1st May Black-winged Stilt, Ferruginous Duck, Golden Oriole, Hawfinch, Hobby, Little Bittern, Short-toed Lark, Tawny Pipit, White Stork. 2nd May Black-browed Albatross, Black-winged Stilt, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Garganey, Golden Oriole, Lesser Whitethroat, Purple Heron, Short-toed Lark, Spoonbill, Wood Warbler. 3rd May Dotterel, Lesser Yellowlegs, Night Heron, Red-rumped Swallow, Savi’s Warbler, Tree Pipit, Western Marsh-Harrier, Whiskered Tern, Wood…
1st April Balearic Shearwater, Black-winged Stilt, Corn Bunting, Great White Egret. 2nd April Balearic Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Laughing Gull, Little Auk, Night Heron, Red-necked Grebe, Woodchat Shrike. 3rd April Alpine Swift, Slavonian/Horned Grebe, Little Auk, Red-necked Grebe, Western Marsh-Harrier, White-throated Sparrow. 4th April Little Auk, Wryneck. 5th April Alpine Swift, Arctic Loon, Cattle Egret, Ring-necked Duck, Whiskered Tern. 6th…
1st March American Herring Gull 2nd March Ring-necked Duck, American Herring Gull, Bean Goose, Ivory Gull. 3rd March Nothing!! 4th March American Black Duck, Black-throated Diver/Arctic Loon, Black-necked Grebe, Ring-necked Duck. 5th March American Wigeon, Laughing Gull, Ring-necked Duck 6th March Gyr Falcon, Red-necked Grebe, Ring-billed Gull. 7th March Arctic Loon / Black-throated Diver, Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, Killdeer. 8th March American Herring Gull,…
1st February Bonaparte’s Gull, Cattle Egret, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pied-billed Grebe. 2nd February Little Auk, Water Pipit. 3rd February Black-throated Diver/Arctic Loon, Cattle Egret, Killdeer, Little Auk, White-billed Diver. 4th February Bonaparte’s Gull, Goshawk, Green-winged Teal. 5th February Balearic Shearwater, Great White Egret, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck. 6th February Black-throated Diver/Arctic Loon, Black-necked Grebe. 7th February American Coot, Black-necked Grebe, Green-winged…
1st January American Herring Gull, Balearic Shearwater, Cattle Egret, Ivory Gull, Little Auk, Ring-billed Gull. 2nd January American Herring Gull, Balearic Shearwater, Black-necked Grebe, Cattle Egret, Green-winged Teal, Slavonian/Horned Grebe, Little Auk, Ring-billed Gull, Ring-necked Duck. 3rd January Avocet, Black-necked Grebe, Cattle Egret, Crane, Firecrest, Laughing Gull, Little Auk, Smew. 4th January Cattle Egret, Lesser Scaup, Ring-billed Gull,…
Wrens (Northern) Wren Dreoilín (Tuaisceartach) Troglodytes troglodytes Common resident breeding species. Global Distribution: Europe, north Africa and Asia. Summer Distribution Winter Distribution
Woodpeckers Wryneck Cam-Mhuin Jynx torquilla Occasional, though almost annual passage migrant, with the majority of records in autumn. Over 200 county records involving at least 239 individuals up to the end of 2020. The first county records was one found dead on the Fastnet Rock on the 17th September 1898 (Ussher & Warren:107).…
Waxwings (Bohemian) Waxwing Síodeiteach (Boihéamach) Bombycilla garrulus Rare winter visitor, but large scale irruptions in some years occasionally result in more widespread records in Cork. Global Distribution: A widespread breeder in northern Fennoscandia and Russia, with Europe accounting for less than a quarter of its global breeding range. Also found in Asia and North America.…
Warblers Cetti’s Warbler Ceolaire Cetti Cettia cetti Rare vagrant. One county record up to December 2020. 2001 Ballymacoda, 21st May. This is the first Irish Record. Global Distribution: A widespread breeder across much of southern Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Also found in Africa and Asia.(Birdlife…
Wagtails & Pipits (Western) Yellow Wagtail Glasóg Bhuí (Iartharach) Motacilla flava flavissima Scarce passage migrant. Mainly in Spring and Autumn, with most seen in September and October. Has bred in the past. Subspecies Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava flava. Over 30 records. Subspecies Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi Very Rare. One record. Global Distribution:…