Paul Kelly: Wexford Life List IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 27/10/1997 WWR. 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 28/11/2020 Tacumshin 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 14/11/1992 WWR. 8 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 20/02/2010 Tacumshin 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 10/10/1992 WWR. 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 24 Pochard Aythya ferina 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 26 Scaup Aythya marila 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 19/04/2024 Tacumshin 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 36 Swift Apus apus 37 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 03/04/2002 Carnesore Pt. 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Rock Dove Columba livia 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 03/08/1998 Tacumshin 46 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 11/11/2023 Lingstown. Sound recorded. 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 24/05/1987 Lady's Island. 51 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 52 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 53 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 54 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 55 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 56 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 57 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 61 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/11/2023 Tacumshin 62 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 63 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 66 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 25/08/2023 Blackwater. 67 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 25/04/2011 Tacumshin 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 25/11/2023 Tacumshin 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 74 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 75 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 01/09/2023 Tacumshin 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 29/09/2023 Tacumshin 77 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 25/08/1996 Rosslare. 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 23/09/2023 Tacumshin 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 88 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 89 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 16/08/1994 Tacumshin 90 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 91 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 92 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 13/09/1993 Lady's Island. 93 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 10/09/2023 Tacumshin 94 Sanderling Calidris alba 95 Dunlin Calidris alpina 96 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/09/2023 Carne. 97 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 21/10/2023 South Slob. 98 Little Stint Calidris minuta 99 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 100 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 101 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 102 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/07/2023 Tacumshin 103 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 106 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 107 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/07/2023 Tacumshin 108 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 14/06/2020 Lady's Island. 109 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/06/2023 Tagoat 110 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 111 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/06/2023 Tagoat 112 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 17/06/2023 Tagoat 113 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/06/2023 Tagoat 114 Common Gull Larus canus 115 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 10/09/2023 Tacumshin 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 117 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 11/01/2016 Duncannon. 118 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 119 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 120 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 121 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 122 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 123 Puffin Fratercula arctica 124 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 125 Razorbill Alca torda 126 Guillemot Uria aalge 127 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 128 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 129 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 130 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 131 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 132 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 133 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 134 Gannet Morus bassanus 135 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 136 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 18/09/2023 Tacumshin 138 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/09/2023 Tacumshin 139 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 140 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/06/2023 South Slob. 141 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 20/04/2023 The Cull. 142 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 20/04/2023 The Cull. 143 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 17/06/2023 South Slob. 144 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 145 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 17/06/2023 South Slob. 146 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 15/10/2023 Tacumshin 147 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 148 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 149 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 150 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 15/10/2023 Tacumshin 151 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 17/09/2023 Gory 152 Buzzard Buteo buteo 17/09/2023 Gory 153 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/09/2023 Rosslare 154 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 17/09/2023 Gory 155 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/09/2023 Gory 156 Hoopoe Upupa epops 157 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 158 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 21/10/2023 Nethertown 159 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 16/09/2023 Tacumshin 160 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 161 Merlin Falco columbarius 162 Hobby Falco subbuteo 163 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 164 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 13/04/2024 Hook Head. 165 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 21/11/2000 WWR. 166 Jay Garrulus glandarius 167 Magpie Pica pica 168 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 16/09/2023 Hook Head. 169 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 170 Rook Corvus frugilegus 171 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 172 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 173 Raven Corvus corax 174 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/12/2023 Tomhaggard 175 Coal Tit Periparus ater 176 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 177 Great Tit Parus major 178 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 17/09/2023 Tacumshin 179 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 10/05/2002 Saltee Island. 180 Skylark Alauda arvensis 181 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 182 Swallow Hirundo rustica 183 House Martin Delichon urbicum 184 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 19/03/2023 Tacumshin 185 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 17/09/2023 Tacumshin 186 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/11/2023 Lingstown. 187 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 188 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 189 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 07/05/2011 Saltee Island. 190 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 191 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 192 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 23/06/1996 Tacumshin 193 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 16/09/2023 Hook Head. 194 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 195 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 196 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/10/2023 197 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 13/04/2024 Hook Head 198 Whitethroat Curruca communis 199 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 200 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 201 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 202 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 203 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 204 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 205 Redwing Turdus iliacus 206 Blackbird Turdus merula 207 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 208 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 209 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 210 Robin Erithacus rubecula 211 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/09/2023 Churchtown 212 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 213 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2023 214 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 215 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 216 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 05/08/2023 South Slob. 217 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/10/2023 Hook Head. 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 222 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 South Slob. 223 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 224 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 225 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 226 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 227 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 228 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 229 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 230 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 231 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 232 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 233 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 234 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 235 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 236 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 237 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 238 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 239 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 240 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 Tacumshin