Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 200 of 200 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20 90.91 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12 54.55 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 17 77.27 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13 59.09 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 5 22.73 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15 68.18 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 20 90.91 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 40.91 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19 86.36 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 20 90.91 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 86.36 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 77.27 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 90.91 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10 45.45 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 90.91 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes 3 13.64 17 Pintail Anas acuta 20 90.91 18 Teal Anas crecca 20 90.91 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10 45.45 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 8 36.36 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 11 50.00 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 77.27 23 Scaup Aythya marila 9 40.91 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 10 45.45 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 18.18 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16 72.73 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13 59.09 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 16 72.73 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 10 45.45 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19 86.36 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19 86.36 32 Swift Apus apus 18 81.82 33 Rock Dove Columba livia 17 77.27 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14 63.64 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 90.91 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20 90.91 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13 59.09 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 20 90.91 39 Coot Fulica atra 19 86.36 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20 90.91 41 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 5 22.73 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 19 86.36 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10 45.45 44 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 9 40.91 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20 90.91 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 19 86.36 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17 77.27 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19 86.36 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 9 40.91 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 20 90.91 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14 63.64 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 20 90.91 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18 81.82 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 19 86.36 55 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 10 45.45 56 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 6 27.27 57 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13 59.09 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18 81.82 59 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14 63.64 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 9 40.91 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 27.27 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 20 90.91 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 8 36.36 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20 90.91 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19 86.36 66 Knot Calidris canutus 19 86.36 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11 50.00 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11 50.00 69 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 9 40.91 70 Sanderling Calidris alba 18 81.82 71 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20 90.91 72 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 63.64 73 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 9 40.91 74 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 12 54.55 75 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 7 31.82 76 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 9.09 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 13 59.09 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16 72.73 79 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 9 40.91 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 17 77.27 81 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus 4 18.18 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 8 36.36 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16 72.73 84 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 5 22.73 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 20 90.91 86 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 10 45.45 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17 77.27 88 Common Gull Larus canus 20 90.91 89 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 10 45.45 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 20 90.91 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 20 90.91 92 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 9 40.91 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 18 81.82 94 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus 1 4.55 95 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 7 31.82 96 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 9.09 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 8 36.36 98 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 22.73 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 7 31.82 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 9 40.91 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18 81.82 102 Razorbill Alca torda 16 72.73 103 Guillemot Uria aalge 18 81.82 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18 81.82 105 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 4 18.18 106 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19 86.36 107 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 2 9.09 108 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11 50.00 109 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 5 22.73 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 17 77.27 111 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 7 31.82 112 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 4 18.18 113 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 14 63.64 114 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 27.27 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 18 81.82 116 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 10 45.45 117 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 20 90.91 118 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19 86.36 119 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 5 22.73 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 6 27.27 121 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 6 27.27 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 20 90.91 123 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11 50.00 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 20 90.91 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 20 90.91 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10 45.45 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14 63.64 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus 15 68.18 129 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20 90.91 130 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 36.36 131 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 14 63.64 132 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18 81.82 133 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 7 31.82 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 12 54.55 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 20 90.91 136 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19 86.36 137 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 7 31.82 138 Jay Garrulus glandarius 15 68.18 139 Magpie Pica pica 21 95.45 140 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 12 54.55 141 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 20 90.91 142 Rook Corvus frugilegus 20 90.91 143 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 11 50.00 144 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 20 90.91 145 Raven Corvus corax 19 86.36 146 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 6 27.27 147 Coal Tit Periparus ater 20 90.91 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 20 90.91 149 Great Tit Parus major 20 90.91 150 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 9 40.91 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20 90.91 152 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17 77.27 153 Swallow Hirundo rustica 18 81.82 154 House Martin Delichon urbicum 18 81.82 155 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 19 86.36 156 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 9 40.91 157 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 18 81.82 158 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18 81.82 159 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 4 18.18 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15 68.18 161 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 9 40.91 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19 86.36 163 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 31.82 164 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15 68.18 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 19 86.36 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 20 90.91 167 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17 77.27 168 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 5 22.73 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 20 90.91 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 20 90.91 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 20 90.91 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 18 81.82 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 20 90.91 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17 77.27 175 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15 68.18 176 Robin Erithacus rubecula 21 95.45 177 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 9 40.91 178 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 20 90.91 179 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15 68.18 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12 54.55 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13 59.09 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 20 90.91 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 20 90.91 184 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 7 31.82 185 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 2 9.09 186 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 19 86.36 187 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 20 90.91 188 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 20 90.91 189 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19 86.36 190 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 20 90.91 191 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 20 90.91 192 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 20 90.91 193 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 31.82 194 Linnet Linaria cannabina 20 90.91 195 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 17 77.27 196 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 20 90.91 197 Siskin Spinus spinus 16 72.73 198 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19 86.36 199 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18 81.82 200 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 5 22.73