Freddie Huggard: Donegal Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 140 of 140 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 31/12/2020 Clooney 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14 Scaup Aythya marila 15 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/01/2021 St John’s Point Two 1st winter females 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 17 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2021 St John’s Point 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 23 Swift Apus apus 24 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25 Rock Dove Columba livia 26 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 27 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 28 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 29 Corncrake Crex crex 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 32 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 03/01/2021 Tramore 33 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 34 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/01/2021 Tramore 35 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 37 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 38 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 39 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 40 Curlew Numenius arquata 41 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 42 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 43 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 44 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 45 Redshank Tringa totanus 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 47 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 48 Knot Calidris canutus 49 Sanderling Calidris alba 50 Dunlin Calidris alpina 51 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 52 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 14/07/2023 Blanket Nook, Co Donegal 53 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 55 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 56 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 57 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 58 Common Gull Larus canus 59 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 60 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 61 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 62 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 63 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 64 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 65 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 66 Puffin Fratercula arctica 67 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 68 Razorbill Alca torda 69 Guillemot Uria aalge 70 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 71 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 72 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 73 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 74 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 75 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 76 Gannet Morus bassanus 77 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 78 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 79 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 02/01/2022 Rosbeg 80 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 81 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 13/06/2021 Kiltoorish Lake, Co Donegal Adult in breeding plumage. 82 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 83 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 10/04/2019 Skeskinmore 84 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 85 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 86 Buzzard Buteo buteo 87 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 88 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 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 104 Swallow Hirundo rustica 105 House Martin Delichon urbicum 106 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 107 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 108 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 109 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 110 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 111 Whitethroat Curruca communis 112 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 113 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 114 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 115 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 116 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 117 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 118 Redwing Turdus iliacus 119 Blackbird Turdus merula 120 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 121 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 122 Robin Erithacus rubecula 123 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 124 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 125 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 126 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 127 Dunnock Prunella modularis 128 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 129 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 130 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 131 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 132 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 133 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 134 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 135 Twite Linaria flavirostris 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 137 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 140 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus