Ian Young: Northern Ireland Year List 2023 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 142 of 142 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2023 Floodgates 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 10/01/2023 Kinnegar 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/01/2023 Craiganlet 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 06/01/2023 Kiltonga 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2023 Floodgates 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2023 Kiltonga 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2023 WOW 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 06/01/2023 Carrickmannon Lake 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Mallard 11 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Floodgates 12 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Floodgates 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 13/01/2023 Creightons Green Res. 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13/01/2023 Creightons Green Res 15 Scaup Aythya marila 17/01/2023 Belfast Lough 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 17/01/2023 Belfast Lough 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 17/11/2023 Ballymacormick Point 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17/01/2023 Belfast Lough 19 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 13/01/2023 Belfast Lough 20 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/01/2023 Orlock 21 Swift Apus apus 22 Rock Dove Columba livia 06/01/2023 Ards 23 Stock Dove Columba oenas 08/01/2023 Clandeboye Estate 24 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Home 25 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 home 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 06/01/2023 Carrickmannon Lake 27 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 03/01/2023 Killtonga 28 Coot Fulica atra 03/01/2023 WOW 29 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2023 Carrickmannon Lake 30 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 17/01/2023 Belfast Lough 31 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 17/01/2023 Belfast Lough 32 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 33 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/01/2023 Whiterock 34 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 Floodgates 35 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2023 Floodgates 36 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 37 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Curlew 39 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/01/2023 WOW 40 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2023 Floodgates 41 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15/01/2023 Orlock 42 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/01/2023 Four Road Ends 43 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2023 Whiterock 44 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 45 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/01/2023 Islandhill 47 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 10/01/2023 Kinnegar 48 Knot Calidris canutus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 49 Ruff Calidris pugnax 50 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2023 Floodgates 53 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/01/2023 Bangor 54 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 55 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 56 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 57 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 09/01/2023 Millisle 58 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/01/2023 Ballywalter 59 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/09/2023 Kinnegar shore 60 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Home 61 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/01/2023 Ards 62 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 63 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 64 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Floodgates 65 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 09/01/2023 Bangor 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 15/01/2023 Bangor 67 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/01/2023 WOW 68 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 09/01/2023 Groomsport 69 Razorbill Alca torda 15/01/2023 Groomsport 70 Guillemot Uria aalge 09/01/2023 Groomsport 71 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 17/01/2023 Kircubbin 72 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 09/01/2023 Millisle 73 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/01/2023 Ballyholme 74 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 05/02/2023 Millisle 75 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 76 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/02/2023 Millisle 77 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 06/01/2023 Ballywalter 78 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 06/01/2023 Ballywalter 79 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Little Egret 80 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2023 Grey Heron 81 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 82 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 27/09/2023 Ballyhanwood 83 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 26/01/2023 Newtownards 84 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 85 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 86 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/01/2023 Four Road Ends 87 Hoopoe Upupa epops 88 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 08/01/2023 Clandeboye Estate 89 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 90 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/02/2023 Scrabo 91 Merlin Falco columbarius 92 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2023 Hillhead Road 93 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2023 Clandeboye 94 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 home 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 home 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 08/01/2023 Orlock 98 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/01/2023 Ballyhaanwood 99 Raven Corvus corax 10/01/2023 Craiganlet 100 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 home 101 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 home 102 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 home 103 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2023 Floodgates 104 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 105 Swallow Hirundo rustica 106 House Martin Delichon urbicum 107 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 108 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 109 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 110 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 111 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/01/2023 Belfast 112 Whitethroat Curruca communis 113 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 114 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2023 home 115 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2023 Clandeboye 116 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 home 117 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 home 118 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 hiome 119 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 120 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 home 121 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 122 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 123 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 home 124 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/01/2023 Orlock 125 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 126 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 29/01/2023 Shaws Bridge 127 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 home 129 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 home 130 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2023 Floodgates 131 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Floodgates 132 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2023 Floodgates 133 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/01/2023 Orlock 134 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 home 135 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 136 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 home 137 Linnet Linaria cannabina 10/01/2023 Islandhill 138 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/02/2023 Bangor 139 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 home 140 Siskin Spinus spinus 10/01/2023 Clandeboye 141 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/01/2023 Ballyhanwood 142 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 30/01/2023 Floodgates