David Stirling: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 233 of 233 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 20/02/2022 Ballintemple 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 11/02/2022 Lurgangreen 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula Portmore Lifer - 2 males and a female 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 21/08/2022 Cross Lough, Mullet 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 22 Pochard Aythya ferina 23 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 06/02/2022 Kinnego Bay 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 15/12/2021 Termonfeckin 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/12/2021 Dargan 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix 18/08/2022 Ballyculter Calling only early morning - not heard subsequently 41 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 16/03/2023 Newcastle, Donard Park 42 Swift Apus apus 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 53 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 54 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 55 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 27/02/2022 Reedy flats 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 14/11/2021 Ballycarry 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 06/07/2022 Tacumshin 61 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 06/07/2022 Tacumshin 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 63 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 64 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 65 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/05/2022 tramore 66 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 71 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/11/2021 Ballycarry 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 73 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 14/11/2021 Cape Clear 74 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 75 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/05/2024 WOW 77 Redshank Tringa totanus 78 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 30/08/2022 Dundalk docks 79 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 80 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 81 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 31/07/2022 Carton Demense, Kildare 82 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 83 Knot Calidris canutus 84 Ruff Calidris pugnax 85 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 86 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 14/05/2024 Portmore 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 88 Dunlin Calidris alpina 89 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 91 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 92 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 94 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 10/07/2022 Lady Island Lake 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 17/09/2022 Copelands 103 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 108 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 109 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 110 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 111 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 114 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 115 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 19/09/2022 Copelands 116 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 117 Puffin Fratercula arctica 118 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 119 Razorbill Alca torda 120 Little Auk Alle alle 121 Guillemot Uria aalge 122 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 123 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 124 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 125 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 126 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 127 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 128 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 21/08/2022 Annagh Head 129 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 130 Gannet Morus bassanus 131 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 132 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 133 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 21/02/2022 Doon Lough, Leitrim 134 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 14/11/2017 Ballycarry 135 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 136 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 137 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 138 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 140 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 141 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 03/03/2022 Athlone 142 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 14/11/2021 Antrim Hills 143 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 146 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 02/01/2022 Boora 147 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 17/05/2023 Portmore 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 149 Buzzard Buteo buteo 150 Barn Owl Tyto alba 151 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 14/11/2021 Coleraine University 152 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/11/2021 Copelands 153 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 14/11/2021 Castleward 154 Hoopoe Upupa epops 03/04/2023 Newtownards 155 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 156 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 157 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 158 Merlin Falco columbarius 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 168 Raven Corvus corax 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 14/11/2021 Stranmillis, Belfast 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 172 Great Tit Parus major 173 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 174 Skylark Alauda arvensis 175 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 176 Swallow Hirundo rustica 177 House Martin Delichon urbicum 178 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 04/05/2022 cahore call only (rushing to airport) 179 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 180 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 14/11/2021 Copelands 181 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Ballyquintin 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 183 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 184 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 185 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 186 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 14/09/2022 Howth 5th record for Ireland 187 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 188 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 189 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 191 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 30/10/2023 Ballyquintin 192 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 193 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 194 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 195 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 196 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 197 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 198 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 199 Redwing Turdus iliacus 200 Blackbird Turdus merula 201 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 202 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/11/2021 203 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 204 Robin Erithacus rubecula 205 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/09/2022 Ballyquintin 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/11/2021 Copelands / Corrog Woods 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 209 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 210 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 211 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 212 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 213 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 214 Dunnock Prunella modularis 215 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 216 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 217 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 220 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 221 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/11/2021 Cushendun 222 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 223 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 224 Twite Linaria flavirostris 225 Linnet Linaria cannabina 226 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 227 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 228 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 229 Siskin Spinus spinus 230 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 231 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14/11/2021 232 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 29/12/2021 Bangor 233 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus