The following are species added to the Irish List since January 1st 1990.

An asterisk (*)indicates records which have not yet been officially accepted.

2004
(None)

2003
White-crowned Sparrow, Dursey, Cork, May.
Redhead, Cape Clear, July.
Semipalmated Plover, Arranmore, Donegal, September.
Yellowthroat, Loop Head, Clare, October.
Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler, Cork, November.

Carrion Crow (species split).

2002
Sooty Tern Bridges of Ross, Mayo, July.

2001
Baltimore Oriole Baltimore, Cork, October.
Cetti's Warbler Ballymacoda, Cork, May.

Green-winged Teal (species split).

2000
Isabelline Shrike North Slob, November.
Blue-winged Warbler Cape Clear Island, Cork, October.
Swinhoe's Petrel Skellig Michael, Kerry, July.

1999
Chimney Swift Cork and Wexford, October. Common Nighthawk Cork, October
Brown Shrike Ballyferriter, Kerry, November.
Arctic Redpoll Cork, October.

1998
Bufflehead The Gearagh, Cork, January to March.
Red-necked Stint Ballycotton, Cork, July.
Hermit Thrush Galley Head, Cork, October.

1997
Thayer's Gull Antrim, March.

1996
Long-toed Stint Ballycotton, Cork, June.
Lesser-crested Tern Ballycotton, Cork, August.
Terek Sandpiper Rosslare Backstrand, August to September.

1995
Double-crested Cormorant Nimmo's Pier, Galway, November to January 1996
Cliff Swallow Dunmore Head, Kerry, November.
Yellow Warbler Brownstown Head, Waterford, October.
Pine Bunting North Slob, Wexford, January to February.

Added 1995
Bald Eagle Originally recorded as a White-tailed Eagle shot, near Garrison, Fermanagh in 1973 and specimen now in the Ulster Museum. Reviewed in 1995 and accepted as a juvenile Bald Eagle.

1994
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Tacumshin, Wexford, August

Marsh Warbler (Anthony McGeehan) Following the Youghal record, this bird sang at Tacumshin, Wexford, for two days in June 1996.

1993
Sardinian Warbler Cape Clear, April.
Franklin's Gull Balckrock, Ballyheige, Kerry, May.

Added 1993
Pallid Swift Collected from St.John's Point, Down, 30th October 1913, subsequently discovered in the Barrington collection, Natural History Museum, Dublin. Record Published in 1993. By coincidence, the first live record ocurred in that year, on Howth Head, Dublin, 9th August, 1993.

1992
Western Sandpiper North Slob, Wexford, September.
Isabelline Wheatear Mizen Head, Cork, October.

1991
Marsh Warbler Youghal, Cork, August.

1990
Desert WheatearCarnsore Point, Wexford, March.
Pechora Pipit Dursey Island, Cork, September.
Syke's Warbler, Cape Clear, Cork, October.
Marsh Tit Bray, Wicklow, December.

Features

Deep-sea birding
Anthony McGeehan's illustrated article on the extraordinary pelagic off Donegal, in September 2007.

Eiders in Ireland
There's far more to the Eiders wintering in Ireland than previously thought. Martin Garner & Wilton Farrely explain.

The Great Northern Bullfinch Hunt
Anthony McGeehan discusses the recent influx of Northern Bullfinches into Ireland.

A Bird in the Hand
Paul Kelly & Steve Wing show us a wealth of photos of birds in the hand, including some rarities.

Pelagic Magic
Anthony McGeehan's account of the successful boat trip off Donegal in August 2003.

Lovely Larids
Anthony McGeehan takes a look at some recent Caspian and Yellow-legged Gull records from the north of the country.

Predictions
Predictions for additions to the Irish List.

Eleven years on...
Which predictions were correct.

Additions
Additions to the Irish List, 1990 to present.

Irish Subspecies
Coal Tit
Dipper
Jay

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