Black lough Bird List

Total: 100 Unique Species
Winter:   27
Summer: 10
Passage: 23
Resident: 40
Rarities: American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Garganey, Ring-billed Gull, White Wagtail.
Red List 17 Red Data

Birds on the Black Lough and when to see them:
Bird Time of Year Red List
Skylark Summer
Sand Martin Summer
Swallow Summer
House Martin Summer
Meadow Pipit Resident
Grey Wagtail Resident
Pied Wagtail Resident
White Wagtail Passage
Wren Resident
Dunnock Resident
Robin Resident
Whinchat Passage
Stonechat Winter
Wheater Passage
Blackbird Resident
Fieldfare Winter Red
Song Thrush Resident
Redwing Winter Red
Mistle Thrush Resident
Grasshopper Warbler Summer
Sedge Warbler Summer
Reed Warbler Summer
Black Cap Summer
Wood Warbler Passage
Chiffchaff Summer
Willow Warbler Summer
Goldcrest Resisdent
Spotted Flycatcher Passage
Long-tailed Tit Winter
Coal Tit Resident
Blue Tit Resident
Great Tit Resident
Treecreeper Resident
Magpie Resident
Jackdaw Resident
Rook Resident
Carrion Crow Passage
Hooded Crow Resident
Starling Resident
House Sparrow Resident
Tree Sparrow Winter
Chaffinch Resident
Goldfinch Resident
Siskin Winter
Linnet Winter
Redpoll Winter
Bullfinch Winter
Little Grebe Winter
Great Crested Grebe Passage
Cormorant Winter
Grey Heron Resident
Mute Swan Resident
Bewick’s Swan Winter Red
Whooper Swan Winter Red
White-fronted Goose Passage
Greylag Goose Resident
Canada Goose Passage
Shelduck Passage Red
Wigeon Winter Red
American Wigeon Passage
Gadwall Winter Red
Teal Winter Red
Mallard Resident
Garganey Passage
Shoveler Passage Red
Pochard Winter Red
Ring-necked Duck Passage
Tufted Duck Resident
Scaup Passage Red
Goldeneye Winter Red
Ruddy Duck Winter
Hen Harrier Winter Red
Sparrowhawk Resident
Buzzard Resident
Kestrel Resident
Peregrine Falcon Winter Red
Pheasant Resident
Water Rail Winter
Moorhen Resident
Yellowhammer Passage
Reed Bunting Resident
Black Swan Passage
Lapwing Winter
Coot Resident
Oystercatcher Passage Red
Jack Snipe Winter
Snipe Resident
Curlew Passage Red
Common Sandpiper Summer
Black-headed Gull Resident
Ring-billed Gull Passage
Common Gull Winter
Lesser Black-backed Gull Winter
Herring Gull Winter
Great Black-backed Gull Winter
Stock Dove Passage
Skylark Sum
Woodpigeon Resident
Collard Dove Resident
Swift Summer
Brambling Winter
Woodcock Winter
Total = 17

Download the Bird List

You can help us keep track of birds on the lough, their numbers and the time of year, by downloading our bird list. Simply mark beside the bird where and when you saw it and the approx. numbers. This information is invaluable to us as we try and protect the bird's habitat.
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Endangered Birds

What is the red list?

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), created in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species.[1] The IUCN Red List is set upon precise criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of thousands of species and subspecies. These criteria are relevant to all species and all regions of the world. The aim is to convey the urgency of conservation issues to the public and policy makers, as well as help the international community to try to reduce species extinction. Major species assessors include BirdLife International, the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, and many Specialist Groups within the IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC). Collectively, assessments by these organizations and groups account for nearly half the species on the Red List. IUCN Red List is widely considered to be the most objective and authoritative system for classifying species in terms of the risk of extinction[2] The IUCN aims to have the category of every species re-evaluated every five years if possible, or at least every ten years. This is done in a peer reviewed manner through IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Specialist Groups, which are Red List Authorities responsible for a species, group of species or specific geographic area, or in the case of BirdLife International, an entire class (Aves).[3] There are over 7000 extant species in the 2006 Red List which have not had their category evaluated since 1996.