Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 180 of 180 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15/05/2021 ladys island 3 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 03/12/2021 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/06/2021 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 24/03/2021 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15/05/2021 saltees 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 22/03/2021 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 03/12/2021 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 30/08/2021 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/06/2021 15 Scaup Aythya marila 26/07/2021 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 12/04/2021 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/03/2021 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/12/2021 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 12/04/2021 22 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2021 23 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 29/05/2021 Brownstown Head Found by Mícheál Cowming; seen with Eamonn MacLochlainn 24 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2021 saltees 25 Rock Dove Columba livia 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 12/04/2021 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 28 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 29/05/2021 saltees 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 16/02/2021 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 04/03/2021 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 32 Coot Fulica atra 12/04/2021 33 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 14/11/2021 Tac 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 37 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 24/04/2021 Clonakilty 38 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/09/2021 Tac 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 16/04/2021 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 16/02/2021 41 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 24/03/2021 42 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/04/2021 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 47 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 14/07/2021 Belmullet 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/07/2021 49 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/08/2021 50 Redshank Tringa totanus 51 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 52 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 53 Knot Calidris canutus 54 Ruff Calidris pugnax 24/07/2021 55 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2021 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/02/2021 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 58 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 16/02/2021 59 Little Stint Calidris minuta 02/09/2021 Tac 60 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 05/08/2021 61 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 02/08/2021 Clonea Beach, Waterford Found by Michael Cowming 62 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 29/04/2021 63 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 21/06/2021 Portranne Dublin. Found by Niall and Noel Keogh. Seen with Rachel Hynes. 64 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 21/08/2021 65 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/05/2021 saltees 66 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/05/2021 saltees 67 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/07/2021 68 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 24/03/2021 wicklow 69 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 16/02/2021 70 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 22/03/2021 71 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 22/05/2021 Rosslare Back Strand 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 73 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 74 Common Gull Larus canus 75 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 76 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 77 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 12/04/2021 78 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 19/03/2021 cabinteely 79 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/04/2021 80 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/08/2021 81 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13/08/2021 82 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/05/2021 saltees 83 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 84 Razorbill Alca torda 85 Little Auk Alle alle 24/10/2021 Slade Harbour, Wexford Found the day before by Eamonn MacLochlainn 86 Guillemot Uria aalge 87 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 88 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 89 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21/08/2021 90 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/04/2021 91 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 21/08/2021 92 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/05/2021 saltees 93 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 21/08/2021 94 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/03/2021 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 97 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/12/2021 98 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 99 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 16/04/2021 Kilcoole 100 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 30/08/2021 ladys island 101 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 102 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 23/05/2021 Clonakilty, Dunworley Marsh found by Chris O'Sullivan 103 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/06/2021 Broad Lough 104 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 105 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 29/04/2021 106 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/08/2021 107 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 13/11/2021 Lough Boora Found by Fianna McGinley and Paul Smith; seen with Joe Doolan 108 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 24/03/2021 wicklow 109 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 09/10/2021 Cape Clear 110 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/03/2021 111 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 06/06/2021 112 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 16/02/2021 113 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 16/04/2021 Kilcoole 114 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 24/03/2021 115 Merlin Falco columbarius 24/04/2021 116 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 22/03/2021 117 Jay Garrulus glandarius 118 Magpie Pica pica 119 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 24/04/2021 120 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 121 Rook Corvus frugilegus 122 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 24/03/2021 123 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 124 Raven Corvus corax 04/03/2021 125 Coal Tit Periparus ater 126 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 127 Great Tit Parus major 128 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 22/05/2021 Tac 129 Skylark Alauda arvensis 22/03/2021 130 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 12/04/2021 131 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2021 132 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2021 133 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 134 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 06/06/2021 135 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 09/10/2021 Cape Clear 136 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2021 137 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 138 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2021 139 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/04/2021 140 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 18/09/2021 Cape Clear, YH Garden Found by Chic McNally, seen with Gerry Lyons 141 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 142 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/10/2021 Cape Clear 143 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/04/2021 144 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 145 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 146 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 03/06/2021 Kilcoole 147 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 148 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 149 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 150 Redwing Turdus iliacus 151 Blackbird Turdus merula 152 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/05/2021 saltees 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 154 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 13/10/2021 Cape Clear 155 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 11/09/2021 saltees 156 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/10/2021 Cape Clear 157 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/06/2021 wicklow 158 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/03/2021 159 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 24/03/2021 160 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/03/2021 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 163 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/09/2021 Carne 164 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 165 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 16/02/2021 166 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/03/2021 167 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/09/2021 saltees 168 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/02/2021 169 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 170 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 171 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 172 Linnet Linaria cannabina 16/02/2021 173 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 20/03/2021 cabinteely Found by Niall Keogh; see with Rachel Hynes and Brian Porter 174 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 19/03/2021 cabinteely 175 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 176 Siskin Spinus spinus 177 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 12/04/2021 178 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 12/04/2021 179 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 11/10/2021 Dirk Bay, Galley Head. Found by Colin Barton 180 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 09/10/2021 Cape Clear