Colum Flynn: Waterford Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 278 of 278 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 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 27/01/2022 Derrigal, Portlaw 2 birds with Greylag flock. Also 1PF Goose 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16/01/2016 Lisselan 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 12/11/1999 Ballyshunnock Lake 1st winter 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 28 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 1 Jan 2001 Knockaderry, female 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix Helvick May 1999 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 41 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 02/11/2004 Byrneville, Dungarvan 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 03/04/2005 Lands End, Abbeyside 43 Swift Apus apus 44 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 29/05/2021 Brownstown 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 46 Rock Dove Columba livia 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 49 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 50 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 51 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 52 Corncrake Crex crex Calling bird at Lisselan 53 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 54 Coot Fulica atra 55 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 56 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 57 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 60 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 61 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 07/04/2023 Lisselan Adult on spits between ponds 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 21/01/2023 Cunnigar Single bird roosting on Cunnigar from 4:15pm 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Cunnigar 1996 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 01/05/1999 Cunnigar Ad female 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/01/1988 Clonea Seen before this date 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 73 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Cunnigar 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 28/11/2011 Ballyneroon, Ballyduff Upper 80 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 86 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 17/12/2022 Tallowbridge River Bride, 1st Waterford record 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 88 Knot Calidris canutus 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 94 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 95 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Cunnigar 1996 96 Little Stint Calidris minuta 97 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Ballinclampar 98 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 99 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 31/07/2021 Ballinclampar 1st Waterford record 100 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 27/09/1998 Cunnigar Juvenile 101 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 102 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 29/06/2012 Ballineety 103 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 24/04/1994 Ballineety 104 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 105 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Ballinclampar Sept 1994 106 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 26/01/1986 Barnawee 107 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 108 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 109 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 110 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 111 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 112 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 113 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 114 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 24/04/2004 Shandon, Dungarvan Ad summer opposite the Park Hotel 115 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 116 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 117 Common Gull Larus canus 118 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 119 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 26/01/2013 Dunmore East 1st winter 120 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 121 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 122 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 123 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 124 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 125 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 126 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 127 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 128 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 129 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 130 Puffin Fratercula arctica 131 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 132 Razorbill Alca torda 133 Little Auk Alle alle 134 Guillemot Uria aalge 135 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 136 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 137 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 138 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 139 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 140 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 141 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 06/09/1998 Helvick Head Fea’s type, not identified to species level 142 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 143 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 144 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 145 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 146 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 147 Gannet Morus bassanus 148 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 149 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 150 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 14/01/2012 Duckspool, Abbeyside 4 birds 151 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 152 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 153 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 154 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 02/05/1994 Killongford 2 birds 155 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 29/12/2007 Killongford 156 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 07/10/2015 Cunnigar 157 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 158 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 27/03/2012 Bunmahon 159 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Western Bay, Sept 2001 160 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 161 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Clashmore Broads 162 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 163 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 02/09/2011 Lookout, Dungarvan Flew in from Ballinacourty and then back out north 164 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 28/09/2022 Newport Quay Two immature birds from reintroduction scheme so not truly tickable 165 Buzzard Buteo buteo 166 Barn Owl Tyto alba 167 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 168 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 169 Hoopoe Upupa epops 170 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 171 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 11/06/2011 Ardmore 172 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 173 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 07/01/2016 Carriganore 174 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 175 Merlin Falco columbarius 176 Hobby Falco subbuteo 177 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 178 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 22/10/1996 Hacketstown, Mine Head 179 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Helvick May2011 180 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 181 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 182 Jay Garrulus glandarius 183 Magpie Pica pica 184 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 185 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 186 Rook Corvus frugilegus 187 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Killowen, Portlaw 188 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 189 Raven Corvus corax 190 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 191 Coal Tit Periparus ater 192 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 193 Great Tit Parus major 194 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 15/10/2020 Lisselan 195 Skylark Alauda arvensis 196 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 197 Swallow Hirundo rustica 198 House Martin Delichon urbicum 199 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 31/10/2009 Helvick 200 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 02/12/2023 Annestown Bog 1st County record 201 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 202 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Brownstown 203 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 31/10/2005 Brownstown 204 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 205 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Helvick 206 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 10/10/2009 Helvick Head 207 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 208 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 209 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 16/06/2010 Brownstown 1st Irish Record 210 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 17/10/1995 Brownstown 211 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 212 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 21/09/2023 Brownstown Head 213 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 15/10/2012 Helvick Head 214 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 215 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 26/08/2006 Cunnigar 4th Irish Record 216 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 217 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 218 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 220 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 221 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 222 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 04/05/2008 Brownstown Head 223 Whitethroat Curruca communis 224 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 225 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 226 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 227 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 228 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 20/07/2012 Seapark, Abbeyside Ad Summer 229 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 230 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 231 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 232 Redwing Turdus iliacus 233 Blackbird Turdus merula 234 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 235 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 236 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 237 Robin Erithacus rubecula 238 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 20/11/2011 Ballinclampar 1st winter male 239 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 240 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 241 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 242 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 243 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 244 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 245 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 246 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 247 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 248 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 249 Dunnock Prunella modularis 250 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 251 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 26/09/2009 The Promenade, Abbeyside 1st winter 252 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 253 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 254 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 27/04/2008 Brownstown 255 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 256 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 257 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 17/10/2010 Ballinclampar 258 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 01/12/2003 Kilmeaden Pools 259 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 260 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 261 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 262 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 07/04/2023 Brownstown Head Adult male 263 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 264 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 265 Twite Linaria flavirostris Ballinard Wintered with Linnet flock 266 Linnet Linaria cannabina 267 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 268 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 269 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 270 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 271 Siskin Spinus spinus 272 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Brownstown 273 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 274 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 275 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 22/01/2021 Seafield 276 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 18/09/2023 Brownstown Head 1st winter bird 277 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 278 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 05/10/2003 Brownstown