Honey Buzzard to Woodcock
* Not yet fully accepted onto the official Irish List

Honey Buzzard Black Kite Red Kite White-tailed Eagle Bald Eagle	V-Eu (29,2000) V-Eu (7,1997) V-Eu (53,1999) (*) V-Eu (n.1991) V-Am (2,1987)
Griffon Vulture Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Montagu's Harrier Goshawk	V-Eu (1,1842) (*) R-Eu *! UA< (*) V-Eu (59,2000) (*) R-Eu, Am (42,2000)
Sparrowhawk Buzzard Rough-legged Buzzard Spotted Eagle Golden Eagle	* CA * LA> V-Eu (40,1999) V-Eu (1,1845) (*) V-Eu (2000)
Booted Eagle Osprey Lesser Kestrel Kestrel Red-footed Falcon	V-Eu (1,1999) R-Eu> V-Eu (1,1891) * A V-Eu (22,1997)
Merlin Hobby Gyrfalcon Peregrine Red Grouse	* UA R-Eu V-Ar (2000) * A *! A<
Grey Partridge Quail Pheasant Water Rail Spotted Crake	*! RA< *!LUS% * CA * A & W (*) RLS & R-Eu
Sora Rail Little Crake Baillon's Crake Corncrake Moorhen	V-Am (2,1998) V-Eu (6,1977) V-Eu (2,1858) *! LUS< * CA
Coot American Coot Crane Sandhill Crane Little Bustard	* CA V-Am (1,1981) V-Eu (76,2000) V-Am (1,1905) V-Eu (8,1931)
Great Bustard Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Avocet Stone-curlew	V-Eu (2,1925) * S & CW V-Eu (c.47,1999) (*) R-Eu V-Eu (23,1999)
Cream-coloured Courser Collared Pratincole Black-winged Pratincole Little Ringed Plover Ringed Plover	V-Af (1,1953) V-Eu (1,1970) V-Eu & As (2,1974) V-Eu (42,2000) * S & CW
Killdeer Kentish Plover Dotterel American Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover	V-Am (16,1996) V-Eu (14,1995) (*) R-Eu R-Am (c.67,2000) V-As (8,2000)
Golden Plover Grey Plover Sociable Plover Lapwing Great Knot *	*! LS< & CW P & W V-As (4,1998) *! S< & CW V-As (1,2000)
Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Red-necked Stint	W W V-Am (66,2000) V-Am (3,1999) V-As (1,1998)
Little Stint Temminck's Stint Long-toed Stint Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper	P% V-Eu (36,2000) V-As (1,1996) V-Am (10,1998) R-Am
Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper	R-Am (81,2000) UP% V-As(2,1997) P% W
Dunlin Broad-billed Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff	* US, CP & CW V-Eu (20,1999) V-Am (9,2000) R-Am P & UW
Jack Snipe Snipe Great Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Woodcock	P & W * CA< V-Eu (c.21,1983) V-Am(2,2000) R-Am(61,2000) * A & W

Additions
Additions to the Irish List, 1990 to present.

Predictions
Predictions for additions to the Irish List.

Eleven years on...
Which predictions were correct!

Osprey
(Eric Dempsey)
R-Eu>
Rare European visitor, on the increase.

Key to Irish List
Species origins for rarities
Eu - Europe
Am - America
As - Asia
Af - Africa
Oc - Oceanic
Ar - Arctic

Species status in Ireland
C - Common
U - Uncommon
P - Passage migrant
L - Localised
S - Summer
W - winter
A - All year
% - Variable numbers
R - Rare
V - Vagrant
F - Feral
n. - no. not known
c. - circa
> - Increasing
< - Decreasing
* - Breeds
(*) - Has bred

Note : ! - Indicates the 12 most threatened breeding species, as identified in Birdwatch Ireland's Conservation Strategy.