Jack Tynan: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 272 of 272 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/11/2022 North Bull Island Dark bellied brant on 8 Dec 2021 at North Bull Island. Black Brant seen on 11 April 2021 at Le Fanu Park. Grey-bellied brant seen on the 10th of April at Rogerstown Estuary 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/05/2023 North Bull Island Possibly from British population (feeding on mudflats) 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/02/2023 Laytown Mixed flock 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 13/05/2023 Cahore 8 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/02/2023 Laytown 50+ 6 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/04/2023 Rogerstown With pink-footed geese 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11/03/2023 Tymon Park 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island Off the point 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 06/06/2020 Bushy Park Returning bird 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/04/2023 Broadsmeadow Estuary Immature male 13 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13/05/2023 Cahore 15 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 18 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10/04/2023 Rogerstown Estuary Male ( with possible female ) 20 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 16/02/2023 Ballymount Park 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/04/2022 Grangecastle Business Park Elusive male 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16/02/2023 Ballymount Park 23 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2022 Tymon Park Male 24 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 24/07/2022 Skerries 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/02/2023 Laytown 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/03/2023 North Bull Island 2 males 27 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20/03/2023 North Bull Island Male and female 28 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 30/04/2023 Great South Wall Flyover 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 10/04/2023 Broadsmeadow Estuary 30 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 28/05/2023 Featherbeds 6 31 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/05/2023 Balscadden 2 males and a female 32 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 01/05/2023 M50 J11 flyover 33 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 19/03/2023 Bray Flock of 9 34 Common Swift Apus apus 21/05/2023 Greenhills 35 Plain Swift Apus unicolor 36 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 37 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 13/05/2023 Marley Park 38 Rock Dove Columba livia 28/05/2023 Greenhills 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/11/2022 Johnstown Estate 40 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 28/05/2023 Greenhills 41 Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii 42 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae 43 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 11/07/2021 Ardee 44 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Yes 10/08/2022 Tenerife 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 11/03/2023 Tymon Park 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 26/08/2022 Howth harbour 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 52 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 54 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 55 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 58 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 59 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 21/04/2023 Kicoole 60 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 62 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 65 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/01/2021 Ballymount Park Flyover 66 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/08/2022 Blessington 67 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 05/11/2021 North Bull Island 68 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 27/12/2020 North Bull Island 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 70 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/09/2022 North Bull Island 71 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 17/09/2022 North Bull Island 72 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 17/09/2022 North Bull Island 74 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 17/05/2023 Broadsmeadow Estuary 75 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 10/04/2023 Broadmeadows Estuary 76 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 29/04/2023 Bull Wall 77 Red Knot Calidris canutus 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 21/04/2023 Kicoole 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/11/2021 Dun Laoighire 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 17/09/2022 North Bull Island 84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 20/03/2023 North Bull Island 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 01/08/2022 Blessington Twitched with naked eye 86 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 87 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 88 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 24/07/2021 Rogerstown Portrane side 89 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 90 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 91 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 93 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 94 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 95 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 96 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 97 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/04/2023 Great South wall 98 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 99 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 100 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 101 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/04/2023 Bull Wall 103 Common Gull Larus canus 104 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 27/12/2020 North Bull Island 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 23/12/2016 Sean Walsh Park 106 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 28/05/2023 Greenhills 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 17/05/2023 Broadmeadows Estuary 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 28/05/2023 Greenhills 109 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 23/02/2022 Bray 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 17/05/2023 Broadmeadows Estuary Baltic lesser black-backed gull seen at Grangecastle Business Park on 22 December 2022 and at Bray on 2 September 2020 111 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 10/02/2019 Bray 112 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 30/11/2020 Greenhills 113 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 04/06/2023 Great South Wall 20:07 from Great South Wall approx. 2.5km offshore 114 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 13/08/2022 Bray 115 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 17/10/2022 Dun Laoighire 116 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 17/06/2022 Howth 117 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 20/03/2023 Howth 118 Razorbill Alca torda 17/07/2022 Dublin Bay 119 Little Auk Alle alle 07/04/2023 Newcastle 120 Common Murre Uria aalge 17/04/2023 Dun Laoighire 121 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 16/04/2023 Dun Laoighire 122 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2023 Dun Laoighire 4 123 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 13/10/2022 Tramore 1 approx. 250m of the beach 124 Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro 125 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/07/2020 Bray Head 126 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 127 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 128 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/08/2020 Cliffs of Moher 400m offshore heading north 129 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 20m off beach 130 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 131 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 13/10/2022 Tramore Tidal corpse. Tramore 133 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 134 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 13/07/2020 Greystones Brown booby. Widely twitched. Later deceased 135 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 136 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 30/04/2023 Great South Wall 137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 138 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/08/2020 North Bull Island Date may not be correct 139 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 21/04/2023 Ecnr Heard booming in Entrance field. Not seen 140 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 13/05/2023 Cahore In flight twice 141 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 142 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 143 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 144 Great Egret Ardea alba 07/04/2023 Kicoole At the breaches 145 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 16/02/2023 Ballymount Park 146 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 147 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 148 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 149 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 20/07/2022 Killykeady Flyover. Also saw the Dunfanaghy bird 150 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 151 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 152 Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti 153 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/05/2018 Glen of the Downes Flyover at the Druids Glen Golf Course 154 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 21/04/2023 Glen of the Downes 155 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 156 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/05/2023 Cahore 157 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12/05/2023 Dublin Mountains 158 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 159 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/05/2023 Vale of Avoca Seen at many other location on different dates. 12 at Avoca that day 160 Black Kite Milvus migrans 161 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 08/08/2022 Glendalough Immature flyover. Potentially wild born! 162 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 163 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 164 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 165 Little Owl Athene noctua 166 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 14/10/2021 Phoinex Park 167 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/06/2022 North Bull Island 168 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 169 European Roller Coracias garrulus 170 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 17/12/2022 Tymon Park 171 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 172 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 21/04/2023 Ecnr Seen and heard at peanut feaders 173 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 174 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 175 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 176 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 177 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/02/2023 Howth 178 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 27/06/2022 Bray 179 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 07/04/2023 ECNR 180 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 181 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 182 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 183 Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis 184 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 185 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 17/08/2022 Phionex Park 186 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 187 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 17/08/2020 Cliffs of Moher 188 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 28/05/2023 Greenhills Nordic/Eastern race 189 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20/03/2023 Bray 190 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 15/02/2023 Bray 191 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 28/05/2023 Greenhills 192 Northern Raven Corvus corax 20/03/2023 Bray 193 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 29/11/2020 Greenhills 194 Coal Tit Periparus ater 195 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 196 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 197 Great Tit Parus major 198 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 13/05/2023 Cahore Seen and heard at back marsh 199 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 13/05/2023 Cahore 200 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 201 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/05/2023 Cahore 202 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 203 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/05/2023 Cahore 204 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 205 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 206 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 13/05/2023 Cahore 2 seen and heard at back marsh 207 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 208 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 07/04/2023 ECNR 209 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 210 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 29/12/2021 Greenhills 211 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2023 ECNR 212 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 213 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 214 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 215 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2023 ECNR 216 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2023 Cahore 217 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 06/05/2023 Howth 218 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/12/2021 Tymon Park 219 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/04/2021 Howth 220 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 221 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/05/2023 Howth 222 Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica 223 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 224 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 21/02/2021 Corkagh Park 225 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 226 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 227 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 228 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus 26/11/2022 Leapordstown Seen on wire from M50 229 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 26/11/2022 Leapordstown 230 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 07/05/2023 Knocklyon Private garden. Putative 231 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/04/2023 ECNR 232 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 21/04/2023 ECNR 233 Redwing Turdus iliacus 14/12/2022 North Bull Island 234 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 235 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 14/12/2022 North Bull Island 236 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 10/05/2023 Howth 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 238 Mediterranean Flycatcher Muscicapa tyrrhenica 239 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 240 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 15/07/2022 Dun Laoighire 241 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 08/10/2021 North Bull Island 242 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 243 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/05/2023 Kicoole 244 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/04/2023 ECNR 245 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 246 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/05/2023 Cahore Black-bellied Dipper at Rathfarnham on 23 March 2018 247 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 21/11/2020 Tymon Park 248 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 249 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 28/05/2023 Greenhills 250 Dunnock Prunella modularis 20/05/2023 Greenhills 251 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 252 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 28/11/2022 St. Stephen's Green 253 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 254 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/05/2023 Cahore 255 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/12/2022 North Bull Island 256 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/05/2023 Cahore 257 Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii 258 Tenerife Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea 259 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/12/2021 Tymon Park 260 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 261 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 21/04/2023 ECNR 262 Twite Linaria flavirostris 263 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/11/2022 North Bull Island 264 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 265 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 266 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 21/04/2023 ECNR 267 European Serin Serinus serinus 268 Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria 269 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 21/12/2020 Dublin Mountains 270 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 26/11/2022 Undisclosed location, Co. Meath Heard and seen. Identified by call and views. Self found! 271 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21/10/2020 Greenhills 272 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 13/05/2023 Cahore