Paul Lynch: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 167 of 167 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 24/12/2020 Cross Lough, Belmullet 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/12/2020 Rogerstown 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 23 Swift Apus apus 24 Rock Dove Columba livia 25 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 27 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 29 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 30 Coot Fulica atra 31 Crane Grus grus Yes 05/09/2020 Rogerstown 2 adults & 1 juv 32 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 34 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 10/08/2020 Webbs field, Kilcoole, Co Wicklow 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 36 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 15/08/2020 Tacumshin 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 44 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 45 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 47 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 48 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 06/12/2020 Bremore, Balbriggan 49 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 50 Redshank Tringa totanus 51 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 18/10/2020 Juv North hide Rogerstown 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 54 Knot Calidris canutus 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 56 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 57 Sanderling Calidris alba 58 Dunlin Calidris alpina 59 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 60 Little Stint Calidris minuta 61 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/09/2020 Juv. Horse field, Rogerstown 62 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 27/04/2020 63 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 19/06/2021 Portrane beach, Co Dublin Identification confirmed on 19th, but has been present for about 3 weeks and was also present last year. Dismissed initially as an odd Little Tern. 64 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 66 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 67 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 69 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 70 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 02/02/2020 Kilmore quay 71 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 72 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 17/07/2020 Bull Island 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 74 Common Gull Larus canus 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 77 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 79 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 80 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 81 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 82 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 83 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 84 Razorbill Alca torda 85 Guillemot Uria aalge 86 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 87 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 88 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 89 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 22/08/2020 90 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 91 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 92 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 93 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 94 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 95 Gannet Morus bassanus 96 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 97 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 98 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 28/11/2020 Carrigafoyle Castle, Kerry County 1st Winter 99 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 18/05/2020 Knock lake Female 100 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 101 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 21/09/2020 Rogerstown imm/winter 102 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 103 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 20/05/2020 Knock lake 104 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 105 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 106 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 20/07/2020 Rogerstown Tagged 107 Buzzard Buteo buteo 108 Barn Owl Tyto alba 109 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 110 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 111 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 112 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 28/11/2020 Puxley Castle estate, Cork County 5th for Ireland. First-winter male. 113 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 114 Merlin Falco columbarius 115 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 116 Jay Garrulus glandarius 117 Magpie Pica pica 118 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 119 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 120 Rook Corvus frugilegus 121 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 122 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 123 Raven Corvus corax 124 Coal Tit Periparus ater 125 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 126 Great Tit Parus major 127 Skylark Alauda arvensis 128 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 129 Swallow Hirundo rustica 130 House Martin Delichon urbicum 131 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 10/05/2020 Swords estuary 132 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 133 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 134 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 135 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 136 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 137 Whitethroat Curruca communis 138 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 139 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 140 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 141 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 142 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 143 Redwing Turdus iliacus 144 Blackbird Turdus merula 145 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 146 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 147 Robin Erithacus rubecula 148 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 149 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 150 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 151 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 152 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 153 Dunnock Prunella modularis 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 157 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 158 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 161 Linnet Linaria cannabina 162 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 163 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 164 Siskin Spinus spinus 165 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 166 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 167 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus