Irish Self-found List

Highlights - Pallid Harrier (1st Irish Record) (2), Madeiran Petrel, Fea's Petrel (9), Little Shearwater (2), Stilt Sandpiper, Pacific Diver, Pied Billed grebe, Two-Barred Crossbill, Red Eyed Vireo, Pallas's Warbler (4), Gull-Billed Tern (3), Siberian Stonechat, American Black Tern, Cetti's Warbler, Buff-Bellied Pipit. White-Billed Diver (x2), Redhead. Grey cheeked thrush. South Polar Skua Other Goodies - Nightingale, Spotted Crake, Night Heron, Canada Goose (parvipes), Bearded Reedling, Citrine Wagtail, Bittern, Caspian Gull (x2), American Herring Gull (7), Common Crane (7), Little Bunting, Red Rumped Swallow (2), Serin, American Black Duck, Wilson's petrel (33), Ortolan Bunting (2), Blue Winged Teal (3), Icterine Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Barred Warbler (6), Red Footed Falcon (2), Golden Oriole, Woodchat Shrike (2), Red Backed Shrike (2), Baird's Sandpiper (3), White Rumped Sandpiper (3), American Golden Plover (8), Great White Egret (4), Lesser Scaup (6), Surf Scoter (4), Glossy Ibis (5), Little Ringed Plover (5), Dotterel (2), Semi-Palmated Sandpiper (10), Long Billed Dowitcher (3), Lesser yellowlegs (5), Bonapartes Gull (5), Laughing Gull (4), Forsters Tern (2), White winged tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Richards Pipit (3), Red-Throated Pipit (3), Red-Breasted Flycatcher (5), Rosy Starling (2), Common Rosefinch (6), Hawfinch (2). Alpine swift (2), Azorean Gull. Rare Sub-Sp. Black Brant, Kumliens Gull, Blue Headed Wagtail, Black Bellied Dipper. The slow inexorable climb to 300 continues....

Latest finds;-Lesser legs, Rogerstown estuary. Fea's type petrel, Baltimore Pelagic. Dusky warbler, wryneck, rosefinch, Aranmore, October 2013. Melodious Warbler, Cahore point, Sept 2013. Citrine wagtail, Cahore, Sept 2013. Snow Goose Cahore, Red-throated pipit Tory Island, Spoonbill Cahore, White-billed diver Tory Island(x3) Bearded Tit, Semi-p sand Inch Island, Blyths reed warbler, Rosy starling, Blue winged teal, Red necked Phalarope, Collared Fly, Hawfinch, Sibe chif, lesser scaup, red kite, smew. surf scoter,l r plover x2, bonapartes gull, two barred crossbill, barred warbler, ring-necked duck, Great spotted woodpecker, several. Best of the rest- cattle egret(the last good one!!), alpine swift, hobby(several), buff b x 3, agp x3, tripits x 5. A lot of dodgey people ticking reedlings these days!

Latest addition - Melodious Warbler & Richard's Pipit. Top 10 highlights: Little Blue Heron, American Coot, Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, Thayer's Gull (2), Buff-bellied Pipit (2), Western Bonelli's Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo and Blackpoll Warbler (all in Galway). Also Wilson's Petrel (10+), Cattle Egret, Snow Goose, Canada Goose, American Wigeon (2), Blue-winged Teal (2), Green-winged Teal (10+), American Black Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Ring-necked Duck (c. 20), Lesser Scaup (3), Surf Scoter (5), Pallid Harrier, American Golden Plover (10), Dotterel (12), Semipalmated Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Baird's Sandpiper (3), White-rumped Sandpiper (4), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (8), Long-billed Dowitcher (3), Laughing (5), Bonaparte's, American Herring, Kumlien's Gull (6+), Snowy Owl, Red-throated Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, Short-toed Lark, Barred Warbler (4), Arctic Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling and Common Rosefinch. Punkbirder Self Found Rules

Siberian Stonechat, Squacco Heron, Red-Throated pipit, Pacific Diver, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Surf Scoter, RB Fly, Quail, Aquatic warbler, Rosy Starling, Fea's petrel, American Herring Gull, Yellow Legged Gull (Azorean), Little Auk, Baird's Sandpiper, Madeiran Petrel, Woodchat shrike, Tree Pipit, Smew, Pallas's Warbler(x2), Northern Harrier, Wryneck, Wilsons Petrel, Long Tailed Skua, Siberian Chiffchaff, Icterine warbler, Common Rosefinch, Greenish Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Buff bellied pipit, Terek sand. Franklins gull. White billed diver. Tawny pipit. Bee-eater. Great White Egret x2. Lesser yellowlegs. Agp x2. Montagu's harrier x 2. Gull-billed tern. Buff breasted sandpiper x 3. Red necked grebe.

New in 2012: Little Auk, White-rumped Sandpiper, Crane, Bearded Reedling, Quail, Barolo's Shearwater, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Pectoral Sandpiper. New in 2011: Glossy Ibis, 'Northern Harrier', Baird's Sandpiper, Common Rosefinch, Short-toed Lark & Red Kite. IRBC rarities: 'Black Brant', Green-winged Teal (several), Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Fea's-type Petrel (3), Wilson's Petrel (several), Black-necked Grebe (2), Hobby (2), Avocet, Little Ringed Plover (3), Dotterel, American Golden Plover (2), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (17), Long-tailed Skua (several), 'Atlantic/Azorean Yellow-legged Gull' (3rd Irish record), American Herring Gull, Gull-billed Tern (2), Cetti's Warbler (2nd Irish record), 'Siberian Chiffchaff' (4), Barred Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Water Pipit (2) & Hawfinch.

Doesn't include relocations (like the Baltimore Chimney Swift in 2005), birds in known areas (i.e. Bearded Reedling), birds where my part in the finding process wasn't important enough (i.e. LB Dowitcher) etc. Latest finds: Black-throated Diver (about time!!) near Owenahincha 20th March 2015, Little Tern (finally!!) at Pilmore 31st August 2013, Montagu's Harrier at the Old Head of Kinsale 7th May 2011, Woodchat Shrike at Knockadoon Head 8th April 2011, Velvet Scoter near Schull Head 17th Feb 2011, Barred Warbler Knockadoon Head 8th Nov 2010, Red-throated Pipit Dursey Island 10th Oct 2010, Melodious Warbler at the Old Head of Kinsale Sep 4th 2010, Black-necked Grebe at Aghada Jan 2010, Hobby Pilmore April 2009, Ortolan Bunting at the Old Head of Kinsale, Ring-necked Duck and Goosander at Lough Gill, Richard's Pipit and Green-winged Teal at Ballycotton, all late 2008. Highlights include Ireland's first Hume's Warbler, the second Red-necked Stint and Isabelline Shrike, Cork's first Caspian Gull, Laughing and Franklin's Gulls, Alpine Swift (x5), Semipalmated Sandpiper, AGP, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Wilson's Petrel (x2), Subalpine, Greenish and Pallas's Warblers (x2), Hawfinch, Golden Oriole, Water Pipit etc. Need to work on my wader finds list!

Latest - Barred Warbler, Inishmore, Galway (19/10/17). Highlights - Temminck's Stint, Merrion Strand, Dublin (05/07/14), Olive-backed Pipit (22/10/12 Inishmore, Galway) Dusky Warbler (19/10/12 Inishmore, Galway) Blackpoll Warbler (07/10/12 Inishmore, Galway), EASTERN KINGBIRD (05/10/12 Inishmore, Galway) 1st for Western Palearctic!! Yellow-rumped Warbler (10/10/10 Inishmore, Galway), Ross's Gull (07/01/98 West Pier Dun Laoghaire, Dublin), Lesser Yellowlegs (2), Baird's Sandpiper (1), Semipalmated Sandpiper (2), Icterine Warbler, Surf Scoter, Red-brested Flycatcher (3), American Wigeon, Avocet (6), Ring-necked Duck, Wilson's Petrel (c. 15), Golden Oriole, Short-toed Lark, White-rumped Sandpiper (4), Buff-brested Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Long-tailed Skua, Wryneck, Richard's & Water Pipit, Hobby (2) & Little Auk. All records accepted by the IRBC, all are full species as adopted by IRBC, no 'co-finds' or known 'returning' birds. Rare sub-species - Siberian Chiffchaff (2)

won't be finding much else seeing as I am in Japan now!!!!

Great white egret (4),purple heron (2),crane,Glossy ibis (7),Cormorant ssp Sinensis,Agp (3),pec (2),wood sand (3),kentish plover,LRP (2),Long-billed Dowicher,little stint,Wrs,spot red (3),jack snipe (many),Red-necked phal,green sand (4),Ylg (6) incl;3rd year/sub ad Azorean type,Iceland,kumlien's,Glac,Ring-billed,Laughing,Hobby (10+),marsh harrier (6),white-tailed eagle,Goshawk,osprey (3)Bewick's swan,Russian wfg,pink-footed,dbb,Garganey (4),velvet scoter,long-tailed duck (2),goosander,yellow wag(incl.Blue-headed type),sibe chiff,redstart,wood warbler,garden warbler,nightjar,bearded reedling,ring ouzel,Great-spotted woodpecker,pom skua,cory's shear,med shear,blue phase fulmar,BTD,RNG,slav,little auk,turtle dove,alpine swift,SEO,hoopoe,water pipit,littoralis rock pipit,black redstart,ybw,bramling,snow bunt,carrion crow,,