Paul Lynch: Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 116 of 116 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 4 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 Pintail Anas acuta 10 Teal Anas crecca 11 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12 Pochard Aythya ferina 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14 Eider Somateria mollissima 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19 Swift Apus apus 20 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 23 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 25 Coot Fulica atra 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 30 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 31 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 32 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 33 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 34 Curlew Numenius arquata 35 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 36 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 37 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 38 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 39 Redshank Tringa totanus 40 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 41 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 42 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 43 Knot Calidris canutus 44 Ruff Calidris pugnax 45 Sanderling Calidris alba 46 Dunlin Calidris alpina 47 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 48 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 49 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 50 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 51 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 52 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 53 Common Gull Larus canus 54 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 55 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 56 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 57 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 58 Razorbill Alca torda 59 Guillemot Uria aalge 60 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 61 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 62 Gannet Morus bassanus 63 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 64 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 65 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 66 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 67 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 68 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 69 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 03/03/2024 Rogerstown estuary Tagged yellow black 96 70 Buzzard Buteo buteo 71 Barn Owl Tyto alba 72 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 73 Merlin Falco columbarius 74 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 75 Magpie Pica pica 76 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 77 Rook Corvus frugilegus 78 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 79 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 80 Raven Corvus corax 81 Coal Tit Periparus ater 82 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 83 Great Tit Parus major 84 Skylark Alauda arvensis 85 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 86 Swallow Hirundo rustica 87 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 22/03/2024 Five mile point, co Wicklow Seen and heard 88 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 89 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 90 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 91 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 92 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 05/05/2024 Co Louth 93 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 94 Whitethroat Curruca communis 95 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 96 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 97 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 98 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 99 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 100 Blackbird Turdus merula 101 Robin Erithacus rubecula 102 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 103 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 104 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 105 Dunnock Prunella modularis 106 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 107 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 108 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 109 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 110 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 111 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 112 Linnet Linaria cannabina 113 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 114 Siskin Spinus spinus 115 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 116 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus