Mark Collins: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 185 of 185 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 29/12/2018 Lissadell, Co, Sligo Flock of 1600 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/01/2019 Royal Dublin golf course, North Bull Island 1 individual 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Scaup Aythya marila 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/03/2019 Skerries 4 individuals 19 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 14/02/2019 Broadmeadows, Swords 12 individuals 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 19/04/2022 Woodenbridge, Co. Wicklow 2 males 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 26/03/2023 Clongriffin, Dublin 26 Swift Apus apus 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28 Rock Dove Columba livia 10/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 31 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 33 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/02/2023 Baldoyle Racecourse 34 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 35 Coot Fulica atra 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 37 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 39 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 09/04/2023 Tacumshane, Wexford 40 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 44 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 09/02/2017 Broadmeadows estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 50 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 52 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 16/11/2022 Clontarf road 53 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/06/2019 Swords, Co. Dublin 54 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 55 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 13/11/2022 Leixlip reservoir, Kildare 56 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 09/03/2017 Broadmeadows estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 15/05/2023 Broadmeadows estuary Breeding plumage 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 62 Knot Calidris canutus 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 64 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 65 Sanderling Calidris alba 66 Dunlin Calidris alpina 67 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 18/03/2019 Skerries 17 individuals 68 Little Stint Calidris minuta 69 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 06/08/2021 Broadmeadows Estuary, Co. Dublin Adult 70 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 71 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 72 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 15/07/2023 Swords, Dublin, 2nd record for Dublin 73 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 27/08/2023 Sandymount 74 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 03/09/2019 Soldier's Point, Dundalk 75 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 76 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 77 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 13/06/2022 Malahide coastline 78 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 81 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 29/08/2023 North Bull Island Self found 82 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 83 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 16/07/2020 North Bull Island 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 85 Common Gull Larus canus 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 88 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 13/04/2021 Skerries harbour 89 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 90 Puffin Fratercula arctica 91 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 92 Razorbill Alca torda 93 Guillemot Uria aalge 94 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18/03/2019 Skerries 4 individuals 95 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/12/2018 Bull Wall 96 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 97 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/07/2023 Bull Island 98 Gannet Morus bassanus 99 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 20/10/2022 Great South Wall, Dublin Found by Shay Bagnall, 5th Irish record 100 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 101 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 102 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 06/10/2022 Bull Island 103 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 09/04/2023 Lady's Island, Wexford 104 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 105 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 106 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 107 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 108 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/04/2022 Wicklow 109 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 110 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 18/08/2017 Avoca 111 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 07/09/2018 Lough Gara, Co. Sligo 112 Buzzard Buteo buteo 113 Barn Owl Tyto alba 114 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 115 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 116 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 117 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 15/04/2023 Lough Ennell 118 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 119 Merlin Falco columbarius 120 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 121 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/09/2021 Balscaddan, Howth Juvenile, self-found, 5th record for Dublin 122 Jay Garrulus glandarius 123 Magpie Pica pica 124 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 10/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 125 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 126 Rook Corvus frugilegus 127 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 128 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 129 Raven Corvus corax 130 Coal Tit Periparus ater 131 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 132 Great Tit Parus major 133 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 14/04/2024 Five Mile Point, Wicklow 4 birds, 1 km South of Five Mile Point 134 Skylark Alauda arvensis 135 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 136 Swallow Hirundo rustica 137 House Martin Delichon urbicum 138 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 139 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 12/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 140 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 141 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 142 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 143 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 144 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 12/09/2022 Balscadden, Howth, Co. Dublin Self found, 5th Irish record, first county record 145 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 146 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 147 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 12/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 148 Whitethroat Curruca communis 149 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 150 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 151 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 152 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 153 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 154 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 155 Redwing Turdus iliacus 156 Blackbird Turdus merula 157 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 158 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 159 Robin Erithacus rubecula 160 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 11/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 161 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 162 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 163 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 164 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 165 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 166 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 167 Dunnock Prunella modularis 168 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 169 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 170 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 171 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 30/11/2023 Baldoyle Estuary 172 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 173 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 174 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 175 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 13/10/2018 Cape Clear Island 176 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 177 Twite Linaria flavirostris 18/01/2021 Bull Island 178 Linnet Linaria cannabina 179 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 20/10/2022 Balscadden, Howth 180 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 181 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 182 Siskin Spinus spinus 183 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 184 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 185 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus