Jack Tynan: Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 152 of 152 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 24/02/2024 Ballintemple Cackling type 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 24/02/2024 Cross Lough, Belmullet Ad. Male 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 28/03/2024 Oxford island 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 18/03/2024 Drummin East Sf 32 Swift Apus apus 33 Rock Dove Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 46 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 47 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 48 Curlew Numenius arquata 49 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 50 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 51 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 54 Redshank Tringa totanus 55 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 56 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 58 Knot Calidris canutus 59 Ruff Calidris pugnax 60 Sanderling Calidris alba 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 62 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 63 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 64 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 65 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 66 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 67 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 68 Common Gull Larus canus 69 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 71 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 72 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 73 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 74 Razorbill Alca torda 75 Guillemot Uria aalge 76 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 77 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 79 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 82 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 83 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 25/02/2024 Doon Lough Adult 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 28/03/2024 Brakkin Island Road 86 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 28/03/2024 Portmore Lough 87 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 88 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 89 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 90 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes ********** ********** 91 Buzzard Buteo buteo 92 Barn Owl Tyto alba 93 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 94 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 95 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 24/02/2024 Doon Lough 96 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 97 Merlin Falco columbarius 98 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 99 Jay Garrulus glandarius 100 Magpie Pica pica 101 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 102 Rook Corvus frugilegus 103 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 104 Raven Corvus corax 105 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 106 Coal Tit Periparus ater 107 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 108 Great Tit Parus major 109 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 18/03/2024 ECNR 110 Skylark Alauda arvensis 111 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 112 Swallow Hirundo rustica 113 House Martin Delichon urbicum 114 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 18/03/2024 5 mile point 115 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 116 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 117 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 118 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 119 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 05/05/2024 Stonetown, Co. Louth Great day with the Da, Brian, Dean, Dave, Breffni and the geratys. Brilliant find by Brian McCloskey. 13th Irish! 120 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 121 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14/04/2024 Hook Head 122 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 123 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 124 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 125 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 126 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 127 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 128 Redwing Turdus iliacus 129 Blackbird Turdus merula 130 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 131 Robin Erithacus rubecula 132 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 133 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 134 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 135 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 136 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 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 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 145 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 146 Twite Linaria flavirostris 147 Linnet Linaria cannabina 148 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 149 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 150 Siskin Spinus spinus 151 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 152 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus