John McAree: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 201 of 201 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 30/12/2018 River Leven, Balloch 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 16/06/2019 Frankfield Loch, Steppes, Glasgow 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10/12/2016 Caerlaverock WWT 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19 Teal Anas crecca 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2017 Carlingwark Loch, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26/11/2016 Tyninghame Bay, East Lothian 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 36 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 39 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 40 Swift Apus apus 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 47 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 48 Coot Fulica atra 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 52 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 17/02/2019 Musselbrugh 54 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 19/05/2022 lochwinnoch 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 58 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 59 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 60 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 61 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 62 Curlew Numenius arquata 63 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 64 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 65 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 23/09/2011 Baron's Haugh RSPB seen by many. 66 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 67 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 73 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 74 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 75 Knot Calidris canutus 76 Ruff Calidris pugnax 77 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Little Stint Calidris minuta 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 83 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 07/10/2018 Hogganfield Loch LNR 84 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 85 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 97 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 13/09/2022 Kinghorn, Fife 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 100 Puffin Fratercula arctica 29/04/2018 fowlsheugh RSPB reserve 101 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 102 Razorbill Alca torda 103 Guillemot Uria aalge 104 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 21/07/2019 Tyninghame Bay, Lothian 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 13/05/2017 Baron's Haugh RSPB 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 115 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 28/07/2019 loch of kinnordy RSPB 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 120 Buzzard Buteo buteo 121 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 122 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 123 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 124 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 125 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 126 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 127 Merlin Falco columbarius 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 129 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 12/08/2018 Victoria PArk Glasgow 130 Jay Garrulus glandarius 131 Magpie Pica pica 132 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Lizard Point 2010 133 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 134 Rook Corvus frugilegus 135 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 136 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 137 Raven Corvus corax 138 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 139 Coal Tit Periparus ater 140 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 142 Great Tit Parus major 143 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 144 Skylark Alauda arvensis 145 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 26/11/2016 Tyninghame Bay, East Lothian 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 147 Swallow Hirundo rustica 148 House Martin Delichon urbicum 149 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 150 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 151 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 16/10/2016 Torness Power Station, East Lothian 152 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 16/10/2016 Torness Power Station, East Lothian 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 155 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 156 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 157 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 158 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 159 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 160 Whitethroat Curruca communis 161 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 162 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 163 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 164 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 165 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 166 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 167 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 168 Redwing Turdus iliacus 169 Blackbird Turdus merula 170 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 171 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 172 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 173 Robin Erithacus rubecula 174 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 175 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/03/2020 Lamer St, Dunbar 176 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 177 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 178 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 179 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 180 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 181 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 184 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 19/05/2019 Skateraw Midden (Torness) 185 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 186 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 187 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 188 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 189 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 190 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 191 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 193 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 194 Twite Linaria flavirostris 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 197 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 198 Siskin Spinus spinus 199 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 26/11/2016 Aberlady Bay LNR 200 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 201 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus