Daniel Weldon: Ireland Life List IRBC, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 214 of 214 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 08/10/2019 Tramore Backstrand 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 25/10/2012 Bunmahon Flyover with Greylag 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/05/2011 Ballinlough Drake 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12/04/2024 Bunmahon, Co. Waterford 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/10/2021 Knockaderry Reservoir, Co. Waterford Male 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Scaup Aythya marila 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 10/11/2019 Ballinclamper 2 Females 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 17/12/2011 Ballinacourty Pier 2 female types 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/11/2019 Tramore Backstrand 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 12/11/2018 Bunmahon Redhead 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Quail Coturnix coturnix 05/10/2011 Bunmahon 32 Swift Apus apus 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 34 Rock Dove Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 26/09/2021 Ring, Co. Waterford 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 11/12/2019 Bunmahon 45 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 05/12/2020 Ballinacourty Pier, Co. Waterford 2 birds 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 12/10/2021 Tramore, Co. Waterford 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 11/10/2014 Brownstown Head 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 31/05/2022 Lisselan, Tramore 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 18/09/2021 Kinsalebeg, Co. Waterford 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 04/10/2019 Western Bay, Dungarvan 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 69 Knot Calidris canutus 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 72 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 24/09/2022 Brownstown Head Flew through. First seen flying across the lane with a couple of Swallows! Also seen by MC 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 78 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 10/07/2021 Skibbereen, Co. Cork 79 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 30/08/2019 Ballinard 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 82 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 84 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 86 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 89 Common Gull Larus canus 90 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 27/12/2012 Tramore Boating Lake 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 92 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 97 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 07/09/2022 Ram Head, Co. Waterford 2 juveniles west 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 103 Razorbill Alca torda 104 Guillemot Uria aalge 105 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 106 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 107 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 108 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 30/07/2022 6 miles south of Cape Clear, Co. Cork Pelagic 109 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 111 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 112 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 113 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 114 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 115 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 116 Gannet Morus bassanus 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 119 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 29/10/2021 Bunmahon, Co. Waterford 2 birds 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 121 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 29/04/2011 Bunmahon 2nd County Record 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 21/12/2013 Bunmahon 124 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 03/02/2012 Ballycarney, Co. Wexford Along the River Slaney 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 126 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 27/03/2012 Bunmahon 1st County Record 127 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/08/2011 Bunmahon Flew East overhead 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/04/2011 Annestown 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes ********** ********** 132 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 16/04/2024 Lisselan, Tramore, Co. Waterford 1st county record 133 Buzzard Buteo buteo 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba 135 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 136 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 137 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 138 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 24/05/2020 Ballinlough 139 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 140 Merlin Falco columbarius 141 Hobby Falco subbuteo 142 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 143 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 06/10/2019 Helvick Head 144 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 24/03/2012 Goat Island, Ardmore 145 Jay Garrulus glandarius 146 Magpie Pica pica 147 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 148 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 149 Rook Corvus frugilegus 150 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 05/01/2020 South Slob, Co. Wexford 151 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 152 Raven Corvus corax 153 Coal Tit Periparus ater 154 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 155 Great Tit Parus major 156 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 15/10/2020 Lisselan, Tramore 2 Males and 2 Females. 1st confirmed record for County Waterford 157 Skylark Alauda arvensis 158 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 159 Swallow Hirundo rustica 160 House Martin Delichon urbicum 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 162 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 165 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 18/09/2022 Helvick Head First for the county 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 167 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 28/05/2021 Brownstown Head, Co. Waterford 168 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 169 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 173 Whitethroat Curruca communis 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 176 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 177 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 178 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 179 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 180 Redwing Turdus iliacus 181 Blackbird Turdus merula 182 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 183 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 184 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 185 Robin Erithacus rubecula 186 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 08/09/2021 Brownstown Head, Co. Waterford 187 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 188 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 189 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 190 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 191 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 192 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 193 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 194 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 195 Dunnock Prunella modularis 196 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 197 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 198 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 199 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 200 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 201 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 202 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 203 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 204 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 205 Twite Linaria flavirostris 31/03/2015 Ballintoy, Co. Antrim 3 birds in a stubble field near Ballintoy Harbour 206 Linnet Linaria cannabina 207 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 208 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 209 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 210 Siskin Spinus spinus 211 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 28/12/2021 Ballinacourty Pier Flyover 212 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 213 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 21/01/2021 Seafield, Bunmahon 214 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus