Eric Dempsey: Ireland Year List 2024 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 313 of 313 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 2 9 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 0 0 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 1 4 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 4 18 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 14 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 8 36 15 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 16 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 6 27 17 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 18 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 19 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 5 22 20 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 21 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 22 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 23 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 1 4 24 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 25 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 26 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 27 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 28 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 29 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 1 4 30 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 31 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 32 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 33 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 34 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 35 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 36 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 37 Corncrake Crex crex 2 9 38 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 39 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 40 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 41 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 42 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 43 Crane Grus grus Yes 0 0 44 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 6 27 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 1 4 46 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 47 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 1 4 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 50 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 2 9 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 52 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 53 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 0 0 55 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 56 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 57 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 58 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 59 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 60 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 61 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 62 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 8 36 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13 59 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1 4 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 0 0 69 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 0 0 70 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15 68 72 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 5 22 74 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 75 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 76 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 3 13 77 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 78 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 79 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 80 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 81 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 3 13 83 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 84 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 85 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 86 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 0 0 87 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 88 Little Stint Calidris minuta 0 0 89 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 90 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0 0 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 0 0 92 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 93 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 94 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 95 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 96 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 97 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 98 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 99 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 100 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 101 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 0 0 102 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 103 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 104 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 105 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 1 4 106 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 107 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 108 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 109 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 110 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 0 0 111 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 1 4 112 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 113 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 114 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 115 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 116 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 9 117 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 4 18 118 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 119 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 120 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 121 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 4 18 122 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 0 0 123 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 0 0 124 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 0 0 125 Puffin Fratercula arctica 5 22 126 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 127 BrĂ¼nnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 128 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 3 13 129 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 1 4 130 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 131 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 0 0 132 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 133 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1 4 134 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 135 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 0 0 136 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 138 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 139 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 0 0 140 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 141 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 0 0 142 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 0 0 143 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 144 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 145 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 146 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 147 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 148 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 1 4 149 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 5 22 150 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 151 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 152 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 153 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 154 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 155 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 156 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 157 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 158 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 10 45 159 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 3 13 160 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 161 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 162 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 0 0 163 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 164 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 165 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 166 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 2 9 167 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 168 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 5 22 169 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 170 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 171 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 172 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 173 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 174 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 175 Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 9 176 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 177 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 178 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 179 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 180 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 181 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 182 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 183 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 184 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 185 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 186 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 187 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 188 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 190 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 191 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 2 9 192 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 193 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 0 0 194 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 195 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 8 36 196 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 197 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 198 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 199 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 200 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 201 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 202 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 203 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 204 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 0 0 205 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 206 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 207 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 0 0 208 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 209 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 0 0 210 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 211 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 212 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 213 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 214 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 215 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 216 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 217 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 218 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 219 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 220 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 221 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 222 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 223 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 224 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 225 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 226 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 227 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1 4 228 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 229 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 230 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 231 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 232 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 233 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 234 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 235 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 0 0 236 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 20 90 237 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 238 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 239 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 240 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 241 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 242 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 243 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 1 4 244 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 245 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 246 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 6 27 247 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 248 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 249 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 250 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 251 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 252 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 0 0 253 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 254 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 255 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 9 40 256 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 257 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 258 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 259 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 260 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 261 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 262 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 263 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 4 264 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 265 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 266 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 267 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 268 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 0 0 269 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 270 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 271 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 272 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 273 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 3 13 274 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 275 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 276 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 0 0 277 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 278 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 279 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 0 0 280 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 1 4 281 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 282 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 283 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 284 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 285 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 286 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 287 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 288 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 289 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 290 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 291 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 292 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 293 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 294 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 295 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 296 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 297 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 298 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 299 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 300 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 301 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 302 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 303 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 304 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 305 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 306 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 307 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 308 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 309 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 310 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 311 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 312 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 313 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0