Seth Gibson: Isle of Skye Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 150 of 150 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/10/2021 Broadford Bay Skye 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 11/02/2019 Kensaleyre Skye 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 09/11/2017 Staffin Island Skye 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/11/2016 Kensaleyre Skye 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/09/2017 Uig Skye 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2019 Kilmuir Greenland WF 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/02/2024 Storr Lochs, Skye, Scotland 1 imm, followed 2 days later by an adult at Loch Cill Chriosd. Unbelievable!!! :) 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/11/2016 Arnish, Raasay Skye+Raasay 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 24/04/2017 Uig Skye 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 12 Teal Anas crecca 03/10/2017 Uig Skye 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/10/2021 Loch Mealt 1st record since 2007. Skye 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Loch Mealt, Ellishadder Skye 15 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/11/2016 Sconser Skye+Raasay 16 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/04/2024 Waterloo, Skye, Scotland 1f self-found 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/10/2017 Waterloo, Broadford Bay Skye 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30/10/2017 Waterloo, Broadford Bay Skye 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/11/2017 Uig Skye 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2017 Uig Skye 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 22 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 23/05/2018 Loch Vorvin Skye+Raasay 23 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2017 Uig Skye 24 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 25 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 16/03/2017 Uig Skye 26 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 07/10/2021 Cuil, Uig Skye 27 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13/12/2016 Uig Skye 28 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 10/07/2018 Loch Cill Chriosd Skye 29 Corncrake Crex crex 04/05/2019 Uig Bay Skye 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 12/12/2020 Loch Cill Chriosd 1w bird twitched the day after discovery. The first Skye record for several years and the first since I moved here in Dec 2016. 31 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 30/10/2017 Ardvasar Skye 32 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 18/10/2017 Waterloo, Broadford Bay Skye 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 05/11/2016 Kensaleyre Skye 34 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/12/2017 Uig Skye 35 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/06/2017 Uig Skye 36 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 26/05/2017 south of Kensaleyre Skye 37 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2017 Uig Skye 38 Curlew Numenius arquata 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 39 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 22/09/2017 Waterloo, Broadford Bay Skye 40 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/09/2021 Bayfield, Portree Skye 41 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 27/03/2019 Hungladder Skye 42 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 06/12/2016 Uig Skye 43 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 13/12/2016 Uig Skye 44 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/04/2017 Uig Skye 45 Redshank Tringa totanus 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 46 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/04/2017 Uig Skye 47 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 48 Knot Calidris canutus 03/10/2023 Broadford Bay 49 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/05/2018 Cuidrach Skye 50 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 07/02/2021 Lyndale Point Skye 51 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 11/07/2017 Loch Snizort Skye 52 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/05/2018 Uig Skye 53 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/05/2017 Uig Skye+Raasay 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 55 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 05/10/2021 Bayfield, Portree Skye 56 Common Gull Larus canus 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 57 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 58 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 17/07/2019 Lower Milovaig Skye 59 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 60 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/01/2018 Uig Skye 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 16/03/2017 Uig Skye 62 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 27/02/2020 Bayfield, Portree Self-found but still doing the rounds at the mo (Oct '23) 63 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 15/12/2017 Uig Skye 64 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 01/05/2018 Sound of Sleat, Armadale Skye 65 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 13/10/2023 Broadford Bay 2 fully spooned adults in NW winds 66 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 10/08/2017 Uig Skye 67 Puffin Fratercula arctica 11/07/2017 Loch Snizort Skye 68 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/11/2016 Sconser Skye 69 Razorbill Alca torda 05/04/2017 Uig Skye 70 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 11/07/2017 Loch Snizort Skye 71 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 17/03/2017 Uig Skye+Raasay 72 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 17/03/2017 Uig Skye+Raasay 73 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 05/12/2016 Uig Skye 74 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 20/01/2018 Uig Bay Skye 75 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 19/07/2018 Kilt Rock Skye 76 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 01/05/2018 Sound of Sleat, Armadale Skye 77 Gannet Morus bassanus 17/03/2017 Uig Skye 78 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 05/12/2016 Uig Skye 79 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 80 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 15/10/2021 Uig Bay Skye 81 Great White Egret Ardea alba 13/05/2024 Breakish Obbe, Skye Yesterday's bird relocated from Kenseleyre. 3rd Skye record 82 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 83 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 29/01/2017 Uig Skye 84 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/12/2016 Uig Skye 85 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 28/03/2018 Cuidrach Skye 86 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 13/04/2017 south of Uig Skye+Raasay 87 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/11/2016 Kensaleyre Skye+Raasay 88 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/11/2018 Uig Wood, Uig, Skye Skye 89 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 19/07/2017 A87 at Borve Skye 90 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/08/2018 Uig Skye 91 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 16/12/2016 Uig Skye 92 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/05/2018 Armadale Skye 93 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 13/12/2016 Uig Skye 94 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/04/2017 Uig Skye 95 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/10/2017 Uig Skye 96 Magpie Pica pica 22/09/2017 Ellishader Skye 97 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 98 Rook Corvus frugilegus 05/11/2016 Kensaleyre Skye 99 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/12/2019 Uig Pier Skye 100 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 101 Raven Corvus corax 05/11/2016 Kensaleyre Skye+Raasay 102 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 05/01/2017 Uig Skye 103 Coal Tit Periparus ater 11/12/2016 Uig Skye 104 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/12/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 105 Great Tit Parus major 01/12/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 106 Skylark Alauda arvensis 23/03/2017 Uig Skye 107 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/04/2017 Uig Skye 108 Swallow Hirundo rustica 18/04/2017 Uig Skye 109 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/07/2017 Carbost Skye 110 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 111 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 16/10/2018 Uig Wood, Skye Skye 112 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/04/2017 Uig Skye 113 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/04/2017 Uig Skye (+tristis on 7.11.21.) 114 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/05/2017 Uig Skye 115 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2019 Portree Skye 116 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 18/04/2017 Uig Skye 117 Whitethroat Curruca communis 02/05/2017 Uig Skye 118 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/12/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 119 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 06/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 120 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/11/2016 Uig Skye 121 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 122 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/11/2016 Carbost Skye 123 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 11/12/2016 Uig Skye 124 Redwing Turdus iliacus 06/11/2016 Carbost Skye 125 Blackbird Turdus merula 05/11/2016 Kensaleyre Skye+Raasay 126 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/11/2017 Uig Skye 127 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/06/2017 Uig Skye 128 Robin Erithacus rubecula 05/11/2016 Uig Skye+Raasay 129 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/07/2020 Idrigill Skye 130 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/11/2016 Talisker Skye+Raasay 131 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 05/04/2017 Uig Skye 132 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 27/12/2016 Uig Skye 133 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 06/11/2016 Carbost Skye 134 Dunnock Prunella modularis 06/11/2016 Carbost Skye+Raasay 135 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/11/2016 Uig Skye 136 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 17/02/2017 Uig Skye 137 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 18/03/2017 Uig Skye 138 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 139 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 140 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 18/10/2018 Uig Wood, Skye Skye 141 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 12/03/2017 Uig Skye 142 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 22/06/2021 Kilmarie, Skye Singing bird, but hidden from view!!! 143 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 144 Twite Linaria flavirostris 24/04/2018 Uig Skye 145 Linnet Linaria cannabina 13/04/2017 Uig Skye 146 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/01/2017 Uig Skye+Raasay 147 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/04/2018 Dunvegan Woods Skye 148 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 149 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/12/2016 Uig Skye 150 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/03/2018 Uig Skye