Niall Griffin: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 146 of 146 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 24/04/2021 Broadmeadow 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 19/03/2021 Swords 4 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 24/04/2021 Broadmeadow 5 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 6 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/09/2021 Broadmeadow 7 Gadwall Mareca strepera 27/03/2021 Swords 8 Wigeon Mareca penelope 06/03/2021 Portmarnock 9 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 10 Pintail Anas acuta 29/09/2021 Broadmeadow 11 Teal Anas crecca 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 12 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/10/2021 Balrothery Knock Lake 13 Eider Somateria mollissima 12/04/2021 Skerries 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/03/2021 Portmarnock 15 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/03/2021 Portmarnock 16 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30/03/2021 Portmarnock 17 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2021 Portrane 18 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2021 Wicklow Coronation Plantation 19 Rock Dove Columba livia 13/04/2021 Howth 20 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 04/01/2021 Portmarnock 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 24 Coot Fulica atra 12/04/2021 Turvey 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 12/04/2021 Turvey 26 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 08/03/2021 Portmarnock 27 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 28 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 29 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 14/04/2021 Bull Island 30 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 31 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/06/2021 Kilcoole 32 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2021 Swords 9 on the estuary 33 Curlew Numenius arquata 08/03/2021 Portmarnock 34 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/04/2021 Bull Island 35 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 19/03/2021 Swords 36 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/04/2021 Swords 37 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/04/2021 Broadmeadow 38 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/08/2021 Rogerstown 39 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/08/2021 Booterstown 40 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 41 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/09/2021 Dundalk 42 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/03/2021 Portmarnock 43 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 44 Knot Calidris canutus 23/04/2021 Broadmeadow c100 birds 45 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/09/2021 Dundalk 46 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2021 Broadmeadow 47 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/08/2021 Ballinclamper Waterford 48 Dunlin Calidris alpina 21/03/2021 Portmarnock 49 Little Stint Calidris minuta 31/08/2021 Broadmeadow 50 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 04/08/2021 Broadmeadow 51 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 02/08/2021 Ballinclamper 52 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 08/05/2021 Portrane 53 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 19/06/2021 Portrane 54 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 03/09/2021 Dundalk 55 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/07/2021 Portmarnock 56 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2021 Broadmeadow 57 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 06/08/2021 Bremore 58 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 23/03/2021 Portmarnock 59 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/04/2021 Howth 60 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2021 Portmarnock 61 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/08/2021 Clonea Waterford 62 Common Gull Larus canus 23/03/2021 Swords 63 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 64 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 65 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 12/04/2021 Skerries 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 19/03/2021 Swords 67 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 12/04/2021 Skerries 68 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/06/2021 Howth 69 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/04/2021 Howth Harbour 70 Razorbill Alca torda 08/03/2021 Portmarnock 71 Guillemot Uria aalge 13/04/2021 Howth 72 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/04/2021 Portmarnock 73 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 31/12/2021 Bangor 74 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 31/12/2021 Bangor 75 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/04/2021 Skerries 76 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 07/04/2021 Portmarnock 77 Gannet Morus bassanus 23/03/2021 Portmarnock 78 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 79 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 08/03/2021 Portmarnock 80 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 03/10/2021 Turvey 81 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/03/2021 Portmarnock 82 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 83 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 07/03/2021 Portmarnock 84 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 15/05/2021 Wicklow ECNR 85 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/03/2021 Portmarnock 86 Barn Owl Tyto alba ********** ********** 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 23/03/2021 Swords 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 15/05/2021 Wicklow ECNR 89 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 31/03/2021 Baldoyle 90 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 15/05/2021 Wicklow Sally Gap 91 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/09/2021 Howth 92 Jay Garrulus glandarius 15/05/2021 Wicklow Coronation Plantation 93 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 94 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 02/08/2021 Ballinclamper Waterford 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/03/2021 Portmarnock 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 09/04/2021 Malahide 98 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 99 Raven Corvus corax 07/03/2021 Portmarnock 100 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2021 Portmarnock 101 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 102 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2021 Portmarnock 103 Skylark Alauda arvensis 06/03/2021 Portmarnock 104 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 01/04/2021 Malahide 105 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2021 Swords 106 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2021 Turvey 107 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 108 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 13/04/2021 Howth 109 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 25/04/2021 Turvey 110 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/04/2021 Baldoyle Racecourse 111 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/05/2021 Wicklow ECNR 112 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 15/05/2021 Wicklow ECNR 113 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Portmarnock 114 Whitethroat Curruca communis 07/05/2021 Howth 115 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/03/2021 Portmarnock 116 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/02/2021 Portmarnock 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 20/04/2021 Howth Howth castle 118 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 04/06/2021 Kilcoole 119 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 120 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/01/2021 Portmarnock 121 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 21/03/2021 Portmarnock 122 Redwing Turdus iliacus 24/10/2021 Howth 123 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 124 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 04/06/2021 Killoughter 125 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2021 Portmarnock 126 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15/05/2021 Wicklow Coronation Plantation 127 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 08/03/2021 Portmarnock 128 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/05/2021 Wicklow ECNR 129 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/04/2021 Swords 2 on river at the back of Main Street 130 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 31/12/2021 Bangor 131 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 04/03/2021 Portmarnock 132 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Portmarnock 133 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 19/03/2021 Swords 134 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/03/2021 Portmarnock 135 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 136 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 137 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 138 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 139 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/03/2021 Baldoyle 140 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/03/2021 Portmarnock 141 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret Portmarnock 142 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/03/2021 Portmarnock 143 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/01/2021 Portmarnock 144 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 09/04/2021 Swords 145 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 31/12/2021 Bangor 146 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/03/2021 Baldoyle