Brian McCloskey: Ireland Life List IRBC, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 221 of 221 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 21/04/2020 Lough Fea 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 22/12/2022 Derrybrick, Co. Cavan hutchinsii 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Dromiskin Ardee Bog also 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Louth 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Slobs First report of winter 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/05/2020 Ballyhoe Lough, Co. Monaghan First county record. Ballycotton, Monalty Lough and Lurgangreen also. 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 07/06/2019 Cahore, Co. Wexford. 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27/10/2017 Lough Morne and Moylan Lough 20 found. Monaghan with eight in Cavan. 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila Lough Fea 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 05/12/2021 Round Lough, Co. Cavan Drake. 1w female also self-found at Monalty Lough on 16/03/2024. 25 Eider Somateria mollissima Belfast Lough 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/01/2019 Lowtherstown 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Ben head 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 27/02/2022 Reedy Flat, Co. Armagh 31 Goosander Mergus merganser Carlingford Lurgangreen and Lough Gara also 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ********** ********** 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Bragan 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/06/2018 Boora Juv 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 29/08/2015 Loop 38 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 26/10/2015 Mizen Head 19th Irish 39 Swift Apus apus 40 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 41 Rock Dove Columba livia 42 Stock Dove Columba oenas 43 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 44 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 08/10/2018 Strawtown 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Corncrake Crex crex 18/09/2023 Brownstown Head, Co. Waterford 48 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 49 Coot Fulica atra 50 Crane Grus grus Yes 26/02/2019 Lurgangreen Irish tick 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Lurgangreen First report of the winter 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 06/10/2021 Lissagriffin Juv. Another 9th Oct 2023 at Lissagriffin also. 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Numerous 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2020 Moylan Lough First County record. 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 25/06/2023 Lurgangreen, Co. Louth 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 82 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 20/10/2019 Lissagriffin 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 13/09/2018 Tac Merrion Gates also. 84 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 04/09/2019 Tac 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 86 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/08/2015 Bridges Several also at Cruisetown Strand and also Lurgangreen. 87 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 24/08/2013 Cruisetown 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 90 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Cruisetown 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 23/08/2018 Bridges of Ross 95 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 96 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 97 Common Gull Larus canus 98 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 21/01/2021 Clay Lake, Keady, Co. Armagh. Adult winter. 1st county record. 99 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 100 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Lurgangreen/Rosscarbery 101 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 102 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Lurgangreen 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Salterstown 105 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 23/08/2018 Bridges of Ross 106 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 107 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Numerous 108 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 109 Puffin Fratercula arctica 110 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 111 Razorbill Alca torda 112 Little Auk Alle alle 17/12/2015 Clogherhead 53 off Tory Island, 15 Jan 2022. 113 Guillemot Uria aalge 114 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 115 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 22/01/2011 Salterstown 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 117 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 20/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 118 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 119 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Numerous 120 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 121 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Annagh Head Several off Galley also 122 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 12/08/2023 Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare First for Ireland!!! 123 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 124 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Galley Peter Phillps 299th Irish 125 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 126 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Carnsore/Galley/Bridges Numerous 127 Gannet Morus bassanus 128 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 129 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 130 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 10/01/2014 White hole 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 132 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 22/06/2018 Tac Longford also. 133 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 134 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/07/2018 Poulaphouca Presumed new. 135 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 136 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 137 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/09/2023 Lurgangreen, Co. Louth Juvenile 138 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 139 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 01/05/2018 Wicklow Numerous 140 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 14/04/2024 Immature. Untagged. 141 Buzzard Buteo buteo 142 Barn Owl Tyto alba Numerous flybys. 143 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 144 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Seabank 145 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 146 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 26/05/2018 Lough Fea 147 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 148 Merlin Falco columbarius 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 150 Jay Garrulus glandarius 151 Magpie Pica pica 152 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 153 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 154 Rook Corvus frugilegus 155 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 27/11/2020 Moylan Lough 156 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 157 Raven Corvus corax 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Carrickmacross 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 161 Great Tit Parus major 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 167 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 09/09/2023 Three Castles, Mizen Co-found this beaut with Danny Ballard. Heard to call. 168 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/10/2018 Mizen 169 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 170 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 171 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 172 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Tac 173 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 174 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 175 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Tory 176 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 18/05/2018 East Town, Tory Island, Co. Donegal First for Donegal. 4th Irish. Co-find with G. Murray. 177 Whitethroat Curruca communis 178 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/10/2022 Toor Pier, Co. Cork 179 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 180 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 181 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 182 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 183 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 184 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 185 Redwing Turdus iliacus 186 Blackbird Turdus merula 187 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 188 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 12/10/2020 Toor Pier, Mizen Head, Co. Cork 189 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 190 Robin Erithacus rubecula 191 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/10/2018 Mizen 192 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Rush harbour 193 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/04/2018 Hook Male. Toor Pier also. 194 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Cahore 195 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 196 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 197 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 198 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 199 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 200 Dunnock Prunella modularis 201 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Tac 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 204 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 205 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/05/2018 Tory Several. Mizen and Brownstown also. 206 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 10/10/2017 Mizen 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 208 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Lurgangreen Numerous also at Moylan Lough, Tory etc. 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris Shore road Record count for the winter. 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 214 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 215 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/04/2018 Mullaghfad 216 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 217 Siskin Spinus spinus 218 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 04/09/2017 Easky Brow Head also. 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 22/12/2017 Mutton Island Tory also. 220 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 221 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus