Ronan O' Driscoll: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 142 of 142 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Scaup Aythya marila 16 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/12/2020 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/06/2020 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19 Goosander Mergus merganser 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 22 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2020 23 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 24 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 25 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 27 Coot Fulica atra 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 31 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 32 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 33 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 34 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 35 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 36 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 37 Curlew Numenius arquata 38 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 39 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 40 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 41 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 42 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 43 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 44 Redshank Tringa totanus 45 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 47 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 48 Knot Calidris canutus 49 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 04/09/2020 50 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 09/09/2020 Garretstown Self found 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 53 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/09/2020 Garretstown Self found 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/06/2020 55 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 56 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 57 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 04/09/2020 Garretstown Self found 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 59 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 60 Common Gull Larus canus 61 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 62 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 63 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 64 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 66 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 67 Razorbill Alca torda 08/06/2020 68 Guillemot Uria aalge 69 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 70 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 71 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 72 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 73 Gannet Morus bassanus 74 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 75 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 76 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 77 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 09/02/2020 Kinsale 78 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 79 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 80 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 81 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 04/10/2020 Barry's head 82 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 18/11/2020 Belgooly 83 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 03/10/2020 Barry's head 84 Buzzard Buteo buteo 85 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 86 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 88 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 01/12/2020 Castletownbere 89 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 90 Merlin Falco columbarius 91 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 92 Jay Garrulus glandarius 93 Magpie Pica pica 94 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 97 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 98 Raven Corvus corax 99 Coal Tit Periparus ater 100 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 101 Great Tit Parus major 102 Skylark Alauda arvensis 103 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 07/05/2020 104 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2020 105 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/05/2020 106 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 107 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 03/12/2020 Self found 108 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2020 109 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 110 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 07/05/2020 111 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 112 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2020 113 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 114 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 115 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/06/2020 116 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 117 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 118 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 119 Redwing Turdus iliacus 120 Blackbird Turdus merula 121 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 122 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/09/2020 123 Robin Erithacus rubecula 124 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/09/2020 125 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/10/2020 126 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/10/2020 127 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2020 128 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 129 Dunnock Prunella modularis 130 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 131 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 132 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 133 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 134 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 135 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 136 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 137 Linnet Linaria cannabina 138 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 139 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 140 Siskin Spinus spinus 141 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 142 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus