Clare Bird Species List 2022

Baltimore Oriole at Kilbaha John N Murphy

Here is the list of species found in Clare in 2022.

There were 206 bird species in County Clare during 2022 of which three new species were added to the county List, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear at the Cliffs of Moher in June by a visiting Dutch Birder. Then in autumn at Loop Head the first county records of Olive-backed Pipit and Baltimore Oriole found.  Birds not record this year included seabirds like Surfs Scoter, Fea’s Petrel, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, the Burren Snowy Owl went missing after a good few years being present around Cappaghnawalla near Ballyvaughan. No Turtle Dove, Pied and Red-breasted Flycatcher, Whinchat and Common Redstart. Given there were so many Firecrest around the country in autumn 2022, I am amazed one did not turn up at Loop Head.

1.        MUTE SWAN

2.        WHOOPER SWAN

3.        WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

4.        PINK-FOOTED GOOSE

5.        GREYLAG GOOSE

6.        BARNACLE GOOSE

7.        BRENT GOOSE

8.        CANADA GOOSE

9.        CACKLING GOOSE

10.     SHELDUCK

11.     MALLARD

12.     GADWALL

13.     PINTAIL

14.     SHOVELER

15.     WIGEON

16.     AMERICAN WIGEON

17.     TEAL

18.     GARGANEY

19.     POCHARD

20.     GREATER SCAUP

21.     TUFTED DUCK

22.     RING-NECKED DUCK

23.     COMMON EIDER

24.     COMMON SCOTER

25.     VELVET SCOTER

26.     LONG-TAILED DUCK

27.     GOLDENEYE

28.     GOOSANDER

29.     RED-BREASTED MERGANSER

30.     RED GROUSE

31.     PHEASANT

32.     RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE

33.     RED-THROATED DIVER

34.     BLACK-THROATED DIVER

35.     GREAT NORTHER DIVER

36.     SLAVONIAN GREBE

37.     LITTLE GREBE

38.     GREAT CRESTED GREBE

39.     FULMAR

40.     CORY’S SHEARWATER

41.     GREAT SHHEARWATER

42.     MANX SHEARWATER

43.     BALEARIC SHEARWATER

44.     MACRONESIAN SHEARWATER

45.     SOOTY SHEARWATER

46.     STORM PETREL

47.     WILSONS’S STORM PETREL

48.     LEACH’S STORM PETREL

49.     GANNET

50.     CORMORANT

51.     EUROPEAN SHAG

52.     CATTLE EGRET

53.     LITTLE EGRET

54.     GREAT EGRET

55.     GREY HERON

56.     GLOSSY IBIS

57.     WHITE-TAILED EAGLE

58.     MARSH HARRIER

59.     HEN HARRIER

60.     COMMON BUZZARD

61.     SPARROWHAWK

62.     KESTREL

63.     PEREGRINE

64.     MERLIN

65.     WATER RAIL

66.     MOORHEN

67.     COOT

68.     OYSTERCATCHER

69.     RINGED PLOVER

70.     GREY PLOVER

71.     EUROPEAN GOLDEN PLOVER

72.     AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER

73.     LAPWING

74.     RUFF

75.     RED KNOT

76.     SANDERLING

77.     PURPLE SANDPIPER

78.     TURNSTONE

79.     DUNLIN

80.     CURLEW SANDPIPER

81.     LITTLE STINT

82.     GREEN SANDPIPER

83.     COMMON SANDPIPER

84.     PECTORAL SANDPIPER

85.     REDSHANK

86.     SPOTTED REDSHANK

87.     GREENSHANK

88.     BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

89.     BAR-TAILED GODWIT

90.     LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER

91.     CURLEW

92.     WHIMBREL

93.     WOODCOCK

94.     SNIPE

95.     JACK SNIPE

96.     RED/GREY PHALAROPE

97.     GREAT SKUA

98.     POMARINE SKUA

99.     ARCTIC SKUA

100.  LONG-TAILED SKUA

101.  BLACK-HEADED GULL

102.  COMMON GULL

103.  RING-BILLED GULL

104.  MEDITERRANEAN GULL

105.  HERRING GULL

106.  GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL

107.  LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL

108.  LITTLE GULL

109.  KITTIWAKE

110.  SABINE’S GULL

111.  GLAUCOUS GULL

112.  ICELAND GULL

113.  LITTLE TERN

114.  SANDWICH TERN

115.  COMMON TERN

116.  FORSTER’S TERN

117.  ARCTIC TERN

118.  ROSEATE TERN

119.  ELEGANT TERN

120.  BLACK TERN

121.  PUFFIN

122.  BLACK GUILLEMOT

123.  GUILLEMOT

124.  RAZORBILL

125.  LITTLE AUK

126.  FERAL PIGEON

127.  STOCK DOVE

128.  ROCK DOVE

129.  WOODPIGEON

130.  CUCKOO

131.  LONG-EARED OWL

132.  SHORT-EARED OWL

133.  BARD OWL

134.  SWIFT

135.  KINGFISHER

136.  GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

137.  SKYLARK

138.  GREATER SHORT-TOED LARK

139.  SAND MARTIN

140.  SWALLOW

141.  HOUSE MARTIN

142.  PIED WAGTAIL

143.  YELLOW WAGTAIL

144.  GREY WAGTAIL

145.  OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT

146.  MEADOW PIPIT

147.  ROCK PIPIT

148.  WATER PIPIT

149.  WREN

150.  DIPPER

151.  DUNNOCK

152.  ROBIN

153.  BLACK REDSTART

154.  WHEATEAR

155.  EASTERN BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR

156.  STONECHAT

157.  SONG THRUSH

158.  REDWING

159.  MISTLE THRUSH

160.  FIELDFARE

161.  BLACKBIRD

162.  BLACKCAP

163.  GARDEN WARBLER

164.  WHITETHROAT

165.  EASTERN LESSER WHITETHROAT

166.  SEDGE WARBLER

167.  GRASSHOPPER WARBLER

168.  REED WARBLER

169.  WILLOW WARBLER

170.  CHIFFCHAFF/SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF

171.  YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER

172.  RED-EYED VIREO

173.  GOLDCREST

174.  SPOTTED FLYCATCHER

175.  GREAT TIT

176.  COAL TIT

177.  BLUE TIT

178.  LONG-TAILED TIT

179.  TREECREEPER

180.  MAGPIE

181.  JAY

182.  JACKDAW

183.  CHOUGH

184.  ROOK

185.  HOODED CROW

186.  CARRION CROW

187.  RAVEN

188.  HOUSE SPARROW

189.  TREE SPARROW

190.  CHAFFINCH

191.  BRAMBLING

192.  LINNET

193.  LESSER REDPOLL

194.  ARCTIC REDPOLL

195.  GOLDFINCH

196.  GREENFINCH

197.  SISKIN

198.  BULLFINCH

199.  TWITE

200.  COMMON CROSSBILL

201.  REED BUNTING

202.  LAPLAND BUNTING

203.  SNOW BUNTING

204.  YELLOWHAMMER

205.  BALTIMORE ORIOLE

206.  YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER