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 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 19/03/2011 WWR. 10 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 20/02/2010 Tacumshin 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 21/04/2022 Tacumshin 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16/06/2019 Lady's Island. 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 10/10/1992 WWR. 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/07/2003 Tacumshin 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 16/01/2011 Tacumshin 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 06/11/2021 WWR. 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 19/04/2024 Tacumshin 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 15/01/2016 Rosslare 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/04/2018 Rosslare 37 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 38 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 27/12/2023 Bannow Bay 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 24/12/2014 Tacumshin 44 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 45 Quail Coturnix coturnix 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 03/04/2002 Carnesore Pt. 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Rock Dove Columba livia 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 51 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 53 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 55 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 03/08/1998 Tacumshin 56 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 11/11/2023 Lingstown. Sound recorded. 57 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 58 Coot Fulica atra 59 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 02/04/2022 Tacumshin 60 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 01/06/2021 Tacumshin 61 Crane Grus grus Yes 18/12/1984 WWR. 62 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 63 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 24/05/1987 Lady's Island. 64 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 65 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 66 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 67 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 72 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 73 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/11/2023 Tacumshin 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 28/08/1988 Tacumshin 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 77 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 78 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 79 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 31/03/2023 Tacumshin 80 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 25/08/2023 Blackwater. 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 25/04/2011 Tacumshin 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 25/11/2023 Tacumshin 87 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 03/07/2004 Lady's Island. 88 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 89 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/01/2024 Lingstown. 90 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 91 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 01/09/2023 Tacumshin 92 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 29/09/2023 Tacumshin 93 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 25/09/2020 Tacumshin 94 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 25/08/1996 Rosslare. 95 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 96 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 11/05/2019 Ferrybank 97 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 98 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 99 Redshank Tringa totanus 100 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 23/09/2023 Tacumshin 101 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 102 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 103 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 104 Knot Calidris canutus 105 Ruff Calidris pugnax 106 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 107 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 16/08/1994 Tacumshin 108 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 109 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 110 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 13/09/1993 Lady's Island. 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 10/09/2023 Tacumshin 112 Sanderling Calidris alba 113 Dunlin Calidris alpina 114 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/09/2023 Carne. 115 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 21/10/2023 South Slob. 116 Little Stint Calidris minuta 117 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 118 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 119 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 23/07/2016 Tacumshin 120 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 14/07/2024 Ring Marsh 121 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 122 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 08/07/2023 Tacumshin 123 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 20/07/2023 Rosslare 124 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 18/05/2019 Tacumshin 125 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 126 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 21/07/2018 Tacumshin Self found. 127 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 14/05/2010 Tacumshin 128 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 129 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 130 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 131 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/07/2023 Tacumshin 132 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 14/06/2020 Lady's Island. 133 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 17/06/2023 Tagoat 134 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 135 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 10/01/2014 Tacumshin 136 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 14/08/2024 Carnesore Pt. 137 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 17/06/2023 Tagoat 138 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 17/06/2023 Tagoat 139 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17/06/2023 Tagoat 140 Common Gull Larus canus 141 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 18/03/2021 Wexford Harbour 142 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 10/09/2023 Tacumshin 143 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 144 Vega Gull Larus vegae 11/01/2016 Duncannon. 145 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 146 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 147 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 08/01/2022 South Slob. 148 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 149 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 150 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 04/09/2022 Tacumshin 151 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 152 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 22/09/2022 Carnesore Pt. 153 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/09/2022 Carnesore Pt. 154 Puffin Fratercula arctica 155 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 156 Razorbill Alca torda 157 Little Auk Alle alle 21/11/2015 Tacumshin 158 Guillemot Uria aalge 159 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 160 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 19/02/2022 Rosslare 161 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 162 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 20/05/2011 Tacumshin 163 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 164 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 165 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 166 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 12/08/2023 Carnesore Pt. 167 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 18/08/2018 Tacumshin 168 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 169 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 170 Gannet Morus bassanus 171 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 172 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 173 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 18/09/2023 Tacumshin 174 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 18/09/2023 Tacumshin 175 Little Bittern Botaurus minutus Yes 17/05/2024 Tacumshin 176 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yes 177 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 17/06/2023 South Slob. 178 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 20/04/2023 The Cull. 179 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 17/06/2023 South Slob. 180 Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Yes 20/04/2023 The Cull. 181 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 182 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 17/06/2023 South Slob. 183 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 15/10/2023 Tacumshin 184 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 185 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 186 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 187 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 15/10/2023 Tacumshin 188 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 30/08/2011 Tacumshin 189 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 24/05/2024 Tacumshin 190 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 17/09/2023 Gory 191 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 28/09/2021 Tacumshin 192 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 17/11/2019 Bannow Bay 193 Buzzard Buteo buteo 17/09/2023 Gory 194 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/09/2023 Rosslare 195 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 17/09/2023 Gory 196 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 17/09/2023 Gory 197 Hoopoe Upupa epops 198 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 199 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 21/10/2023 Nethertown 200 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 16/09/2023 Tacumshin 201 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 202 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 27/05/2018 Tacumshin 203 Merlin Falco columbarius 204 Hobby Falco subbuteo 205 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 206 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 13/04/2024 Hook Head. 207 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 21/11/2000 WWR. 208 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 01/06/2021 Carnesore Pt. 209 Jay Garrulus glandarius 210 Magpie Pica pica 211 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 16/09/2023 Hook Head. 212 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 213 Rook Corvus frugilegus 214 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 215 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 216 Raven Corvus corax 217 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 21/12/2023 Tomhaggard 218 Coal Tit Periparus ater 219 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 220 Great Tit Parus major 221 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 17/09/2023 Tacumshin 222 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 10/05/2002 Saltee Island. 223 Skylark Alauda arvensis 224 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 23/06/2012 The Cull. 225 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 226 Swallow Hirundo rustica 227 House Martin Delichon urbicum 228 European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula 20/05/2012 Tacumshin 229 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 19/03/2023 Tacumshin 230 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 17/09/2023 Tacumshin 231 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 26/09/2010 Saltee Island. 232 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11/11/2023 Lingstown. 233 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 22/10/2016 Hook Head. 234 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 27/10/2024 Hook Head. 235 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 236 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 237 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 14/06/1995 Saltee Island. 238 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 01/10/2020 Churchtown. 239 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 07/05/2011 Saltee Island. 240 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 241 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 242 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 23/06/1996 Tacumshin 243 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 16/09/2023 Hook Head. 244 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 245 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 246 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/06/1999 Saltee Island. 247 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 22/10/2023 Carnesore Pt. 248 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/10/2023 249 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 13/04/2024 Hook Head 250 Whitethroat Curruca communis 251 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 12/10/1992 Tacumshin 252 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/10/2022 Carnesore Pt. 253 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 254 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 255 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 256 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 257 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 258 Redwing Turdus iliacus 259 Blackbird Turdus merula 260 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 261 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 262 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 263 Robin Erithacus rubecula 264 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 11/11/2001 Tacumshin 265 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 25/10/2009 Carne. 266 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 17/09/2023 Churchtown 267 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 26/03/2022 Saltee Island. 268 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 269 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2023 270 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 06/03/2012 South Slob. 271 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 272 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 273 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 12/03/1990 Carnesore Pt. 274 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 05/08/2023 South Slob. 275 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 276 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 19/10/2023 Hook Head. 277 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 278 Dunnock Prunella modularis 279 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 280 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/01/2020 South Slob. 281 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 282 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 283 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 18/02/1989 WWR. 284 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 285 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 286 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 29/09/2020 Tacumshin 287 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 288 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 289 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 290 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 291 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 05/10/2017 Tacumshin 292 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 293 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 294 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 295 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 08/01/2023 Tacumshin Lesser Redpoll (cabaret). 296 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 297 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 298 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 02/05/2022 Churchtown 299 Siskin Spinus spinus 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 300 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 06/10/2022 Tacumshin 301 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 302 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 08/01/2023 Tacumshin 303 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 01/12/1996 WWR. 304 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 08/01/2023 Tacumshin