John Doherty: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 241 of 241 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 31/10/2022 Lissadell, Co. Sligo 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 05/03/2023 Inch levels, Co. Donegal 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10/01/2023 Wexford wildfowl reserve Co. Wexford Two adults. 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/10/2023 Phoenix park, Co. Dublin 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/04/2023 Inch reverse, Co. Donegal 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12/01/2023 Derrybrick Lough, Co. Cavan 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana ********** ********** 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 27/11/2022 New lake, Dunfanaghy 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 03/10/2023 Corbally Reservoir, Co. Antrim 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 33 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 08/01/2023 Valley pier, Achill, Co. Mayo 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 08/11/2023 Corbally Reservoir, Co. Antrim 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 38 Smew Mergellus albellus 12/01/2023 Derrybrick Lough, Co. Cavan Redhead 39 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes ********** ********** 40 Goosander Mergus merganser 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 43 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 45 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 46 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 19/03/2023 Dungarvan Co. Waterford 47 Swift Apus apus 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Rock Dove Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Corncrake Crex crex 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 58 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 18/01/2024 Inishmore, Co. Galway 59 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 60 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 61 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 63 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 08/04/2023 Tacumshin, Co. Wexford 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 66 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 67 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 68 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 69 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 70 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 71 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 72 Curlew Numenius arquata 73 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 74 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 77 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 78 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor ********** ********** 79 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 80 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 82 Redshank Tringa totanus 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 16/05/2023 Inch reverse, Co. Donegal 84 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 19/02/2023 Dundalk docks Co.Louth 85 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 86 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 16/12/2022 Tallow Bridge, Co. Waterford 87 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 88 Knot Calidris canutus 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 21/09/2023 Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal 95 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 96 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 23/05/2023 Bann estuary 97 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 14/07/2023 Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal 98 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 10/07/2023 Portrane, Co. Dublin 99 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 10/07/2023 Portrane, Co. Dublin 100 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 17/07/2023 Rogerstown Estuary, Co. Dublin 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 23/08/2023 Cruisetown beach, Co. Louth 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 22/02/2023 Kinvarra Co. Galway 103 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 104 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 105 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 106 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes ********** ********** 107 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 108 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 109 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 110 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 19/12/2022 Ballygally, Co. Antrim 111 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 112 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 113 Common Gull Larus canus 114 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 115 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 10/01/2023 Duncannon, Co. Wexford 3rd winter. 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 117 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 118 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 119 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 121 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 122 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 123 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 124 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 125 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 126 Puffin Fratercula arctica 127 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 128 Razorbill Alca torda 129 Little Auk Alle alle ********** ********** 130 Guillemot Uria aalge 131 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 132 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 133 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 134 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes ********** ********** 135 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 136 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 138 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 139 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 140 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 141 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 142 Gannet Morus bassanus 143 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 144 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 145 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes ********** ********** 146 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes ********** ********** 147 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 148 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 149 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 04/01/2022 Lanesborough 150 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes ********** ********** 151 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 152 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 153 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes ********** ********** 154 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 14/05/2020 Glenveagh 155 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 156 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 157 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 158 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 04/02/2022 Lough boora 159 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 12/05/2023 Portmore lough, Co. Antrim 160 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 07/12/2022 Avoca 161 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes ********** ********** 162 Buzzard Buteo buteo 163 Barn Owl Tyto alba ********** ********** 164 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 165 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 31/12/2023 Inch levels, Co. Donegal 166 Hoopoe Upupa epops 167 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 168 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 17/04/2023 Donegal 169 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 170 Merlin Falco columbarius 171 Hobby Falco subbuteo ********** ********** 172 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 173 Jay Garrulus glandarius 174 Magpie Pica pica 175 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 176 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 177 Rook Corvus frugilegus 178 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 179 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 180 Raven Corvus corax 181 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/12/2023 Derry city 182 Coal Tit Periparus ater 183 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 184 Great Tit Parus major 185 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 02/01/2023 Gearagh, Co. Cork 186 Skylark Alauda arvensis 187 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 188 Swallow Hirundo rustica 189 House Martin Delichon urbicum 190 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 191 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 192 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 193 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 194 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 08/05/2024 Loughtate, Co. Lough Heard and seen briefly 195 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 196 Whitethroat Curruca communis 197 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 198 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 199 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 200 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes ********** ********** 201 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 202 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 203 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 204 Redwing Turdus iliacus 205 Blackbird Turdus merula 206 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 207 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus ********** ********** 208 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 209 Robin Erithacus rubecula 210 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 211 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus ********** ********** 212 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 25/05/2023 Coronation Plantation, Co. Wicklow 213 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 214 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 215 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 216 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 217 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 218 Dunnock Prunella modularis 219 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/07/2023 Myroe levels, Co. Derry Black- headed 220 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 221 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 222 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 223 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes ********** ********** 224 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 225 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 226 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 25/10/2023 Tory island, Co. Donegal 227 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 25/10/2023 Tory island, Co. Donegal 228 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 229 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 230 Twite Linaria flavirostris 231 Linnet Linaria cannabina 232 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 233 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 234 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 236 Siskin Spinus spinus 237 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 238 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 239 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 240 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 04/10/2023 Corymore, Achill, Co. Mayo 241 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 17/10/2022 Kilbaha, Clare