Ian Young: Northern Ireland Year List 2023 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 343 of 343 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 0 0 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 1 25 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 0 0 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 0 0 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1 25 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 0 0 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 0 0 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 0 0 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 1 25 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 19 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 0 0 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 0 0 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 0 0 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 1 25 26 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 27 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 28 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 2 50 30 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 31 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 0 0 33 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 0 0 35 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 0 0 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 38 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 39 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 41 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 42 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 44 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 45 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 46 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 47 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 0 0 49 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 50 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 51 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 52 Corncrake Crex crex 0 0 53 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 54 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 55 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 56 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 57 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 58 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 25 59 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 1 25 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 0 0 62 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 63 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 64 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 0 0 65 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 66 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 0 0 67 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 68 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 69 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 70 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 0 0 71 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 72 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 73 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 74 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 75 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 76 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 77 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 78 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 0 0 79 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 80 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 81 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 82 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 83 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1 25 84 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 0 0 85 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 86 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 87 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 0 0 88 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 89 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 0 0 91 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 0 0 92 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 0 0 93 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 94 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 95 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 96 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 97 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 98 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 99 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 100 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 101 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 0 0 102 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 103 Little Stint Calidris minuta 0 0 104 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 105 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0 0 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 0 0 107 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 108 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 109 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 110 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 111 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 112 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 0 0 114 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 115 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 0 0 116 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 117 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 118 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 119 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 120 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 121 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 122 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 123 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 124 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 125 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 1 25 126 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 127 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 128 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 0 0 129 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 130 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 131 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 132 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 133 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 0 0 134 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1 25 135 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 136 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 137 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 0 0 139 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 0 0 140 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 0 0 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 0 0 142 Puffin Fratercula arctica 2 50 143 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 144 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 145 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 146 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 147 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 0 0 148 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 149 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 0 0 150 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 151 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 0 0 152 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 153 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 154 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 155 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 0 0 156 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 157 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 0 0 158 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 0 0 159 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 160 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 161 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 162 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 1 25 163 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 164 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 165 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 0 0 166 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 25 167 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 168 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 169 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 170 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 171 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 172 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 173 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 174 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 175 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 0 0 176 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 1 25 177 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 0 0 178 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 0 0 179 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 180 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 181 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 0 0 182 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 183 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 0 0 184 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 25 185 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 186 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 187 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 188 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 189 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 190 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 191 Barn Owl Tyto alba 1 25 192 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 193 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 194 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 195 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 196 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 197 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 198 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 199 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 200 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 201 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 202 Hobby Falco subbuteo 0 0 203 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 204 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 205 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 206 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 207 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 208 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 209 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 210 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 211 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 212 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 213 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 0 0 214 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 215 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 0 0 216 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 1 25 217 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 218 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 219 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 220 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 0 0 221 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 222 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 223 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 224 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 225 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 226 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 227 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 0 0 228 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 229 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 230 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 0 0 231 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 232 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 0 0 233 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 234 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 235 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 236 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 237 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 238 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 239 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 240 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 241 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 242 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 2 50 243 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 244 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 245 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 246 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 247 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 248 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 249 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 250 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 251 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 2 50 252 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 253 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1 25 254 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 255 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 1 25 256 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 257 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 258 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 259 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 260 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 261 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 1 25 262 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 263 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 0 0 264 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 265 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 266 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 267 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 268 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 269 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 270 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 0 0 271 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 272 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 273 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 274 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 275 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 276 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 277 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 278 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 0 0 279 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 280 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 281 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 2 50 282 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 0 0 283 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 284 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1 25 285 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 286 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 287 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 288 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 289 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 290 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 25 291 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 292 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 293 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 294 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 295 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 0 0 296 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 297 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 298 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 299 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 300 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 0 0 301 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 2 50 302 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 303 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 304 Twite Linaria flavirostris 1 25 305 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 0 0 306 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 1 25 307 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 1 25 308 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 309 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 0 0 310 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 0 0 311 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 312 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 313 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 314 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 315 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 316 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 317 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 318 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 319 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 320 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 321 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 322 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 323 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 324 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 325 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 326 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 327 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 328 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 329 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 330 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 331 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 332 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 333 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 334 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 335 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 336 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 337 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 338 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 339 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 340 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 341 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 342 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 343 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0