Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2022 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 212 of 212 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 29/01/2022 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 29/01/2022 Lissadell goose field 2 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 29/01/2022 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 11/02/2022 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 11/02/2022 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 28/09/2022 kilcoole 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 29/01/2022 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2022 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/04/2022 Tac 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14/03/2022 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19/03/2022 Cahore 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 29/01/2022 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 25/02/2022 Dungannon, Co. Tyrone 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 29/01/2022 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29/01/2022 24 Scaup Aythya marila 11/02/2022 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 29/01/2022 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 11/02/2022 27 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 31/12/2022 Achill Island Found by Pat Lonergan; seen with Hugh Delaney and Paul Milne 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 29/01/2022 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/01/2022 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29/01/2022 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 28/11/2022 Clew Bay, Co. Mayo Seen with KM, Pat Lonergan, Paul Keating, Declan Whelan and Richard Hunter 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 29/01/2022 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29/01/2022 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28/04/2022 Slieve Beagh 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25/02/2022 36 Swift Apus apus 19/05/2022 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/04/2022 Slieve Beagh 38 Rock Dove Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/03/2022 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30/01/2022 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/04/2022 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 26/01/2022 44 Coot Fulica atra 31/01/2022 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 29/01/2022 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 29/01/2022 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 26/01/2022 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 30/01/2022 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/06/2022 Tac 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/01/2022 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 30/01/2022 53 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 02/05/2022 Tramore Back Strand Found by Arlo Jacques; seen first through Kieran Grace's scope 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/04/2022 Tac 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 29/01/2022 59 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/04/2022 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/09/2022 Tac 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 11/02/2022 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/02/2022 65 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 31/07/2022 Carton Estate, Kildare 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/01/2022 67 Knot Calidris canutus 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/02/2022 69 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 17/08/2022 Clogheen Marsh, Cork Found by Davey Farrar, seen with Paul Moore 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/09/2022 Tac 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2022 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/05/2022 Saltees 74 Little Stint Calidris minuta 24/09/2022 Tac 75 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 09/08/2022 kilcoole 76 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/04/2022 77 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 23/08/2022 Merrion Gates 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2022 Saltees 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/04/2022 80 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 05/07/2022 Lady's Island 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 26/03/2022 Saltees 82 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 05/07/2022 Lady's Island Found yesterday by Ed and Bee tern wardens; seen with AW, TS, KM, RB, C and DF 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/04/2022 Tac 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/01/2022 85 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/01/2022 88 Common Gull Larus canus 89 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 11/02/2022 blackrock, co. louth 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 26/01/2022 92 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 29/01/2022 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 94 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 29/01/2022 95 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 96 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 97 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 21/05/2022 Saltees 98 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 28/01/2022 99 Puffin Fratercula arctica 26/03/2022 Saltees 100 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 29/01/2022 101 Razorbill Alca torda 30/01/2022 102 Guillemot Uria aalge 30/01/2022 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 29/01/2022 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 29/01/2022 105 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 106 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 107 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 26/01/2022 109 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 111 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/04/2022 Saltees 113 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 114 Gannet Morus bassanus 30/01/2022 115 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 20/10/2022 South Wall Dublin 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 26/01/2022 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 26/01/2022 118 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 25/02/2022 Doon Lough, Co. Leitrim 119 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 29/01/2022 Raghly, Sligo 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 17/03/2022 Rosslare Back Strand 121 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 01/04/2022 Tac Found by Ger Murray and Peter Phillips; seen with Kieran Grace and Mick O'Cleary 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 17/03/2022 South Slob 124 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 01/04/2022 Tac 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 126 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 26/02/2022 Roscommon, 15 km N of Athlone refound by Conor Henry; seen with Brian McCloskey and Dick Coombes 127 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes ********** ********** 128 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 11/02/2022 129 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/05/2022 Tac 130 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 26/03/2022 Saltees 131 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 17/03/2022 M11 Wicklow 132 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/02/2022 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/04/2022 Avoca 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 04/06/2022 Wicklow 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 25/02/2022 136 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/04/2022 Saltees 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 13/04/2022 Saltees 138 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 01/10/2022 Kilbaha Found by James organ; seen with Paul Keogh and Robert Busby 139 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 15/04/2022 Saltees 140 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/03/2022 141 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 142 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 26/03/2022 Saltees 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 147 Raven Corvus corax 148 Coal Tit Periparus ater 11/02/2022 149 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 150 Great Tit Parus major 151 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 01/04/2022 Tac 152 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/03/2022 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 26/03/2022 Saltees 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 09/04/2022 Saltees 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/04/2022 Saltees 156 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 21/03/2022 Cahore Found by Cian Cardiff; seen with Rachel Hynes, Tom Kavanagh and mark Stewart 157 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 26/01/2022 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 10/10/2022 cape 159 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Helvick head Found by Gary Tobin; seen with Gerry Lyons, Robert Busby and Luke Geraty 160 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/03/2022 Saltees 161 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 162 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/04/2022 Saltees 163 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/05/2022 Tac 164 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 12/09/2022 Howth head Found by Mark Collins; seen with Gerry Lyons 165 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 13/04/2022 Saltees 166 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 167 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 30/04/2022 Saltees 168 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 15/04/2022 Saltees probable; seen as blip view and heard singing. 169 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15/04/2022 Saltees 170 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 09/10/2022 cape 171 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 26/01/2022 172 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/03/2022 174 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 175 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 176 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 177 Redwing Turdus iliacus 178 Blackbird Turdus merula 179 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 22/12/2022 180 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 14/05/2022 Saltees 181 Robin Erithacus rubecula 182 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 26/03/2022 Saltees Found by Tom Shevlin; seen with KM and EMacL 183 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/03/2022 Saltees 184 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/10/2022 cape 185 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/10/2022 cape 186 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 30/01/2022 187 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/04/2022 Saltees 188 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25/10/2022 Toe Head, Co. Cork Found by Chris O'Sullivan; seen with Robert Busby, Jim Bowman, Hugh Delaney 189 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 10/04/2022 Avoca 190 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14/03/2022 191 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 30/01/2022 192 Dunnock Prunella modularis 193 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 21/05/2022 Saltees 194 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 08/09/2022 cape 195 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 26/01/2022 196 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 197 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 11/02/2022 198 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 30/01/2022 199 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 28/01/2022 200 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/02/2022 201 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 14/03/2022 202 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 11/02/2022 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 26/01/2022 204 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 28/11/2022 205 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 206 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 30/04/2022 Saltees Found by Jimmy Dowdall; seen with Rachel Hynes, Gerry Lyons etc. 207 Siskin Spinus spinus 06/03/2022 208 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 26/01/2022 209 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/02/2022 210 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 28/01/2022 211 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 01/10/2022 Kilbaha Seen with RobertBusby 212 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 10/10/2022 Kilbaha found by Paidi Cullinane; seen with Ian Stevenson