Freddie Huggard: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 197 of 197 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 21/03/2020 Nobber, Co Meath 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 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30/08/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22/02/2020 ECNR, Co Wicklow 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 04/01/2020 Kilcoole, Co Wicklow 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 15/03/2020 Clondalkin, Co Dublin 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 21/03/2020 Skerries, Co Dublin 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/01/2020 Ballyvaughan, Co Clare 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 Three Rock Mountain, Co Dublin 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/05/2020 Bohernabreena Reservoir 37 Rock Dove Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Corncrake Crex crex 08/07/2020 Tory Island, Co. Donegal. 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 44 Coot Fulica atra 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/01/2020 Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Co Wexford 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 49 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 10/08/2020 Kilcoole, Co Wicklow 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 26/09/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes ********** ********** 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/07/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 61 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 01/01/2020 South Slob, Co Wexford 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 64 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 26/09/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford 65 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 66 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/09/2020 Rogerstown Estuary, Co Dublin 67 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 15/07/2020 Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow 68 Redshank Tringa totanus 69 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 30/08/2020 Cahore Marsh, Co Wexford Heard calling 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/01/2020 Kilcaimin, Co Galway 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 73 Knot Calidris canutus 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 30/08/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/07/2020 Kilcoole, Co Wicklow 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 26/07/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 83 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 26/07/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 14/06/2020 Dalkey, Co. Dublin 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 86 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 16/07/2020 Skerries, Co. Dublin 87 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/01/2020 Ballyvaughan, Co Clare 88 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 89 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 90 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/01/2020 Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford 91 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 92 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 14/07/2020 Bull Island, Co. Dublin 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 94 Common Gull Larus canus 95 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 25/01/2020 Nimo’s Pier, Co Galway 96 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 97 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 07/08/2020 Broad Lough, Co Wicklow 98 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 99 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 25/03/2020 Killybegs, Co Donegal 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 101 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/01/2020 Nimo’s Pier, Co Galway 102 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 08/07/2020 Tory Island, Co. Donegal. 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 27/03/2020 Dawros Head, Co Donegal 104 Puffin Fratercula arctica 08/07/2020 Tory Island, Co. Donegal. 105 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 106 Razorbill Alca torda 107 Guillemot Uria aalge 108 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/01/2020 Ballyvaughan, Co Clare 110 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 29/06/2020 Carnsore Point, Co. Wexford 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/06/2020 Kilcoole, Co Wicklow 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 115 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 13/07/2020 Greystones, Co. Wicklow 3rd Irish Record, first twitchable bird. 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 118 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/01/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 120 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 01/01/2020 Drinagh, Co Wexford 121 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 25/01/2020 Lough Corrib, Co Galway 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 123 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 124 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 125 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 31/01/2020 Broad Lough, Co Wicklow 127 Buzzard Buteo buteo 128 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 129 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 04/01/2020 ECNR, Co Wicklow 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 134 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 06/09/2020 Kilmichael Point, Co. Wexford 135 Jay Garrulus glandarius 136 Magpie Pica pica 137 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 06/07/2020 Sheskinmore, Co Donegal 138 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 139 Rook Corvus frugilegus 140 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 141 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 142 Raven Corvus corax 143 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 08/01/2020 Blackrock, Co Dublin 144 Coal Tit Periparus ater 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 146 Great Tit Parus major 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 05/02/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 148 Skylark Alauda arvensis 149 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 150 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/01/2020 Waterside, Co Galway 151 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2020 Stepaside, Co Dublin 152 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2020 Three Rock Mountain, Co Dublin 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 06/05/2020 Deansgrange, Co Dublin 156 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/06/2020 Kilcoole, Co Wicklow Heard only. 3 birds. 157 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 158 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 159 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 160 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2020 Kilternan, Co Dublin 161 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 162 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 163 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 164 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 165 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 166 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 167 Redwing Turdus iliacus 168 Blackbird Turdus merula 169 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 170 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/05/2020 Bohernabreena Reservoir 171 Robin Erithacus rubecula 172 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/01/2020 Aughinish, Co Clare 173 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/06/2020 Corination Plantation, Co. Wicklow 174 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 175 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 176 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 177 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 178 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 179 Dunnock Prunella modularis 180 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/08/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford Heard calling 181 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 South Slob, Co Wexford 182 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 183 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 184 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 185 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 05/02/2020 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 186 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 187 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 188 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 189 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 190 Linnet Linaria cannabina 191 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 192 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 22/03/2020 Co Wicklow 193 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 194 Siskin Spinus spinus 195 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 26/01/2020 Aughinish, Co Clare 196 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 197 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus