Ireland Life List

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Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights

1

Conor Foley

Irish 402
Egyptian Vulture, Least Tern, Double Crested Cormorant, Bobolink, Brown Booby, Cayenne Tern, Common Nighthawk, Collared Pratincole, Scop's Owl, Pied Wheatear, Rustic bunting, Barolo shearwater, Marsh sandpiper, Raddes Warbler, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Royal Tern, Black Kite, Glaucous Winged Gull, American Bittern, Hudsonian Godwit, Dark Eyed Junco, Hooded Merganser,Black scoter, Aquatic warbler, Sardinian warbler, Little Auk, Grey Cheeked Thrush, Booted Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Madeiran petrel, Caspian Gull, Olive Backed Pipit, Belted kingfisher, Feas petrel, Ortolan bunting, Savi's warbler, Tree pipit, Falcated duck, Red Flanked Bluetail, Baillon's Crake, Rough Legged Buzzard, Desert Wheatear (x2), Upland Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Semi-Palmated Plover, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Quail, Red Necked Stint, Pacific Golden Plover, Pallid Harrier, Great Grey Shrike, Stejnegers Scoter, Siberian Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Bittern, American Coot, Bearded Reedling, Northern Harrier, Pallas's warbler, Red Eyed Vireo, Paddyfield warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow rumped Warbler, House Crow. Common Rosefinch. Nightingale, Red Necked Phalarope, Red footed Falcon, Black Eared Wheatear, Pacific Diver, Pied Billed grebe. Baikal teal. Thayers gull. Little bunting, Blackpoll warbler, Arctic warbler, Black Headed Bunting, Eastern olivaceous warbler. Citrine wagtail, Snowy Owl,Wilsons petrel.Barrows goldeneye, Laughing gull, Franklins gull, white billed diver.White tailed eagle, Golden eagle.Alpine swift. Bonapartes gull, Black duck. Night heron. Sabines gull. Blyths reed, Dusky warbler, Greenish Warbler, Buff Bellied pipit, Richards Pipit, Kentish Plover. Cackling goose. Surf scoter, Sub alpine warbler. Tawny Pipit.Glossy Ibis, Long tailed skua. Yellow warbler. Solitary Sandpiper. Northern Waterthrush.western sandpiper. Little Blue heron. Scarlett Tanager. Swainsons Thrush. White Throated Sparrow. Philadelphia Vireo.

2

Owen Foley

Irish 386
Some all time highlights: Mongolian Plover, Red Flanked Bluetail, Rough Legged Buzzard, Desert Wheatear (2), Upland Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pallid Harrier (4), Pallas's warbler (4), Paddyfield Warbler, Madeiran Petrel, Red Footed Falcon (8) Blackpoll warbler, Arctic warbler, Fea's Petrel (12), Little Shearwater (3) ,Ivory gull , Bluethroat (2) , Sharp Tailed Sandpiper (2) . Wilson's Warbler. Spotted Crake, Red Crested Pochard, White Tailed Eagle, Short Toed Lark, Glossy Ibis, Yellow Warbler (2), Northern Waterthrush, Solitary Sandpiper.Western Sandpiper. Oriental Turtle Dove. 2 Barred Crossbill. Little blue heron. Scarlett tanager. Swainson's thrush.White Throated sparrow. Philadelphia Vireo. Baikal Teal. Pacific Diver. White Stork, Black Eared Wheatear. Ortolan Bunting (3), Nightingale. Indian House Crow. Yellow Rumped Warbler, Siberian Stonechat (2). Marsh hawk, Cetti's Warbler (2), Bearded Reedling. American coot, Siberian Chiffchaff (6), Stejnegers Scoter, Serin, Great Reed Warbler. Western Bonelli's Warbler, Hudsonian Whimbrel. Semi Palmated Plover. Caspian Gull. Savi's warbler. Belted kingfisher. South Polar Skua, Azorean Gull

3

Harry Hussey

Irish 384
Not including pre-emptive splits, Category D species etc. No real blockers, some of the better ones would include Blue-winged Warbler, Brown Shrike, Dartford Warbler and so on. Most recent ticks: Fea's Petrel Galley Head 3rd August (at last!), Dark-eyed Junco Dursey Island, Co. Cork 9th June 2015, Slaty-backed Gull Killybegs, Co. Donegal and Black Scoter, Rossbeigh, Co. Kerry, both January 2015, Sardinian Warbler Dursey Island, Co. Cork 20th April 2014, Wilson's Warbler Dursey Island, Co. Cork 21st Sep 2013, Caspian Tern Tacumshin 23rd August 2013, Lesser Sandplover Pilmore, Co. Cork 27th July 2013, Savi's Warbler Tacumshin, Co. Wexford 26th June 2012, Red-flanked Bluetail Galley Head 26th March 2012, Baillon's Crake Great Saltee 24th March 2012, Siberian Stonechat South Slob 5th March 2011, Hudsonian Whimbrel as an armchair tick, Rough-legged Buzzard near Kilcoole 6th Jan 2012, Desert Wheatear Bray Head 13th Nov 2011, Upland Sandpiper Belmullet 13th Oct 2011, Least Sandpiper 26th Sep 2011, Semipalmated Plover 25th Sep 2011, Great Reed Warbler Great Saltee 8th May 2011, Kentish Plover Tacumshin 25th April 2011, Pallid Harrier Ballyvergan 22nd April 2011.

4

Hugh Delaney

Irish 366
New in 2016 - Royal Tern (Littor Strand, Co Kerry, 25/08/16), Savi's Warbler (Newcastle, Co Wicklow 23/05/16), Glaucous-winged Gull (Castletownbere, Co Cork 12/03/16). New in 2015 - American Bittern (Castlefreke, Co Cork 26/11/15), Hudsonian Godwit (Inishmore, Co Galway 16/09/15), Black Scoter (Rossbeigh, Co Kerry, 27/01/15). New in 2014 - Stilt Sandpiper (Swords Estuary, Dublin, 04/09/14) & Caspian Gull (Séan Walsh Park, Tallaght 08/01/14, showing some features anomalous with a typical example, pencilled in for now!). New in 2013 - Elegant Tern (Littor Strand, Astee, Co Kerry, 16/09/13), Caspian Tern (Tacumshin, Co Wexford, 23/08/13), Mongolian Sand Plover (Clonpriest near Pilmore Strand, Co Cork, 28/07/13), American Coot (Ballyconneely, Galway 19/01/13), Cackling Goose (Ballintemple, Sligo 13/01/13). New in 2012 - Bearded Reedling, Olive-backed Pipit, Blackpoll Warbler, Eastern Kingbird, Siberian Stonechat, Rough-Legged Buzzard & Red Kite. New in 2011- Upland Sandpiper, Pallid Harrier, Kentish Plover, Great Grey Shrike & Stejneger's Scoter. New in 2010 - Nightingale, Black-eared Wheatear, Baikal Teal, Glossy Ibis & Pacific Diver. Memorables - Green Heron, Hermit Thrush, Canada Warbler, Red-necked Stint, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2), Ross's Gull (6), Ivory Gull (2), Collared Pratincole, Brown Shrike, Pine Bunting, Booted Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Black Kite, Alpine Swift, Pallid Swift, Red-footed falcon (2), Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Bee-eater, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Little Blue Heron, Snowy Owl, Yellow-rumped Warbler (4), Double-crested Cormorant, Hume's Warbler (2), Baltimore Oriole, Northern Waterthrush, Desert Wheatear (4), Gyrfalcon, Western Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3), Mongolian Sand Plover, Dusky Warbler (2), Northern Harrier (2). Current Irish 'Blockers' - Eastern Kingbird (1st Western Palearctic record - Self-found), Lesser Grey Shrike, Double-crested Cormorant, Red-brested Goose, Sora Rail & Pine Bunting. All records accepted by the IRBC. No Category D species. Biggest 'Bogies' Goshawk, BW Stilt & Bonelli's Warbler.

5

Niall T. Keogh

Irish 320
New in 2016: Greater Yellowlegs, Pacific Diver, Royal Tern, Corncrake (at long last!) and Semipalmated Plover plus addition of Northern Harrier and Red-breasted Goose following updates to national list. New in 2015: Richard's Pipit & Goshawk. New in 2014: Nightingale, Stilt Sandpiper & CAHOW! New in 2012: Bittern, Quail, Bearded Reedling, Black-winged Stilt, Siberian Stonechat, Black-browed Albatross & Rough-legged Buzzard. New in 2011: Buff-bellied Pipit, Bluethroat, Desert Wheatear (2 males), Indian House Crow, Least Sandpiper, Short-toed Lark, Kentish Plover, Pallid Harrier & 'Tundra Bean Goose'. New in 2010: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler & Baikal Teal.

6

Mark Carmody

People's Republic of Cork 303
2010: Wilson's Phalarope, Baikal Teal (ok, I've counted it), Pacific Diver, Red-footed Falcon, Common Crane, Black-eared Wheatear, Laughing Gull, Indian House Crow (a wild bird which got to Cobh via a ship but managed to survive...tick)

7

SeᮠRonayne

Irish 281
Lesser Yellowlegs x 6, Water Pipit, Black Duck, Forster's Tern, Boneaparte's Gull, Laughing Gull x 3, Franklin's Gull, Alpine Swift, Broad-billed Sandpiper, American Black tern, Booted Warbler, Extremely close White rumped sand' , Greenish Warbler, Eastern olivaceous warbler, Tawny Pipit, BW Stilt, Woodchat & Red backed Shrikes together, Issabeline Shrike, Bufflehead, Barrows Goldeneye, Adult male smew, Whiskered tern, Shorelark, Wood Warbler, Red necked Phalarope, Spotted sanpiper, Sharp tailed sandpiper, Buff bellied pipit x3, Ridiculously tame Sabine's Gull, MOURNING DOVE. Richard's Pipit & Dotterel! Kentish Plover. Cattle egret x 12. Short-toed Lark. Great White Egret. Yellow Warbler x 2. Northern Waterthrush. Solitary Sandpiper, Gyr Falcon, Great spotted cuckoo, Ivory Gull, Dusky Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Little Bunting, Bluethroat, Red-throated Pipit, Red-Footed Falcon x 5, Hobby, Tree Pipit, Melodious Warbler, Firecrest x 2 (personal finds)

8

Mark Carmody

Irish 273
the new splits are Smithsonianus Herring Gull and Yellow-legged Gull in 2004; Twite at last March '05

9

Brendan Sheils

Irish 244
2015 Highlights: Caspian Gull, Surf Scoter, Stilt Sandpiper, Black-necked Grebe, Cory's Shearwater, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Common Rosefinch, Highlights of 2014& 2013:, Dotterel, Hobby, Wilsons' Phalarope, Marsh Harrier, White-winged Black Tern(2), Highlights of 2012-Black Tern(4), FEA'S PETREL(2012+2013), Red-backed Shrike, Glossy Ibis, (3) American Golden Plover, Long-tailed Skua, Rose-coloured Starling, Spotted Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Crane, Bearded Reedling, Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Rough-legged Buzzard, Lapland Bunting,Kumliens Gull, Highlights of 2011:(2)Semipalmated Sandpiper,(4)White-rumped Sandpiper,(18) Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Forster's Tern, Sabine's Gull, Baleraic Shearwater, Great-spotted Woodpecker,Tundra+Taiga Bean Goose, Leach's Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Blue-winged Teal, Garganey, Iberian Chiffchaff, Tree Pipit, Asian Lesser Whitethroat, Brambling, Yellow Wagtail, Woodcock,HIGHLIGHTS OF 2010: Alpine Swift , Arctic Skua, Corncrake, Ring Ouzel, Snow Bunting, Waxwing, Red-necked Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Avocet(2008), Montagu's Harrier (2009),

10

Brian McCloskey

Irish 210
GREAT-GREY SHRIKE, white-tailed eagleRoss's gull, blue-winged teal, spotted sandpiper,Black-necked grebe, cattle egret,Avocet, Canada goose, Lesser yellowlegs, forsters tern, bearded reedlings, green-winged teal, black-winged stilt, Great-White egret x2, franklin's gull,stilt sandpiper, caspian gull, Pacific diver,glossy ibis, ivory gull, AGP, ELEGANT TERN, white-winged black tern(self-find),surf scorer, Richard's pipit, grey-bellied brant,

11

cian cardiff

irish 192 Irish birds.
Caspian gull tallagh, spotted redshank, Slavonian grebe.ivory gull, azorean yellow-legged gull, CETTI'S WARBLER ECNR CALLING 3NOV 13 great white egret,hobby,lesser yellowlegs,white-wined black tern,bairds sandpiper,gull-billerd tern,semipalmated sandpiper,yellow-legged gull,buff-breasted sandpiper,bearded readling,

12

Antonio Salvadori

Italo/Canadian 140
Short-eared Owl; meeting Frank King at dawn chorous

13

Skip & Lyn Nelson

Independent 120
Last Trip 12-02

14

Dan Hayward

US 72
2 weeks visiting a friend on the West Coast in Oct., 2001-Twite in Salthill-Chough in Doolin
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