Luke Geraty: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 320 of 320 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/11/2016 Wexford wildfowel reserve 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 27/12/2016 Lissadell 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 22/02/2019 Ballyhealy, Co Wexford 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 28/03/2022 Lurgangreen 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 14/04/2022 Tacumshane 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 01/07/2021 belmullet peninsula 23 Pintail Anas acuta 24 Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 13/02/2018 Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford 26 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 15/03/2020 Grangecastle, Co Dublin 27 Pochard Aythya ferina 28 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 27/02/2022 Ballysagart lough 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Wexford wildfowel reserve, Tacumshin Lake,carrowmore lake County Mayo, Grangecastle business park county dublin (Self found), 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 06/01/2024 Knockaderry lake 33 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 27/12/2016 Male, Mullaghmore County sligo, Female carnsore county wexford ( Self found) 34 Eider Somateria mollissima 35 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 28/01/2017 Blackrock (Male). 03/jan/2018 (male)Laytown,08/April/2018 (male) skerries 36 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27/12/2016 Female Mullaghmore 37 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 31/12/2022 Achill Island, Mayo 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 21/02/2017 Rosbeigh, Co Kerry 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 41 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 13/01/2024 Inish more 42 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 43 Smew Mergellus albellus 26/12/2022 Milltown, Drumlane Abbey, Derrybrick Lake Cavan Redhead 44 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 22/11/2022 Rossow, Kilmeana, newport, mayo 45 Goosander Mergus merganser 46 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 47 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 48 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 49 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 50 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 51 Quail Coturnix coturnix 52 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 13/10/2019 Ballymena 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 13/03/2023 Dungarven also 9 birds in Bray on the 19 March 23 54 Swift Apus apus 55 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 56 Rock Dove Columba livia 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 59 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 60 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 61 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 62 Corncrake Crex crex 63 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 64 Coot Fulica atra 65 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 23/01/2022 Tacumshin 66 Crane Grus grus Yes 21/09/2013 Rogerstown 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 13/01/2024 Inish more 69 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Dun laoghre county dublin and rosslare backstrand 70 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 71 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 72 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 20/01/2018 Swords/ malahide Rosslare Old Harbour 2023 73 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 10/08/2020 Kilcoole 74 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 75 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 26/06/2022 Lough Corrib, Muckrush, Co Galway 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Ladys Island Lake,County wexford 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/07/2016 Tacumshin and 1 in blessington 80 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Tacumshin Lake 81 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 82 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 05/03/2022 White Strand , Mizen Head 83 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 23/04/2017 ****** 84 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 85 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 02/05/2022 Tramore strand county Waterford 86 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 30/04/2011 Tacumshin Lake 30 april 2011 and 17 april 2017 87 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 88 Curlew Numenius arquata 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 91 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Tacumshin Lake 92 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 07/07/2021 Clonakilty 93 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 94 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 95 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 96 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Tacumshin 97 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Tacumshin 98 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Tacumshin and swords estury 99 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 100 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 25/08/2017 Turvey, spent 15 hours in rogerstown waiting to see it, good views of another bird in ferrybank county wexford 101 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus rogerstown estury and tacumshin lake 102 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 06/05/2017 Swords 103 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 104 Redshank Tringa totanus 105 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Tacumshin 106 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 107 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 108 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 30/07/2022 Carton House Demesne Maynooth co kildare 109 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 110 Knot Calidris canutus 111 Ruff Calidris pugnax 112 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 30/08/2011 Tacumshin 18 August 2022 Clogheen Marsh Clonakilty County Cork 113 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 114 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 09/09/2022 Ballycotton county cork 115 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Tacumshin 116 Sanderling Calidris alba 117 Dunlin Calidris alpina 118 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 119 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Tacumshin 120 Little Stint Calidris minuta 121 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Tacumshin, ladys island and ring marsh allcounty wexford 122 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 123 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 30/08/2011 Tacumshin 1 august 2022 poulaphouca reservoir 3 castles end 124 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 15/07/2023 Blanket nook lough swilly co donegal 3rd Irish record 125 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 126 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 19/06/2021 Portrane 127 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 11/06/2016 Tacumshin 128 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 13/07/2023 Rogerstown inner estury Great views 129 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 130 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 22/07/2017 Soldiers Point 131 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 132 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 133 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 134 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 135 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 21/06/2020 Ladys island Cayenne Tern 136 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 04/07/2022 Our lady’s island lake Co Wexford on inish island 137 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 138 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 06/03/2022 Mutton island, Galway 139 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 140 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 141 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 18/07/2020 Annagassan / salterstown 142 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 143 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 22/08/2017 Staad Abbey 144 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 145 Common Gull Larus canus 146 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 147 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 21/02/2017 Limerick City 148 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 149 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 150 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 151 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 152 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 153 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 154 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 155 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 156 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 157 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 158 Puffin Fratercula arctica 159 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 160 Razorbill Alca torda 161 Guillemot Uria aalge 162 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 163 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 20/03/2022 Claggan bay Belmullet peninsula 164 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 28/08/2017 Balbrigan 165 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 166 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 20/08/2017 Baltimore pelagics 167 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 168 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Annagh head 169 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 170 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Carnsore point 171 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Baltimore pelagics 172 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Baltimore pelagics 173 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 174 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus Baltimore pelagics 175 Gannet Morus bassanus 176 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 13/07/2020 Greystones 177 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 178 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 179 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 19/02/2022 Doon lough 180 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 31/10/2016 Turvey 181 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia cromane county kerry, rogerstown, rosslare 182 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 10/04/2017 Wexford 183 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 19/05/2020 Knock Lake 184 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 18/06/2017 Rogerstown 7 April 2023 Great Saltee Island County Wexford, Adult 185 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 186 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 28/05/2022 Whites marsh clonakilty Showed very well 187 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 04/01/2017 Wexford 188 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 13/08/2019 Kilcoole 189 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 190 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 02/07/2017 ECNR 191 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 192 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 15/07/2021 Dunfanaghy 193 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 194 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Tacumshin lake and ecnr 195 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 196 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 06/02/2022 lough boora discovery park 197 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 23/01/2011 Tacumshin 198 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 04/01/2017 Redcross 199 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 17/04/2017 Tacumshin Lake 200 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 27/10/2013 Killarney 201 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 06/01/2012 Kilcoole 202 Buzzard Buteo buteo 203 Barn Owl Tyto alba 204 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 205 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 206 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 13/08/2017 Bellmullet 207 Hoopoe Upupa epops 22/04/2023 Quarry Pond Tacumshin 208 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 209 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 21/12/2020 Beara Peninsula Cork 210 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 15/05/2022 Great Saltee Island, Wexford 211 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 07/01/2017 Newcastle 212 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 213 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 30/05/2010 Timahoe Bog 214 Merlin Falco columbarius 215 Hobby Falco subbuteo 216 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 217 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 09/10/2022 Inish Bofin, Galway 1st for Ireland 218 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2022 Loop head , kilbaha cottege 219 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 10 April 2017 Brownstown Head County Waterford 15 April 2022 Great Saltee Island County Wexford 30 April 2023 Great Saltee Island County Wexford 220 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/09/2020 Kilmichael Point County Wexford 221 Jay Garrulus glandarius 222 Magpie Pica pica 223 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 224 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 225 Rook Corvus frugilegus 226 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 227 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 228 Raven Corvus corax 229 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 230 Coal Tit Periparus ater 231 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 232 Great Tit Parus major 233 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 02/01/2023 The Gearagh Co Cork 234 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 18/07/2016 Tacumshin 235 Skylark Alauda arvensis 236 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 237 Swallow Hirundo rustica 238 House Martin Delichon urbicum 239 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 19/03/2022 Cahore 240 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 241 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 242 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 04/09/2022 Great Saltee island 243 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 09/10/2022 Inisbofin Self found lifer 244 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Helvick Head Waterford 245 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 20/10/2022 Cape Clear Island 246 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 247 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 248 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 249 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 18/09/2023 Brownstown head 250 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 251 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 27/06/2017 Cahore Marsh 252 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 12/09/2022 Howth head (magic bush) 253 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 18/09/2023 Hook head, slade lane 254 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 26/05/2019 ********** 255 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 256 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 257 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2022 Athlone 258 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 259 Whitethroat Curruca communis 260 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 261 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 262 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 263 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 264 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 11/05/2011 Private Garden 265 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 266 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 267 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 268 Redwing Turdus iliacus 269 Blackbird Turdus merula 270 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 271 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 272 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 273 Robin Erithacus rubecula 274 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 23/10/2022 Galley Head 275 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/09/2022 Great Saltee island 276 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 277 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/10/2022 Rosslare Europort 278 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 04/06/2022 Coronation Plantation 279 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 280 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 281 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25/10/2022 Toe Head, Cork 282 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 06/05/2023 South slob Wexford Western 283 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 284 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 285 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 286 Dunnock Prunella modularis 287 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 288 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 27/08/2022 Tacumshin lake East end 289 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 290 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 291 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 26/05/2018 Great Saltee island 292 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 293 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 07/11/2016 Tacumshin 294 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 295 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 296 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 297 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 05/01/2018 Curraghchase 298 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 299 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 15/05/2022 Great Saltee Island, Wexford 300 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 301 Twite Linaria flavirostris 302 Linnet Linaria cannabina 303 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 304 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 27/02/2015 Private Garden Garden tick 305 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 306 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 307 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 30/04/2022 Great Saltee island 308 Siskin Spinus spinus 309 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 310 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 311 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 22/10/2022 Cape Clear Island Selffound 312 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 21/10/2022 Cape Clear Island Selffound 313 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 18/09/2023 Brownstown head 314 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 315 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 01/10/2022 Loop head , kilbaha cottege 316 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 22/06/2021 Bellmullet Peninsula 317 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 15/10/2023 Inishbofin 318 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 26/08/2008 Silverstrand Co Mayo 319 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 05/10/2023 Achill island 320 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 13/10/2022 Kilbaha, loop head Co Clare