Eric Dempsey: Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 171 of 171 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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/03/2024 Buckroney Wexford 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 28/03/2024 Tacumshin 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/02/2024 Cavan 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 19/02/2024 Wexford 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 60 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 26/02/2024 Lurgangreen Louth 61 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 64 Knot Calidris canutus 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 69 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 70 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 09/05/2024 Cahore 71 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 72 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 73 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 75 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 76 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 79 Common Gull Larus canus 80 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 26/02/2024 Louth 81 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 84 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 85 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 86 Razorbill Alca torda 87 Guillemot Uria aalge 88 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 89 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 90 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 91 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 92 Gannet Morus bassanus 93 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 94 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 95 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 96 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 97 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 09/04/2024 Cahore 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 99 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 14/04/2024 Five Mile Point 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 101 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 102 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 103 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 03/01/2024 Wicklow 104 Buzzard Buteo buteo 105 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 07/01/2024 Wicklow 107 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 108 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 01/01/2024 Wicklow 109 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 110 Merlin Falco columbarius 111 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 112 Jay Garrulus glandarius 113 Magpie Pica pica 114 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 115 Rook Corvus frugilegus 116 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 117 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 118 Raven Corvus corax 119 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 120 Coal Tit Periparus ater 121 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 122 Great Tit Parus major 123 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 04/01/2024 Wexford 124 Skylark Alauda arvensis 125 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 126 Swallow Hirundo rustica 127 House Martin Delichon urbicum 128 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 18/03/2024 Newcastle 129 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 130 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 131 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 132 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 133 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 134 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 08/05/2024 Louty 135 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 136 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 137 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 138 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 11/04/2024 Hook Heas 139 Whitethroat Curruca communis 140 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 141 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 142 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 143 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 144 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 145 Redwing Turdus iliacus 146 Blackbird Turdus merula 147 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 148 Robin Erithacus rubecula 149 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 150 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 151 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 152 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 153 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 154 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 155 Dunnock Prunella modularis 156 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 157 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 158 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 159 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 26/01/2024 Baldoyle 160 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 161 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 162 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 163 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 164 Twite Linaria flavirostris 165 Linnet Linaria cannabina 166 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 167 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 168 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 169 Siskin Spinus spinus 170 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 171 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus