Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25/01/2023 292 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 05/10/2022 Tarmoncarragh Lough 286 Adult white Phase. 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 26/06/2023 Cross Lough 295 20 Pintail Anas acuta 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 05/04/2023 Ballycotton 293 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 08/01/2004 Dooniskey Near Macroom, Co. Cork 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 16/01/2023 Tonatanvally Pier, Achill Island, Co. Mayo 290 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 16/01/2023 Carramore, Newport, Co. Mayo 291 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix Heard 42 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 43 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 26/10/1999 Wexford Town 44 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 07/06/2003 Brandon Head Co. Kerry 45 Swift Apus apus 46 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 04/04/2002 Carne CO. Wexford 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Corncrake Crex crex ********** ********** 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Crane Grus grus Yes 15/02/2003 Near Barrow Harbour, Kerry 58 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 02/05/2005 Kilkeran lake 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 68 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 18/07/2023 Ballycotton 296. Found by DO’S on 15/7 confirmed by PM on 17/7 69 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 70 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 16/08/2022 Broadway, Lady’s Island. 285 2Juv’s out of 4 reported along with 3 Glossy Ibis 72 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 73 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 03/05/2022 Tramore, Co. Waterford. 3rd Irish. Seen below Bird Hide 282 74 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 75 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 20/09/2011 Mizen Co. Cork 76 Curlew Numenius arquata 77 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 78 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 80 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 19/03/2000 Boyne CO. Louth 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 82 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 83 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 84 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 85 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 86 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 22/06/2021 Mayo 87 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 13/07/2010 Blennerville Co. Kerry 88 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 89 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/02/2019 Dungarvan 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 91 Redshank Tringa totanus 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 93 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 94 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 95 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/12/2022 Tallow Bridge, Tallow, Co. Waterford 289 96 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 97 Knot Calidris canutus 98 Ruff Calidris pugnax 99 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 04/06/2007 Ballycotton 100 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 07/07/2003 Lough Beg. Cork 101 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 102 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 01/08/2000 Tacumshane Not sure of exact date. 103 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 104 Sanderling Calidris alba 105 Dunlin Calidris alpina 106 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 107 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 108 Little Stint Calidris minuta 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 111 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 02/08/2021 Ballinclamper, Dungarvan, co. Waterford. 280 112 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 10/09/2005 Galley Cove Mizen 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 114 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 20/06/2021 Portrane 115 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 19/05/2022 Harper’s Island, Cork Harbour. 283 116 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 20/07/2023 The Gearagh 297 Found by Sean Cronin. Seen well from field just south of the main Bridge on E Shore 117 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 118 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 01/09/2004 Barrow Harbour Exact date TBC 119 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 120 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 121 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 122 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 123 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 19/10/2002 Dingle Harbour 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 125 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 126 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 04/03/2009 Baltimore co. Cork 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 128 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/02/2004 Cobh 129 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 130 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 02/08/2014 Ballycotton 131 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 132 Common Gull Larus canus 133 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 134 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 15/06/1999 Rogerstown CO. Dublin 135 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 136 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 137 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 138 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 139 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 140 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 141 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 142 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 143 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 144 Puffin Fratercula arctica 145 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 146 Razorbill Alca torda 147 Little Auk Alle alle 148 Guillemot Uria aalge 149 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 150 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 151 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 152 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 18/08/2024 Bridges of Ross #303 153 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 154 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 155 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 156 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 20/08/2024 Self found from Carpark at Bridges of Ross. #304 157 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 158 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 159 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 160 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 161 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 162 Gannet Morus bassanus 163 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 164 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 165 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 21/12/2020 Ballylongford, Co. Kerry 166 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 27/12/2013 Lee Fields, Carrigohane, Cork 167 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 168 Little Bittern Botaurus minutus Yes 22/05/2020 Knock Lake, Dublin 169 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Yes 29/05/2024 Belcarra, Co. Mayo. #300 170 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 13/04/1998 Whites Marsh. Clonakilty CO Cork 171 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 172 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 12/10/2005 Schull . Co. Cork 173 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 27/05/2022 White’s Marsh, Clonakilty. 284 174 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 19/11/2020 Gearagh, co. Cork 175 Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Yes 02/01/2008 Clonakilty co. Cork 176 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 177 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 22/05/2020 Knock Lake, Dublin 178 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 14/05/2023 294 179 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 01/03/2022 Ard Mullen, Co. Roscommon 281 180 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 181 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 182 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 183 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 10/03/2024 Ballyvergan, Youghal #299 184 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 21/05/2000 Knock lake. Dublin 185 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 04/05/2009 Three Castles Head. Co. Cork 186 Buzzard Buteo buteo 187 Barn Owl Tyto alba 188 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 189 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 190 Hoopoe Upupa epops 191 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 192 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/11/2020 Castletownbere 193 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 194 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 195 Merlin Falco columbarius 196 Hobby Falco subbuteo 197 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 11/11/2000 Kilcoole 198 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 199 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 05/10/2000 Cape Clear 200 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 201 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 202 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 22/11/2000 NORTH SLOB. WEXFORD. 203 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 204 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 24/11/1999 Ballyferriter Co. Kerry 205 Jay Garrulus glandarius 206 Magpie Pica pica 207 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 208 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 209 Rook Corvus frugilegus 210 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 211 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 212 Raven Corvus corax 213 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 214 Coal Tit Periparus ater 215 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 216 Great Tit Parus major 217 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 09/06/2024 Tacumshin #302 218 Skylark Alauda arvensis 219 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 220 Swallow Hirundo rustica 221 House Martin Delichon urbicum 222 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula 09/03/2019 Youghal 223 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 224 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 225 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 28/10/2004 Three Castles Hd. Mizen. Co. Cork 226 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 19/12/2003 Knockadoon Hd, Co. Cork 227 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 228 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 20/10/2001 Mizen Head, Co Cork 229 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 21/10/2001 Mizen Head, Co Cork 230 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 231 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 232 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 08/09/2005 Dursey Island 233 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 234 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 10/10/2007 Three Castles Hd. Mizen 235 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 236 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 01/10/2004 Galley Hd 237 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 238 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 239 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 240 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 241 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 242 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 243 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 244 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 21/04/2021 Knockadoon Head. Very brief views of adult male. 245 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 03/10/2002 Crookhaven. Co. Cork 246 Whitethroat Curruca communis 247 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 31/03/2003 Brow Hd. Co.Cork 248 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 249 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 250 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 251 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 252 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 14/09/2004 Mizen Head, Co Cork 253 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 254 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 07/10/2022 Aghernagallagh, Belmullet Co. Mayo 287 255 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 09/10/2005 Old Head, Co. Cork 256 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 257 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 258 Redwing Turdus iliacus 259 Blackbird Turdus merula 260 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 261 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 262 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 263 Robin Erithacus rubecula 264 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 265 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 266 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 267 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 268 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 269 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 270 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 271 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25/10/2022 Tow Head, Co. Cork. 2nd for Ireland 288 272 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 273 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 274 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 275 Dunnock Prunella modularis 276 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 277 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 13/09/2003 Ballycotton. Co. Cork 278 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 279 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 280 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 281 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 07/10/2007 Lissagriffin. Mizen, Co. Cork 282 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 283 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 284 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 285 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 01/10/2005 Three Castles Hd Mizen exact date unknown possibly 3 on Mizen on the same day 286 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 287 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 288 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 289 Twite Linaria flavirostris 290 Linnet Linaria cannabina 291 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea Redpoll 292 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 293 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 294 Siskin Spinus spinus 295 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 296 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 297 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 298 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 20/09/2023 Brownstown Head Feeding just inside gate at the end of the lane. #298 299 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 300 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 04/10/2000 Cape Clear 301 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 26/10/2008 Three Castles Hd Mizen 302 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 02/10/2001 Cape Clear 303 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 09/10/2006 Loop Hd .