Jim Nicholson: Lothian Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 170 of 170 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/10/2019 Seton Sands 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 25/09/2019 Aberlady Bay 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2019 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 06/01/2019 Fenton Barns 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/05/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/04/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2019 Duddingston Loch 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 19/02/2019 Aberlady Bay 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/01/2019 Whitesands Quarry 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 09/01/2019 Holyrood Park 18 Scaup Aythya marila 11/05/2019 Ferny Ness 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 20 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 22/04/2019 Musselburgh 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/01/2019 Prestonpans 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 17/01/2019 Hopes 29 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/01/2019 Ferrygate, North Berwick 30 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/01/2019 Hopes 32 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2019 Seafield Pond 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 11/05/2019 Lammermuirs 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 42 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/09/2019 Ferny Ness 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 44 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/01/2019 Eyebroughy 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/05/2019 Aberlady Bay 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/04/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/04/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 59 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 60 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2019 Prestonpans 61 Knot Calidris canutus 02/02/2019 Aberlady Bay 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 23/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 63 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 64 Sanderling Calidris alba 65 Dunlin Calidris alpina 66 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2019 Prestonpans 67 Little Stint Calidris minuta 11/09/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 68 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 19/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 69 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/08/2019 Aberlady Bay 70 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/08/2019 Aberlady Bay 71 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/05/2019 Musselburgh 72 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/04/2019 Gosford Bay 73 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/04/2019 North Berwick 74 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 75 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/08/2019 Seton Sands 76 Common Gull Larus canus 77 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/02/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 80 Puffin Fratercula arctica 29/04/2019 Craigleith, North Berwick 81 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 14/10/2019 Gosford Bay 82 Razorbill Alca torda 18/01/2019 North Berwick 83 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 18/01/2019 North Berwick 84 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 85 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/10/2019 Gosford Bay 86 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/10/2019 Gosford Bay 87 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/01/2019 Holyrood Park 88 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/05/2019 Skateraw 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 90 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 91 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2019 92 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 30/06/2019 Tyninghame Bay 93 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 94 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 95 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ********** ********** 96 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 97 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 26/08/2019 Aberlady Bay 98 Buzzard Buteo buteo 99 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2019 Gullane 100 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/01/2019 near Gullane 101 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/02/2019 Gosford Estate 102 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 103 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2019 104 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 105 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 107 Magpie Pica pica 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 111 Raven Corvus corax 09/01/2019 Holyrood Park 112 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/02/2019 Haddington 113 Coal Tit Periparus ater 114 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 115 Great Tit Parus major 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 117 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 06/01/2019 Kilspindie, Aberlady Bay 118 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/04/2019 Drem Ride 119 Swallow Hirundo rustica 19/04/2019 Gullane Bents 120 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2019 Longniddry 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 122 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2019 Longniddry 123 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2019 Prestonpans 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2019 Aberlady Bay 125 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 08/05/2019 Blindwells 126 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2019 Aberlady Bay 127 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 128 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 06/05/2019 Woodhall Dean 129 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 09/05/2019 Gullane Bents 130 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2019 Gullane 131 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 132 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 133 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 134 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 135 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 140 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 141 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/05/2019 Lammermuirs 142 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2019 Woodhall Dean 143 Robin Erithacus rubecula 144 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/05/2019 Woodhall Dean 145 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 146 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 03/04/2019 Luffness New GC 147 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/01/2019 Figgate Park, Edinburgh 148 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 149 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 150 Dunnock Prunella modularis 151 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2019 Skateraw/Torness 152 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 153 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 154 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 155 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 17/01/2019 Skateraw/Torness 156 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2019 Prestonpans 157 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 158 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/01/2019 Hopes 159 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 160 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 161 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/01/2019 Kilspindie, Aberlady Bay 162 Linnet Linaria cannabina 163 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 17/01/2019 Hopes 164 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2019 Drem Ride 165 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/06/2019 Gullane Bents 166 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 167 Siskin Spinus spinus 20/02/2019 Gosford Estate 168 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 04/02/2019 Aberlady Bay 169 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 170 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus