 6 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/05/2023 Swords 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera UCD 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Pochard Aythya ferina Grangecastle 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Seapoint, Dublin Bay 16 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 21 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 20/03/2023 Blackrock 22 Swift Apus apus 23 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24 Rock Dove Columba livia 25 Stock Dove Columba oenas Turvey 26 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 27 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 29 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 30 Coot Fulica atra 31 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 32 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 34 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 35 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 36 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 37 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 10/07/2023 Merrion Gates, Dublin 38 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 39 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 40 Curlew Numenius arquata 41 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 42 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 43 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 28/12/2023 Bohernabreena 44 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 45 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Shaganagh outflow 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 47 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 03/10/2023 Balscadden, Howth 48 Redshank Tringa totanus 49 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 50 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 51 Knot Calidris canutus 52 Ruff Calidris pugnax Rog 53 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Merrion Gates 54 Sanderling Calidris alba 55 Dunlin Calidris alpina 56 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Howth 57 Little Stint Calidris minuta Merrion Gates 58 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Merrion Gates 59 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Portrane 60 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 09/07/2023 Rogerstown Estuary, Dublin 61 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Forty Foot 62 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 63 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 64 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Portrane 65 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 09/07/2023 Swords 67 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 68 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 01/09/2023 Great South Wall 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 71 Common Gull Larus canus 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Grangecastle 75 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 76 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/07/2023 Dalkey 77 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 78 Razorbill Alca torda 79 Guillemot Uria aalge 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 81 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 82 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 07/07/2023 Dillon's Park, Dalkey 10+ 83 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 84 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 85 Gannet Morus bassanus 86 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 87 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 88 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 90 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 91 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Cruagh 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 05/06/2023 Cruagh 93 Buzzard Buteo buteo 94 Barn Owl Tyto alba 95 Long-eared Owl Asio otus Ticknock 96 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Howth 97 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 98 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 18/05/2023 Dublin mountains 99 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 100 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 101 Jay Garrulus glandarius 102 Magpie Pica pica 103 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 104 Rook Corvus frugilegus 105 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 106 Raven Corvus corax 107 Coal Tit Periparus ater 108 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 109 Great Tit Parus major 110 Skylark Alauda arvensis 111 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 112 Swallow Hirundo rustica 113 House Martin Delichon urbicum 114 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 115 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 116 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Balscadden 117 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 118 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Featherbeds 119 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 120 Whitethroat Curruca communis 121 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 122 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 123 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 124 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 125 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 126 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 127 Redwing Turdus iliacus 128 Blackbird Turdus merula 129 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 130 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Howth 131 Robin Erithacus rubecula 132 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Balscadden 133 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 134 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 135 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 136 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Bremore 137 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 138 Dunnock Prunella modularis 139 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 140 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 141 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 142 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 143 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 144 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Howth 145 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 146 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 147 Linnet Linaria cannabina 148 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 149 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 150 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 151 Siskin Spinus spinus 152 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 153 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus