Chris Ingram: 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 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Scaup Aythya marila 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Rock Dove Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 37 Corncrake Crex crex 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 44 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 45 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 46 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 03/07/2021 Inch Lake 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 61 Knot Calidris canutus 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 63 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 66 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 67 Little Stint Calidris minuta 68 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Blanket Nook 69 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 70 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 71 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 72 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 73 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 74 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 75 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 76 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 79 Common Gull Larus canus 80 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 81 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 82 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 83 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 85 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 86 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 87 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 88 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 89 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 90 Puffin Fratercula arctica 91 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 92 Razorbill Alca torda 93 Little Auk Alle alle 94 Guillemot Uria aalge 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 96 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 98 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 13/05/2021 Tory Island 99 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 100 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 101 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 102 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 103 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 104 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 105 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 106 Gannet Morus bassanus 107 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 108 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 109 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 110 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 14/06/2021 Kiltooris Lough 111 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 112 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 113 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 14/07/2021 Dunfanaghy 114 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 116 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 16/12/2021 Donegal Bay 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 119 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 120 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 121 Merlin Falco columbarius 122 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 123 Jay Garrulus glandarius 124 Magpie Pica pica 125 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 126 Rook Corvus frugilegus 127 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 128 Raven Corvus corax 129 Coal Tit Periparus ater 130 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 131 Great Tit Parus major 132 Skylark Alauda arvensis 133 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 134 Swallow Hirundo rustica 135 House Martin Delichon urbicum 136 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 137 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 138 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 139 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 140 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 141 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 31/05/2021 Tory Island 142 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 143 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 144 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 145 Whitethroat Curruca communis 146 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 147 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 148 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 06/06/2021 Carrickfinn 149 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 150 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 151 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 152 Redwing Turdus iliacus 153 Blackbird Turdus merula 154 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 155 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 156 Robin Erithacus rubecula 157 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 158 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 159 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 160 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 161 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 162 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 163 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 164 Dunnock Prunella modularis 165 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 166 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 167 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 168 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 169 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 170 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 171 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 172 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 173 Linnet Linaria cannabina 174 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 175 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 176 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 177 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 178 Siskin Spinus spinus 179 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 180 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus