Holly Grogan: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 167 of 167 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 28/12/2014 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 25/06/2016 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 22/11/2023 Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/02/2024 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Co. Wexford 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12/11/2017 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16/10/2016 Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11/10/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/02/2018 Turvey Nature Reserve, Co. Dublin 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 18/11/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 14 Teal Anas crecca 28/12/2014 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 15 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 22/03/2020 Grange Castle Businesses Park, Co. Dublin 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/04/2017 Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27/04/2024 Corkagh Park, Co. Dublin 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26/07/2016 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 19 Scaup Aythya marila 11/02/2018 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/04/2024 Skerries, Co. Dublin 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/02/2024 Gormanstown, Co. Meath 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19/12/2023 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/12/2017 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27/11/2016 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 12/03/2015 Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin 26 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 27/03/2023 Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin 27 Swift Apus apus 28 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/06/2022 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 29 Rock Dove Columba livia 30 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/06/2023 Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 34 Coot Fulica atra 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 24/01/2015 Booterstown, Co. Dublin 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/12/2017 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/09/2018 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 27/12/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 27/11/2016 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/07/2017 Kilcoole Beach, Co. Wicklow 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 23/04/2017 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 18/01/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 06/05/2018 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 11/10/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 29/10/2017 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 28/12/2014 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 25/09/2017 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 49 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 02/10/2023 Off Sean Moore Park / Irishtown Nature Park, Co. Dublin 50 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 06/06/2019 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 25/06/2016 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 52 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 23/09/2023 Balscadden Beach, Howth, Co. Dublin 53 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 25/09/2023 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 54 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 07/05/2017 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 55 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 29/08/2021 Booterstown Marsh, Co. Dublin 56 Redshank Tringa totanus 57 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 27/02/2024 Lurgangreen, Co. Louth 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 16/05/2023 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 25/12/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2016 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 61 Knot Calidris canutus 23/04/2017 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 31/10/2016 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 63 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 13/09/2020 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 12/02/2018 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/01/2015 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 66 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 27/11/2023 Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin 67 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 21/08/2023 Merrion Gates, Co. Dublin 68 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 02/07/2017 Kilcoole Beach, Co. Wicklow 69 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 17/07/2023 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 70 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/07/2019 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin 71 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 72 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 21/07/2019 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin 73 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25/06/2016 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 74 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/04/2018 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin 75 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 28/08/2023 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin Self found 76 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 77 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/07/2018 Malahide, Co. Dublin 78 Common Gull Larus canus 26/07/2016 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin 79 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 27/02/2024 Blackrock, Co. Louth 80 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 82 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 83 Puffin Fratercula arctica 23/05/2023 Ireland's Eye, Co. Dublin 84 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 25/03/2018 Great South Wall, Co. Dublin 85 Razorbill Alca torda 25/10/2017 Howth, Co. Dublin 86 Guillemot Uria aalge 25/10/2017 Howth, Co. Dublin 87 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/12/2017 Howth, Co. Dublin 88 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/08/2015 Black Head, Co. Clare 89 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/09/2016 Howth, Co. Dublin 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 91 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 14/07/2020 Greystones, Co. Wicklow 92 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 93 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 94 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 02/10/2021 Turvey Nature Reserve, Co. Dublin 95 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18/07/2017 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin Self found 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 28/12/2014 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 97 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 26/09/2022 Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 99 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 10/07/2017 East Coast Nature Reserve, Co. Wicklow 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 101 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 14/08/2016 Avoca, Co. Wicklow 102 Buzzard Buteo buteo 103 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 03/07/2018 Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin 104 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/01/2024 Newcastle, Co. Wicklow 105 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 106 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 12/07/2020 Coronation Plantation, Co. Wicklow 107 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 26/08/2015 Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare 108 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/11/2023 Turvey Nature Reserve, Co. Dublin 109 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 110 Jay Garrulus glandarius 111 Magpie Pica pica 112 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 113 Rook Corvus frugilegus 114 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 115 Raven Corvus corax 116 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15/01/2017 Lucan, Co. Dublin 117 Coal Tit Periparus ater 118 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 119 Great Tit Parus major 120 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 22/04/2024 Five Mile Point, Co. Wicklow 121 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/12/2014 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 122 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 123 Swallow Hirundo rustica 124 House Martin Delichon urbicum 125 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 126 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 08/05/2016 Bohernabreena, Co. Dublin 127 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 128 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/07/2017 Turvey Nature Reserve, Co. Dublin 129 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/06/2022 East Coast Nature Reserve, Co. Wicklow 130 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 131 Whitethroat Curruca communis 132 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 133 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 134 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/07/2016 Co. Wicklow 135 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/12/2017 Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 140 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 21/01/2019 Turvey Nature Reserve, Co. Dublin 141 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 07/08/2017 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 142 Robin Erithacus rubecula 143 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/11/2022 Howth, Co. Dublin 144 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2024 Coronation Plantation, Co. Wicklow 145 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 146 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 147 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 25/03/2018 River Dodder, Rathfarnam, Co. Dublin 148 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 149 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 150 Dunnock Prunella modularis 151 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 152 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 153 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 154 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 04/12/2023 Baldoyle, Co. Dublin 155 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 156 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 157 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/11/2021 Turvey Nature Reserve, Co. Dublin 158 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 159 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 160 Linnet Linaria cannabina 161 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 162 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 163 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 164 Siskin Spinus spinus 165 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 27/12/2017 Howth, Co. Dublin 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 10/06/2018 Drishoge, Co. Dublin 167 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus