Ronan McLaughlin: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 392 of 392 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 01/01/2021 Northumberland escape 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 05/11/2014 Sligo 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 01/01/2016 Inch Lake, Lough Swilly 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 01/01/2016 Inch Lake, Lough Swilly 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 25/06/2019 Druridge pools escape 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 21 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 22 Gadwall Mareca strepera 23 Wigeon Mareca penelope 24 American Wigeon Mareca americana 25 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 18/03/2011 Ventry, Co. Kerry 27 Pintail Anas acuta 28 Teal Anas crecca 29 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 30 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 31 Pochard Aythya ferina 32 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 35 Scaup Aythya marila 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 15/12/2010 Lough Gur 37 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 20/03/2014 Portnoo 38 Eider Somateria mollissima Dresser's Eider 39 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 40 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 41 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 09/03/2011 Rossbeigh 42 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 01/03/2011 Rossbeigh 43 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 44 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 11/01/2015 Rossbeigh 45 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 46 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 30/11/2018 Ballinacarriga Lake 47 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 48 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 20/04/2008 Quoile pondage 49 Smew Mergellus albellus 50 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 04/01/2016 Dubin Dodgy one this! 51 Goosander Mergus merganser 52 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 53 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 54 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 55 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 56 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 57 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 58 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 59 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 60 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 61 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 62 Quail Coturnix coturnix 63 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 64 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 65 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 01/04/1998 cork city 66 Swift Apus apus 67 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 30/10/2022 Amble 3 photographed 68 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 12/06/2021 East chevington, Northumberland. 69 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 70 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 71 Stock Dove Columba oenas 72 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 73 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 74 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 75 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 76 Corncrake Crex crex 77 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 78 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 79 Coot Fulica atra 80 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 25/02/2010 Belmullet 81 Crane Grus grus 21/11/2011 Midleton 19 birds 82 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 83 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 03/02/2011 Cobh 84 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 85 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 86 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 87 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 88 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 89 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 90 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 01/04/2012 Tacumshin 91 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 92 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 93 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 94 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/07/2016 Tacumshin 95 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 96 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 97 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 98 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 29/09/2011 Ventry 99 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/08/2011 Shanagarry 100 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 101 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 01/05/2023 Low Newton by the sea 1 x photographed 102 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 26/04/2011 Tacumshin 103 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 104 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 10/03/2017 Sligo 105 Curlew Numenius arquata 106 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 107 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 108 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 109 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 24/10/2019 Dundalk 110 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 111 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 112 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 01/06/2011 Tory 113 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 114 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 115 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 116 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 117 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 15/07/2010 Tralee 118 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 119 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 10/11/2015 Pilmore 120 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 121 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 27/08/2008 Cape Clear 122 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 123 Redshank Tringa totanus 124 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 125 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 126 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 127 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 128 Knot Calidris canutus 129 Ruff Calidris pugnax 130 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 22/05/2023 Budle bay 131 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 132 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 133 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 06/06/2021 Blyth 134 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 135 Sanderling Calidris alba 136 Dunlin Calidris alpina 137 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 138 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 139 Little Stint Calidris minuta 140 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 29/09/2011 Carrahane 141 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 142 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 143 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 08/09/2016 Ballycotton 144 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 01/08/2023 Blanket Nook, Donegal 145 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 146 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 11/06/2016 Tacumshin 147 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 01/07/1996 At sea, Cork 148 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 05/05/2014 Lough Aderra 149 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 150 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 151 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 02/01/2009 Nimmo's pier 152 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 153 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 154 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 155 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 156 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 157 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 10/02/2014 Kinsale 158 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 159 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 03/03/2009 Baltimore 160 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 161 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 29/12/2007 Cobh 162 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 163 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 05/07/2014 Ballycotton 164 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 25/01/2016 Cashen Kerry 165 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 166 Common Gull Larus canus 167 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 168 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 03/04/2014 Dublin 169 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 170 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 171 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 172 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 173 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 174 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 11/07/2011 Blennerville 175 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 04/01/2016 Castletownbere 176 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 177 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 178 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 179 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 180 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 181 Puffin Fratercula arctica 182 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 183 Razorbill Alca torda 184 Little Auk Alle alle 185 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 27/11/2021 St Marys Island 186 Guillemot Uria aalge 187 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 188 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 189 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 17/11/2011 Cork Harbour 190 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 191 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 19/04/2014 Malin Head Self found 192 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 20/09/2011 SW approaches 36 birds in total 193 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 194 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 23/07/2013 SW approaches 195 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 196 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 197 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 23/08/2013 SW approaches photographed 198 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 199 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 200 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 201 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 202 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 203 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 11/05/2011 Inishowen Possible escape 204 Gannet Morus bassanus 205 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 17/09/2023 South Gare, Cleveland. 206 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 207 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 208 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 20/12/2023 Doon lough 209 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 13/07/2014 Ballycotton 210 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 211 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 13/02/2013 Tacumshin 212 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 26/11/2015 Castlefreake 213 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 214 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 07/10/2008 Letterfrack 215 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 216 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 18/04/2017 Kerry 217 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 20/03/2010 Cobh 218 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/08/2010 Cobh 219 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 220 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 30/03/2012 Bunmahon 221 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 222 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 07/06/2010 Malin Head 223 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 04/01/2016 Donegal 224 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 225 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 226 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 227 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 228 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 17/10/2013 Tacumshin 229 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 22/04/2011 Ballyvergan First Irish record 230 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 18/07/2012 Tacumshin 231 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/06/2011 Cobh 232 Black Kite Milvus migrans 01/04/2017 Wexford 233 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 04/01/2016 Donegal 234 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 05/02/2012 Wicklow 235 Buzzard Buteo buteo 236 Barn Owl Tyto alba 237 Little Owl Athene noctua 238 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 239 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 240 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 17/08/2012 Arranmore 241 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 242 Hoopoe Upupa epops 243 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 244 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 01/05/2014 Knockadoon Head 245 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 246 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 247 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 248 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 249 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 250 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 30/05/2010 Wexford 251 Merlin Falco columbarius 252 Hobby Falco subbuteo 253 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 01/12/1994 Malin head 254 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 255 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 256 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 11/10/2011 Cape Clear 257 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 258 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 06/04/2011 Slievenacloy 259 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 04/10/2020 Hartlepool headland 260 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 261 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 262 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 04/11/2020 Holy Island 263 Jay Garrulus glandarius 264 Magpie Pica pica 265 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 266 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 267 Rook Corvus frugilegus 268 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 269 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 270 Raven Corvus corax 271 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 272 Coal Tit Periparus ater 273 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 274 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 275 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 276 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 277 Great Tit Parus major 278 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/11/2010 Tacumshin 279 Woodlark Lullula arborea 280 Skylark Alauda arvensis 281 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 01/02/1993 Malin Head 282 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 283 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 284 Swallow Hirundo rustica 285 House Martin Delichon urbicum 286 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 08/05/2011 Ballymacoda 287 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 22/10/2011 Tacumshin 288 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 289 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 290 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 12/09/2011 Mizen Head 291 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 292 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 19/11/2011 Power Head 293 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 18/10/2016 Barrys Head 294 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 22/10/2009 Power Head 295 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 296 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 297 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 01/10/2020 Budle bay 298 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 20/10/2016 Knockadoon Head 299 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 17/10/2009 Cape Clear 300 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 05/06/2021 East chevington 301 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 302 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 08/11/2018 Knockadoon Head 303 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 304 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 305 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 30/08/2020 Whitburn country park 306 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 307 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 308 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 309 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 310 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 311 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 312 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 313 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 17/06/2021 Holy Island 314 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 03/05/2010 Knockadoon Head 315 Whitethroat Curruca communis 316 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 317 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 318 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 319 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 320 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 321 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 322 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 09/05/2021 Newbiggin 323 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 01/01/2003 Cobh Date needs checking 324 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 325 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 11/10/2008 Galley Head 326 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 327 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 328 Redwing Turdus iliacus 329 Blackbird Turdus merula 330 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 331 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 332 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 333 Robin Erithacus rubecula 334 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/10/2010 Ballycotton need to check the date 335 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 09/11/2009 Ballycotton 336 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 337 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 18/10/2020 The Leas S. Shields 338 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 339 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 26/03/2012 Galley Head 340 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 341 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 342 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 343 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 15/10/2016 Barrys Head 344 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 345 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 346 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 18/10/2020 Northumberland 347 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 13/11/2021 Whitburn 348 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 349 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 350 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 351 Dunnock Prunella modularis 352 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 353 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/11/2019 Newcastle 354 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 26/09/2009 Dungarvan 355 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 356 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 357 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 31/10/2016 358 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 359 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 360 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 361 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 10/11/2009 Ballycotton 362 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 06/11/2011 Ballycotton 363 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 06/11/2010 Ballycotton 364 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 365 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 366 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 367 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/04/2019 Malin Head 368 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 369 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 370 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 371 Twite Linaria flavirostris 372 Linnet Linaria cannabina 373 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 374 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 375 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 01/01/1994 Malin Head 376 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 28/09/2020 Abernethy forest 377 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 378 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 379 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 380 Serin Serinus serinus 381 Siskin Spinus spinus 382 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 383 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 384 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/10/1993 Malin Head 385 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 386 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 387 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 388 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 17/10/2009 Cape Clear 389 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 390 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 27/08/2008 Cape Clear 391 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 27/08/2008 Cape Clear 392 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 11/10/2008 Garinish point