Nightjar to Sedge Warbler
* Not yet fully accepted onto the official Irish List

Nightjar Common Nighthawk * Chimney Swift * White-throated Needletail Swift	*! RLS< & RP-Eu V-Am (1,1999) V-Am (5,1999) V-As (1,1964) * S
Pallid Swift Alpine Swift Little Swift Kingfisher Belted Kingfisher	V-Eu (3,1998) V-Eu (46,1999) V-Af (1,1967) * A V-Am (3,1985)
Bee-eater Roller Hoopoe Wryneck Green Woodpecker	V-Eu (38,2000) V-Eu (16,1990) R-Eu R-Eu% V-Eu (3,1854)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Great Spotted Woodpecker Short-toed Lark (Lesser Short-toed Lark) Woodlark	V-Am (1,1988) V-Eu (1995) R-Eu (49,2000) Removed from list (*) V-Eu (n.,1992)
Skylark Shore Lark Sand Martin Swallow Red-rumped Swallow	* CA V-Eu (20,1999) * CS< * CS V-Eu (24,2000)
Cliff Swallow House Martin Richard's Pipit Tawny Pipit Olive- backed Pipit	V-Am (1,1995) * CS R-As (67,1997) V-Eu (28,1996) V-As (7,1993)
Tree Pipit Pechora Pipit Meadow Pipit Red-throated Pipit Rock Pipit	UP V-As (1,1990) * CA V-Eu (23,1997) * A
Water Pipit American Pipit Yellow Wagtail Citrine Wagtail Grey Wagtail	V-Eu (15,1998) V-Am (2,1967) (*) RS & UP V-As (4,1993) * A
Pied Wagtail Waxwing Dipper Wren Grey Catbird	* CA UW% * A< * CA V-Am (1,1986)
Dunnock Rufous Bush Robin Robin Thrush Nightingale Nightingale	* CA V-Eu (3,1968) * CA V-Eu (3,1999) V-Eu (23,2000)
Bluethroat Black Redstart Redstart Whinchat Stonechat	V-Eu (31,1996) UW & UP * RLS & UP * LS< & P * CA<
Isabelline Wheatear Wheatear Pied Wheatear Black-eared Wheatear Desert Wheatear	V-As (1,1992) * CS V-As (4,1994) V-Eu (4,1997) V-Af(4,1997)
'black' Wheatear Rock Thrush White's Thrush Siberian Thrush Hermit Thrush	V-Eu/Af (1,1964) V-Eu (2,1995) V-As (4,1993) V-As (1,1985) V-Am (1,1998)
Swainson's Thrush Grey-cheeked Thrush Ring Ouzel Blackbird Fieldfare	V-Am (4,1999) V-Am (4,1991) * LUS & P * CA CW
Song Thrush Redwing Mistle Thrush American Robin Cetti's Warbler	* CA CW * A V-Am(10,1983) V-Eu(2,1975)
Fan-tailed Warbler Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Grasshopper Warbler Savi's Warbler Aquatic Warbler Sedge Warbler	V-Eu(2,1985) V-As(2,1990) * S V-Eu(7,1996) V-Eu(13,1989) * CS

Additions
Additions to the Irish List, 1990 to present.

Predictions
Predictions for additions to the Irish List.

Eleven years on...
Which predictions were correct!

Waxwing (Esther Murphy)
UW%
Uncommon winter visitor in variable numbers.

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.