Bob Watts: Ireland Year List 2022 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 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 15/02/2022 Ballymulderry 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 31/03/2022 Lurgangreen 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20/03/2022 Lough Shark 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 19/05/2022 Church Bay, Lough Beg 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 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 21/03/2022 Oxford Island NNR 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 13/02/2022 Oxford Island NNR 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/03/2022 West end Ardmore Road near Reedy Flats 35 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 04/12/2022 Rossow 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28/03/2022 Antrim Hills 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2022 Dundonald 42 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/05/2022 Cahore Marsh 43 Rock Dove Columba livia 15/11/1993 Caracas Airport 44 Stock Dove Columba oenas 45 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 48 Corncrake Crex crex 20/06/2022 Tory Island 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/02/2022 Reedy Flats 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/12/1993 Drive to Cumana 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 58 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 06/07/2022 Tacumshin 59 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 03/07/2022 Tacumshin 60 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 02/08/2022 Poulaphouca Res 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 07/04/2022 Portavogie 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/04/2022 Ballymacormack Point 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 30/07/2022 Rogerstown Estuary 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/06/2022 Lough Beg 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 18/12/1993 Cumana to El Guacharo Cave via Caripe 76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 78 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 07/01/1994 Hato Piniero 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 12/03/2022 Belfast WoW Reserve 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/07/2022 Tacumshin 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 14/09/2022 Ballycotton 84 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 14/09/2022 Tacumshin 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 18/08/2022 Belfast Lough WoW 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 06/08/2022 Kilcoole Marsh 90 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/08/2022 Poulaphouca Res 91 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/06/2022 Portrane 92 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 30/07/2022 Portrane 93 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 28/07/2022 Belfast Lough WoW 94 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 06/08/2022 Soldiers Point 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 13/05/2022 Cockle Island, Groomsport 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 03/04/2022 Ballyfrench Beach 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 20/05/2022 Dublin-Holyhead Ferry 98 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 99 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 06/07/2022 Lady’s Island Lake 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 101 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 26/02/2022 Mutton Island, Galway 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 08/12/2022 Ballygally 105 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 106 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 107 Common Gull Larus canus 108 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 110 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 30/03/2022 Belfast Lough WoW 111 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 112 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 31/03/2022 Ardglass Marina 113 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 114 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 115 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 116 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 21/08/2022 Magilligan Point 117 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 118 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 119 Puffin Fratercula arctica 20/06/2022 Tory Island 120 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 121 Razorbill Alca torda 122 Guillemot Uria aalge 123 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 124 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 29/03/2022 Horse Island, Strangford Lough 125 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 126 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 127 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 128 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/04/2022 Port Muck 130 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 131 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 132 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 133 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 03/04/2022 Portavogie 134 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 24/08/2022 Bridges of Ross 135 Gannet Morus bassanus 136 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 137 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 138 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 15/02/2022 Lough Doon 139 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 06/01/1994 San Carlos to Hato Piniero 140 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 29/05/2022 Rosslare Back Strand 141 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 142 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 15/12/1993 Colonia Tovar 143 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 16/12/1993 Henri Pittier NP 144 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 145 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/12/1993 Ocumare/Cata 146 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 26/02/2022 Carrownure, Co Roscommon 147 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 22/06/2022 Glenveagh NP 148 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 149 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 150 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 151 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 26/02/2022 Lough Boora Parklands 152 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 08/01/2022 Katesbridge 10 birds 153 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 22/06/2022 Blanketnook 154 Buzzard Buteo buteo 155 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 156 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 18/02/2022 Belvoir Forest 157 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 158 Merlin Falco columbarius 23/12/1993 Irapa to El Palmar N of Rio Orinoco 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/11/2022 El Dorado Heard - seen on 20/11/22 160 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes ********** ********** 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 20/06/2022 Tory Island 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 07/12/2022 Maxwell Road, West Bangor 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 172 Great Tit Parus major 173 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 29/05/2022 Tacumshin 174 Skylark Alauda arvensis 175 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/03/2022 Oxford Island NNR 176 Swallow Hirundo rustica 20/12/1993 Drive to Irapa 177 House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/04/2022 Lough Mourne 178 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 29/05/2022 Cahore Marsh 179 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 180 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 29/10/2022 Ballyquintin Point 181 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/03/2022 Oxford Island NNR 182 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 183 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/10/2022 Tory Island 184 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 18/04/2022 Oxford Island NNR 185 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 23/10/2022 Tory Island 186 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/04/2022 Oxford Island NNR 187 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 13/09/2022 Howth 188 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2022 Peatlands Park 189 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/03/2022 Oxford Island NNR 190 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/05/2022 Floodgates, Newtownards 191 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 29/10/2022 Ballyquintin Point 192 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 193 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 194 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 195 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 196 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 197 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 198 Redwing Turdus iliacus 199 Blackbird Turdus merula 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16/05/2022 Kelly’s Wood, St Johns Point 203 Robin Erithacus rubecula 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/09/2022 Ballyquintin Farm 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/04/2022 Corrog Wood, Portaferry 207 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 208 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/04/2022 Ballyquintin Point 209 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 210 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 212 Dunnock Prunella modularis 213 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/08/2022 Rathlin Island Probable Spanish race iberiae 214 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 215 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 216 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 217 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 10/03/2022 Ballyfrench Beach, N of Portavogie 218 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 219 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 220 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 221 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 222 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 223 Twite Linaria flavirostris 224 Linnet Linaria cannabina 225 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 09/04/2022 Richill 226 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/03/2022 Lough Shark 227 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 31/12/2022 Dunsilly 228 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 15/05/2022 Peatlands Park 229 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 230 Siskin Spinus spinus 231 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/03/2022 Farmland opposite Killynether Wood 232 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 233 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 02/10/2022 Kilbaha