Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland 2020-2026
Amber-list species (medium conservation concern)
Breeding Breeding continued Wintering continued
Goosander Swallow Smew
Garganey Sand Martin Pintail
Spotted Crake Willow Warbler Black-throated Diver
European Storm-petrel Starling Great Northern Diver
Fulmar Spotted Flycatcher Bittern
Manx Shearwater Northern Wheatear Turnstone
Gannet Goldcrest Brambling
Shag House Sparrow
Little Ringed Plover Tree Sparrow Breeding and Wintering
Common Sandpiper Greenfinch Mute Swan
Mediterranean Gull Linnet Whooper Swan
Little Tern Pied Flycatcher Red-breasted Merganser
Roseate Tern Western Yellow Wagtail Shelduck
Common Tern Tufted Duck
Arctic Tern Passage Gadwall
Sandwich Tern Cory's Shearwater Wigeon
Great Skua Ruff Mallard
Black Guillemot Spotted Redshank Teal
Common Guillemot Wood Sandpiper Great Crested Grebe
Short-eared Owl Little Gull Coot
Marsh Harrier Black Tern Red-throated Diver
Hen Harrier Wryneck Cormorant
Goshawk Tree Pipit Ringed Plover
Kingfisher Black-headed Gull
Merlin Wintering Common Gull
Chough Brent Goose Lesser Black-backed Gull
Skylark Barnacle Goose European Herring Gull
Bearded Reedling Greylag Goose
House Martin Greater White-fronted Goose
For more information, please see Gilbert G, Stanbury A and Lewis L (2021), “Birds of Conservation
Concern in Ireland 2020 –2026”. Irish Birds 9: 523—544
The categorisation of species as breeding, wintering etc. refers to the populations against which BoCCI
criteria were applied
Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland 2020-2026
Red-list species (high conservation concern)
Breeding Breeding continued Wintering continued
Quail Ring Ouzel Grey Plover
Grey Partridge Common Redstart Bar-tailed Godwit
Red Grouse Whinchat Black-tailed Godwit
Black-necked Grebe Meadow Pipit Knot
Stock Dove Grey Wagtail Purple Sandpiper
Nightjar Twite Snowy Owl
Swift Yellowhammer Redwing
Corncrake
Leach’s Storm-petrel Passage Breeding and Wintering
Woodcock Turtle Dove Eider
Red-necked Phalarope Balearic Shearwater Common Scoter
Kittiwake Curlew Sandpiper Pochard
Puffin Shoveler
Razorbill Wintering Oystercatcher
Barn Owl Bewick's Swan Golden Plover
Golden Eagle Long-tailed Duck Lapwing
White-tailed Eagle Velvet Scoter Curlew
Red Kite Goldeneye Dunlin
Kestrel Scaup Snipe
Wood Warbler Slavonian Grebe Redshank
For more information, please see Gilbert G, Stanbury A and Lewis L (2021), “Birds of Conservation
Concern in Ireland 2020 –2026”. Irish Birds 9: 523—544
The categorisation of species as breeding, wintering etc. refers to the populations against which BoCCI
criteria were applied
