Sean Geeney: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 129 of 129 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/01/2021 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 11/11/2021 Goose Fields I only noticed it in the photos after I came back. Cycled in the rain and only for a birder told me he'd just seen it but couldnt re-locate it - I would have left but I scanned and snapped a lot. Will try and go back for better views soon. Will update notes here if I see it again properly 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 17/03/2021 Lurgangreen Marshes 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 22/10/2021 Lurgangreen 100+ 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 26/11/2021 Lurgangreen At least 5 flying overhead mixed in with Greylags 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16/10/2021 The Lynns 30 flying towards Annagassan 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2021 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/10/2021 Stephenstown Pond Saw 8-10 in the afternoon 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 09/10/2021 Lurgangreen 20+ 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16/01/2021 Walking back from Blackrock 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15/05/2021 Saint Stephen's Green Saw a pair in the pond 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 06/06/2021 Port Oriel Cliff Walk Flock of 30 offshore 15 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 04/12/2021 Clogherhead Port 1 in the harbour 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 06/12/2021 Lurgangreen High Tide 17 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30/01/2021 Navvy Bank 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2021 Off Soldier's Point 1st of Year 20 Rock Dove Columba livia 20/11/2021 Dunmore East Cliff Walk 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 23/01/2021 Ice House Hill Park 24 Coot Fulica atra 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 23/01/2021 Castle town River Bridge Spotted 6 diving 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/02/2021 Dundalk Docks Male 27 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 28 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/10/2021 Soldier's Point At least 2 squabbling 29 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 22/08/2021 Dundalk Docks Spotted it through Brian McCloskey's scope - got a very poor pic too 32 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 33 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/04/2021 Navvy Bank Spotted on Navvy Bank after FS told me about it 34 Curlew Numenius arquata 35 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 27/11/2021 Salterstown 36 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 37 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11/11/2021 Near Brackagh Nature Reserve, near Portadown Went ringing with James O'Neill . He ringed 5 Jack Snipe 38 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11/11/2021 Near Brackagh Nature Reserve, near Portadown Went ringing with James O'Neill. He ringed one woodcock 39 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30/01/2021 Reed Marsh near Train Bridge Dundalk Flushed 6 40 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/07/2021 Dundalk Docks (1) Dixon's (4) 41 Redshank Tringa totanus 42 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/02/2021 Dundalk Docks Spotted 2 hours after low tide 43 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/01/2021 On Marsh Behind Shore Road Spotted 2 roosting 44 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16/01/2021 On walk to Blackrock At least 5 45 Knot Calidris canutus 09/08/2021 Navvy Bank Saw at least 10 - half still has some red colouring 46 Ruff Calidris pugnax 06/03/2021 Between the 2 Bridges along Castletown River Around 10 47 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 08/09/2021 Castletown River - Between the Bridges on Newry Side Spotted at least 3 around 6.30pm 48 Sanderling Calidris alba 28/02/2021 Blackrock Beach Saw 2 associating with 15 turnstones 49 Dunlin Calidris alpina 50 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 25/07/2021 Baltray Little Tern Project Saw lots flying overhead. Didn't manage to spot any juveniles or the Least Tern 51 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 03/08/2021 Along Navvy Bank Swimming and Fishing with some Sandwich Terns - was notified by Louth Whatsapp Group and ID'd through pics later, as well as squeakier call 52 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 19/07/2021 Templetown Beach Saw a few 53 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 19/07/2021 Templetown Beach Well over 50 - mix of adults and juveniles 54 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 12/04/2021 Navvy Bank 8-10 Sandwich Terns fishing and shrieking over river on Navvy Bank 55 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 56 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 22/08/2021 Dundalk Docks Saw it with naked eye but great views through Brian McCloskey's scope. I also got some decent pics too 57 Common Gull Larus canus 14/01/2021 2 on Neighbour's Antennae 58 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 12/12/2021 Blackrock Beach At 3pm with tide out - distant pics just about enough to confirm ID from the Common Gulls 59 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 60 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/07/2021 Dundalk Docks One Near Adult at Dundalk Docks at 12.45 61 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 62 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/05/2021 Clogherhead Port Spotted among Greater Black Backed Gulls 63 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 64 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 08/05/2021 Clogherhead Port Saw 4 or 5 basking in the sun 65 Guillemot Uria aalge 03/10/2021 Soldier's Point Saw one swimming at the mouth of the river in stormy weather 66 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/02/2021 Clogherhead Port 1 taking shelter in the harbour during rough weather 67 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/12/2021 Salterstown At least one fishing just off the beach in windy weather 68 Gannet Morus bassanus 20/11/2021 Dunmore East Cliff Walk 69 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 70 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 31/10/2021 Templetown Beach Out on the rocks on its own. Clear sunny day but choppy waves 71 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 22/09/2021 Lurgangreen Saw 2 around 8am on the huge lawn and on the marsh. Harassed by crows. 72 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 73 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 20/11/2021 Ballyneety Bridge, Dungarvan Saw 2 from the road 74 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 75 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/08/2021 Lurgangreen Flying around and then eating a fish on the perch. 76 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 15/01/2021 Flying south over DKIT gym Male based on size 77 Buzzard Buteo buteo 78 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/01/2021 Behind Housing Estate on Point Road 79 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/04/2021 Pond at Start of Salterstown Road Hovering 80 Merlin Falco columbarius 30/10/2021 Templetown Beach Perched 81 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 18/08/2021 Soldier's Point Flying North at 7.30pm 82 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/11/2021 Blackrock Village Flyover straight down Blackrock Mains Street - made up for missing out on Ring Billed Gull 83 Magpie Pica pica 84 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 20/11/2021 Dunmore East Cliff Walk 85 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 86 Rook Corvus frugilegus 87 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 88 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2021 Flew over house calling 89 Coal Tit Periparus ater 90 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 91 Great Tit Parus major 92 Skylark Alauda arvensis 27/02/2021 Dundalk Marshes Saw lots singing on the marsh 93 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/07/2021 Templetown Beach Late addition but 1st time seeing them - cycled there 94 Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2021 Lurgangreen 1 flying 95 House Martin Delichon urbicum 19/04/2021 Over house Probably saw one a few days prior but this was a clear, confirmed ID of one flying 96 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 97 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/04/2021 Ravensdale Forest Park Loads of them 98 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/06/2021 Glyde River Walk 99 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 22/05/2021 North Marsh Seen and Heard but no pics 100 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 09/06/2021 Ponds behind long tillage fields on Racecourse Road, Dundalk Saw one male reeling for quite some time alongside Sedge Warblers... 101 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/02/2021 Garden Feeder 102 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 18/07/2021 Farnham Estate Forest Walk, Cavan Spotted One doing its warning call 103 Whitethroat Curruca communis 18/05/2021 Navvy Bank 1 croaking on top of a Rowan tree 104 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 12/01/2021 105 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 106 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 107 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 108 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 12/01/2021 Shore Road 109 Redwing Turdus iliacus 13/02/2021 Saint Helenas and Ice House Hill Parks At least 5 in both after heavy snows 110 Blackbird Turdus merula 111 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 22/05/2021 Flurry River Bridge Spotted and Snapped 112 Robin Erithacus rubecula 113 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 16/01/2021 Walking back from Blackrock 114 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/09/2021 Seabank 3 minimum 115 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/05/2021 Flurry River Bridge 116 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 30/05/2021 Field behind parents 117 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 118 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 119 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 120 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 30/01/2021 Navvy Bank 121 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 122 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 123 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/06/2021 Glyde River Walk 124 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/01/2021 Field on left with construction at end of Shore Road 125 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/01/2021 Marshes Behind Point Road 126 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2021 127 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/01/2021 My Garden First time seeing and they came to the feeder 128 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/02/2021 Stubble fields near Glyde River 129 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/01/2021 End of Shore Road Saw quite a few