Chris Ingram: Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 154 of 154 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 23/02/2024 New Lake Dunfanaghy 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 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 02/11/2023 Inch Lake 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/02/2024 Inch Lake 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 06/05/2024 blanket nook 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29/01/2024 Ballymoney Point 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Swift Apus apus 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 34 Rock Dove Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Corncrake Crex crex 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/01/2024 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/01/2024 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 11/01/2024 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 55 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor ********** ********** 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 59 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 60 Knot Calidris canutus 61 Ruff Calidris pugnax 62 Sanderling Calidris alba 63 Dunlin Calidris alpina 64 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 65 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 66 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 67 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 68 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 69 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 70 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 71 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 72 Common Gull Larus canus 73 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 74 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 75 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 76 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 77 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 78 Puffin Fratercula arctica 79 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 80 Razorbill Alca torda 81 Guillemot Uria aalge 82 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 11/01/2024 83 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 84 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/01/2024 85 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 86 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 87 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 88 Gannet Morus bassanus 89 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 90 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 91 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 92 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 06/05/2024 blanket nook 93 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 94 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 95 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/03/2024 96 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 30/01/2024 Donegal 97 Buzzard Buteo buteo 98 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 99 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 100 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 30/01/2024 Donegal 101 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 102 Merlin Falco columbarius 103 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 104 Jay Garrulus glandarius 105 Magpie Pica pica 106 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 107 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 108 Rook Corvus frugilegus 109 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 110 Raven Corvus corax 111 Coal Tit Periparus ater 112 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 113 Great Tit Parus major 114 Skylark Alauda arvensis 115 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 116 Swallow Hirundo rustica 117 House Martin Delichon urbicum 118 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 119 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 120 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 121 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 122 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 123 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 124 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 125 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 126 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 127 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 128 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 129 Redwing Turdus iliacus 130 Blackbird Turdus merula 131 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 132 Robin Erithacus rubecula 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 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 07/03/2024 Inch Lake 143 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 144 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 145 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 146 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 147 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/01/2024 Malin Head 148 Linnet Linaria cannabina 149 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 150 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 151 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 152 Siskin Spinus spinus 153 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 154 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus