David Stirling: Down Year List 2024 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 145 of 145 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/02/2024 Craigantlet 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 11/01/2024 Ballyquintin Farm 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 17 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/01/2024 Kinnegar / D3 18 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 19 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2024 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 22/01/2024 Lough Corbet 22 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 23 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 24 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2024 25 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 05/05/2024 CBO 26 Rock Dove Columba livia 27 Stock Dove Columba oenas 28 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 29 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/05/2024 CBO 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 32 Coot Fulica atra 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 35 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/03/2024 Kircubbin 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 37 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 39 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 44 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 45 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 46 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 49 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 16/05/2024 WOW(is it county Antrim?) 50 Redshank Tringa totanus 51 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 54 Knot Calidris canutus 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 58 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 59 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/05/2024 CBO 60 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 61 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 62 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 63 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 64 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/05/2024 WOW(is it county Antrim?) 65 Common Gull Larus canus 66 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 67 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 68 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 16/02/2024 Belfast 69 Puffin Fratercula arctica 70 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 71 Razorbill Alca torda 72 Guillemot Uria aalge 73 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 74 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 75 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 76 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 77 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 03/05/2024 CBO 78 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 79 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/03/2024 80 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 81 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 82 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 83 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 84 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 85 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 08/01/2024 Tyrella 86 Buzzard Buteo buteo 87 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/05/2024 CBO 88 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 89 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 14/04/2024 Castleward 90 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 11/01/2024 Ballyquintin Farm 91 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/02/2024 Kilclief 92 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/05/2024 CBO 93 Jay Garrulus glandarius 94 Magpie Pica pica 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 98 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 99 Raven Corvus corax 100 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 101 Coal Tit Periparus ater 102 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 103 Great Tit Parus major 104 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 105 Swallow Hirundo rustica 106 House Martin Delichon urbicum 107 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 108 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 109 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/03/2024 110 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 111 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 112 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 113 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2024 CBO 114 Whitethroat Curruca communis 115 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 116 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/03/2024 Kircubbin 118 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 120 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 121 Redwing Turdus iliacus 122 Blackbird Turdus merula 123 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 124 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/05/2024 CBO 125 Robin Erithacus rubecula 126 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/05/2024 CBO 127 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 128 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 129 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 130 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 131 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 132 Dunnock Prunella modularis 133 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 134 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 135 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 136 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 06/01/2024 Ballyfrench beach 137 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 138 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 139 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 140 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 141 Linnet Linaria cannabina 142 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 143 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 144 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/02/2024 East Down Farmers 145 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus