Chris Hamilton: Northern Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 117 of 117 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 20/04/2024 St Albans 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 08/05/2024 Helsinki 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 07/01/2024 Ballymena 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/03/2024 Portmore Lough RSPB 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12/03/2024 Belfast Lough 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14/02/2024 Castle Espie 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/02/2024 Portstewart 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Teal Anas crecca 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/01/2024 Ballymena 14 Eider Somateria mollissima 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 15 Goosander Mergus merganser 14/02/2024 Castle Espie 16 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 17 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 03/01/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 18 Rock Dove Columba livia 07/01/2024 Ballymena 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 21 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 22 Coot Fulica atra 07/01/2024 Ballymena 23 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 07/01/2024 Ballymena 24 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 09/02/2024 Lough Neagh 25 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 26 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 04/02/2024 Portstewart 27 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14/01/2024 Portstewart 28 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 29 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2024 Portstewart 30 Curlew Numenius arquata 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 31 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 32 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 33 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2024 Portstewart 34 Redshank Tringa totanus 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 35 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14/02/2024 Castle Espie 36 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 14/02/2024 Castle Espie 37 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 13/01/2024 Portstewart 38 Knot Calidris canutus 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 39 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/01/2024 Portrush East Strand 40 Dunlin Calidris alpina 14/01/2024 Portstewart 41 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 27/01/2024 Portstewart 42 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/05/2024 Helsinki 43 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 03/04/2024 Belfast Lough 44 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 31/03/2024 Portstewart 45 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/03/2024 Portrush 46 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 47 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/03/2024 Belfast Lough 48 Common Gull Larus canus 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 49 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 50 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 51 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 12/01/2024 Belfast Lough 52 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 08/02/2024 Portstewart 53 Razorbill Alca torda 31/03/2024 Portstewart 54 Guillemot Uria aalge 05/04/2024 Belfast Lough 55 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 10/02/2024 Portstewart 56 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/01/2024 Portrush 57 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/02/2024 Portrush 58 Gannet Morus bassanus 13/01/2024 Portstewart 59 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 60 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/01/2024 Portstewart 61 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/01/2024 Portstewart 62 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 14/03/2024 Portmore Lough RSPB 63 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 64 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 65 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 21/01/2024 York. 66 Buzzard Buteo buteo 67 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens Briefest view as it flashed down river. Picked up by call 68 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 08/03/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 69 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/02/2024 Ireland 70 Merlin Falco columbarius 28/04/2024 Portstewart 71 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/02/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 72 Magpie Pica pica 73 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 74 Rook Corvus frugilegus 75 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 19/01/2024 Manchester 76 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 77 Raven Corvus corax 78 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 17/03/2024 Portstewart 79 Coal Tit Periparus ater 80 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 81 Great Tit Parus major 82 Skylark Alauda arvensis 25/02/2024 Portstewart 83 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2024 Six Mile Water 84 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2024 Lenagh Road 85 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2024 Northern Ireland 86 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 87 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2024 Lenagh Road 88 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 89 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 05/05/2024 Portstewart 90 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 25/03/2024 Lenagh Road 91 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 03/01/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 92 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 93 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 08/01/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 94 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 95 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 96 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 97 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2024 Lenagh Road 98 Blackbird Turdus merula 99 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 05/01/2024 Lenagh Road 100 Robin Erithacus rubecula 101 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 14/01/2024 Portstewart 102 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/01/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens 103 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 14/03/2024 Portmore Lough RSPB 104 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 105 Dunnock Prunella modularis 106 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 107 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 108 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 14/01/2024 Portstewart 109 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 14/01/2024 Portstewart 110 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 111 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2024 Six Mile Water 112 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 113 Linnet Linaria cannabina 10/03/2024 Portstewart 114 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 115 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 116 Siskin Spinus spinus 117 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 24/03/2024 Antrim Castle Gardens