Stephen King: Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 167 of 167 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 04/01/2024 South Slobs 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12/01/2024 South slob SF 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Ballinesker 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove Columba livia Feral 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 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12/01/2024 WWR 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 54 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 55 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 58 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 62 Knot Calidris canutus 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 66 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 67 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 68 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/05/2024 Cahore 69 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 71 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 72 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 73 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 74 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 75 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 25/04/2024 South Slob 76 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 77 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 78 Common Gull Larus canus 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 80 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 82 Puffin Fratercula arctica 83 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 84 Razorbill Alca torda 85 Guillemot Uria aalge 86 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 87 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 88 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 89 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 25/04/2024 Tac 94 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 95 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 96 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 28/02/2024 South Slob 97 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 19/03/2024 South Slob 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 99 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 15/04/2024 Tac 100 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 102 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 103 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 19/01/2024 M11 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 01/01/2024 Newcastle Airfield 107 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 108 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 06/01/2024 Cabinteely Park 109 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 110 Merlin Falco columbarius 111 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 112 Jay Garrulus glandarius 113 Magpie Pica pica 114 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 115 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 116 Rook Corvus frugilegus 117 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 04/01/2024 South Slobs 118 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 119 Raven Corvus corax 120 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/01/2024 Greenogue Ind Est 121 Coal Tit Periparus ater 122 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 123 Great Tit Parus major 124 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 17/03/2024 ECNR 125 Skylark Alauda arvensis 126 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 127 Swallow Hirundo rustica 128 House Martin Delichon urbicum 129 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 18/03/2024 5 mile point 130 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 131 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 132 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 133 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 134 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 135 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 136 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 137 Whitethroat Curruca communis 138 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 139 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 140 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 141 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 142 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 143 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 144 Redwing Turdus iliacus 145 Blackbird Turdus merula 146 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 147 Robin Erithacus rubecula 148 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 149 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 150 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 151 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 152 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 153 Dunnock Prunella modularis 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 157 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 158 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 161 Linnet Linaria cannabina 162 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 163 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 167 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus