Brian McCloskey: Ireland Life List IRBC, Lockdown (COVID-19) Record(s) 1 to 105 of 105 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 21/04/2020 Lough Fea Picked it up very high circled above the lake before dropping in. My 2nd in the county. 2 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11/04/2020 Lisanisk Lake 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16/04/2020 Moylan Lough 4 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/05/2020 Ballyhoe Lough What a stunner! First County record! Adult Male. Self find. 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/05/2020 Ballyhoe Lough Pair. Adults. 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/04/2020 Monalty Lough Pair. 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/04/2020 House Noc mig. Small flock. Numerous at Moylan into late April. 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 Pintail Anas acuta 18/01/2021 Moylan Lough Male. 10 Teal Anas crecca 13/04/2020 Two pairs. 11 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/10/2020 Moylan Lough Two first winter drakes. 12 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 13/04/2020 Mullanarry Lake 13 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2021 Ballyhoe Lough Later on Monalty and Lough Fea 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/04/2020 House Noc mig. Small flock over at 23:58. 15 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/04/2020 Lough Fea 2CY male. Moylan Lough also. 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13/04/2020 Lough Fea Pair. 17 Goosander Mergus merganser 24/12/2021 Moylan Lough Drake 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/05/2020 Moylan Lough 19 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2020 House. Two birds. Earliest I’ve seen in Carrickmacross. Year ticked on 25th April last year in Meath. 20 Rock Dove Columba livia Feral 21 Stock Dove Columba oenas Corcreagh Usual spot near Celtic Pure factory. 22 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 23 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 24 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30/04/2020 Lisanisk Lake 1st May @ 02:29. Water Rail noc mig over the house. Fantastic! Another noc mig 2nd May. Another on 5th May (nocmig) 25 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2 noc migs within 10 minutes of each other on the 24th April. 26 Coot Fulica atra 11/04/2020 Lisanisk Lake. Noc mig over house at midnight 13th April. Two calls moving north. 27 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 14/04/2020 The 3 lakes 28 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 11/04/2020 Lisanisk Lake 29 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/07/2020 House Flyover. Sound recorded. 30 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 16/04/2020 Moylan Lough Increased to 56 on the 18th 31 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 28/04/2020 Moylan Lough Pair present in early May. Probably breeders. 32 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 28/04/2020 Moylan Lough 5 on the evening of the 28th. 33 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/07/2020 House Flyover. Sound recorded. 34 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/06/2020 Ballyhoe 35 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/05/2020 Farrelly’s Bog Drumming 36 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/04/2020 House After almost 90 minutes of pure silence in the garden one flew over at 23:35!!! Ridiculous garden tick! 3 on Moylan Lough on 1st May. 37 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/07/2020 Peter Phillips garden, Carrickmacross- Ardee Road 38 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2020 Moylan Lough. INSANE!!! Patch mega. First county record. Two birds. Finds tick too. 39 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/04/2020 House Two Dunlins over at 23:18 followed by another 60 seconds later! County tick. 40 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 29/04/2020 3 lakes. Pair. Adult summers. Rare locally. 41 Common Gull Larus canus 42 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Moylan Argie. 43 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 26/12/2021 Moylan 44 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Shercock Road. 8 present. ‘graellsii’. 6 on 5th May flying over Moylan Lough. 45 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 14/04/2020 Lough Fea Immature. Only bird in my 2km radius at the moment! 46 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 21/03/2021 Nr essexford 47 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 48 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/04/2020 House Male. Flyover. 49 Buzzard Buteo buteo 15/04/2020 House 50 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 02/07/2020 Annacroft Flyover 51 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 52 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate New location to previous years! Drumming on 24th. Fantastic views with dad on the 29th. Adult Male. Nest found on 28th May with juvenile female. 53 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 14/01/2021 Ballyhoe Lough 54 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/02/2021 Moylan Lough, Co. Monaghan Male 55 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/04/2020 House Huge 2CY. Circled once before drifting SE. Record shots. Only my 3rd in the county. Adult at Moylan also. 56 Jay Garrulus glandarius 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate 57 Magpie Pica pica 58 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 59 Rook Corvus frugilegus 60 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 27/11/2020 Moylan Lough 61 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 62 Raven Corvus corax 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate 63 Coal Tit Periparus ater 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate 64 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 65 Great Tit Parus major 66 Skylark Alauda arvensis Flyovers. Moylan. 67 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Monalty Hundreds. 68 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2020 Mullanarry Lough. 69 House Martin Delichon urbicum 13/04/2020 Mullanarry Lough. 70 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 13/04/2020 Mullanarry Lake. 71 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 72 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 73 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 30/04/2020 Lisanisk Lake 74 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/06/2021 Monalty 75 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2020 Farrelly’s Bog 76 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 13/04/2020 House Singing 77 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate 78 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 79 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate Garden on 15/4. Garden tick. Seen well and singing. 80 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 81 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 82 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate 83 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/04/2020 3 north in daylight. Numerous on noc mig. 84 Blackbird Turdus merula 85 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/04/2020 House Noc mig. Very low down. Two calls. 86 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/05/2020 Shirley’s Estate 87 Robin Erithacus rubecula 88 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/05/2020 Farrelly’s Bog Drumming 89 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/04/2021 Moylan Lough 90 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/05/2020 Mile River 91 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/01/2021 Moylan Lough 92 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 93 Dunnock Prunella modularis 14/04/2020 Shirley’s Estate 94 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 27/05/2020 House 95 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 96 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/05/2020 Moylan Lough 97 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 98 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/01/2022 Moylan Lough. Female with large Chaffinch flock 99 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 100 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 101 Linnet Linaria cannabina Monalty 102 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret Numerous flyovers. 103 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 104 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/07/2020 House Flyover 105 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 30/04/2020 Lisanisk Lake