Chris Ingram: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 22 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 01/12/2020 St. John's Point 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Swift Apus apus 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 32 Rock Dove Columba livia 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Corncrake Crex crex 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 38 Coot Fulica atra 39 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 41 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 46 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 47 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 48 Curlew Numenius arquata 49 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 50 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 52 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 54 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 55 Redshank Tringa totanus 56 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 57 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 58 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 59 Knot Calidris canutus 60 Ruff Calidris pugnax 61 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 62 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 63 Sanderling Calidris alba 64 Dunlin Calidris alpina 65 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 66 Little Stint Calidris minuta 67 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 68 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 69 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 72 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 73 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 74 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 75 Common Gull Larus canus 76 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 77 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 78 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 80 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 81 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 82 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 83 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 84 Puffin Fratercula arctica 85 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 86 Razorbill Alca torda 87 Guillemot Uria aalge 88 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 89 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 90 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 91 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 92 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 93 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 94 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 04/09/2020 Fanad 95 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 96 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 97 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 98 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 99 Gannet Morus bassanus 100 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 101 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 102 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 103 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 104 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 05/03/2020 Bluestack Mountains 105 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 106 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 107 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 05/03/2020 Bluestack Mountains 108 Buzzard Buteo buteo 109 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 110 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 111 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 112 Merlin Falco columbarius 113 Hobby Falco subbuteo 14/07/2020 114 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 115 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 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 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 132 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 133 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 09/10/2020 Malinbeg 134 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 135 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 136 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 137 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 138 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 139 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 140 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 141 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 142 Whitethroat Curruca communis 143 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 144 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 145 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 01/07/2020 Tory Island 146 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 147 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 148 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 149 Redwing Turdus iliacus 150 Blackbird Turdus merula 151 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 152 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 154 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 155 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 156 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 157 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 158 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 159 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 160 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 163 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 164 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 165 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 166 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 10/01/2020 Fanad 167 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 168 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 169 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 170 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 171 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 172 Linnet Linaria cannabina 173 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 174 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 175 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 176 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 177 Siskin Spinus spinus 178 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 179 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 180 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 20/09/2020 Fanad