Jim Nicholson: Lothian Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 165 of 165 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 17/01/2020 White Sands Quarry 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/10/2020 Prestonpans 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 22/01/2020 Torness 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/01/2020 Prora 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/01/2020 Seafield Pond 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/09/2020 Musselburgh Scrapes 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/01/2020 Musselburgh - Boating Pond 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 14/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 22/01/2020 White Sands Quarry 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16/01/2020 Duddingston Loch 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 20 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 22/01/2020 Musselburgh 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 06/01/2020 Gullane Bay 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 03/11/2020 Lammermuirs 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/01/2020 Longniddry 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Quail Coturnix coturnix 20/06/2020 Fenton Barns 31 Swift Apus apus 08/05/2020 Gullane 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 08/05/2020 Aberlady Bay 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral Pigeon 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 22/01/2020 Gosford Estate 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/03/2020 Figgate Pond 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 39 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 Drem Pools 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 16/01/2020 Figgate Pond 41 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 09/06/2020 Gosford Bay 42 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 26/10/2020 Ferny Ness 43 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 14/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 02/05/2020 Aberlady Bay 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/01/2020 Musselburgh - Scrapes 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 14/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/05/2020 Gullane 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 24/08/2020 Musselburgh Scrapes 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/09/2020 Musselburgh Scrapes 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/08/2020 Musselburgh Scrapes 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 07/02/2020 Cramond Island 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 62 Knot Calidris canutus 14/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/08/2020 Musselburgh Scrapes 64 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/08/2020 Musselburgh Scrapes 65 Sanderling Calidris alba 19/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 66 Dunlin Calidris alpina 67 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/01/2020 Eyebroughy 68 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 31/08/2020 Aberlady Bay 69 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 19/08/2020 Kilspindie 70 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/08/2020 North Berwick 71 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/04/2020 Gosford Bay 72 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 25/06/2020 Seton Sands 73 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/04/2020 Fidra 74 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 75 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/07/2020 Port Seton 76 Common Gull Larus canus 77 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 78 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 79 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/02/2020 Cramond 80 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/06/2020 Gullane Bay 81 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 26/08/2020 Gosford Bay 82 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/04/2020 Fidra 83 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 26/10/2020 Ferny Ness 84 Razorbill Alca torda 02/02/2020 Gullane Bay 85 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 02/02/2020 Gullane Bay 86 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 87 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 02/02/2020 Fidra 88 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 26/08/2020 Gosford Bay 89 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 02/02/2020 Fidra 90 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 24/06/2020 Gosford Bay 91 Gannet Morus bassanus 23/03/2020 Aberlady Bay 92 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 93 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 94 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 95 Great White Egret Ardea alba 24/06/2020 Aberlady Bay 96 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 14/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 97 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2020 Prestonpans 98 Buzzard Buteo buteo 99 Barn Owl Tyto alba 25/04/2020 Luffness 100 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/01/2020 Archerfield 101 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 22/01/2020 Gosford Estate 102 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2020 Peffer Bank Wood 103 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/01/2020 Aberlady Bay 105 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes ********** ********** 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2020 Drem Ride 107 Magpie Pica pica 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 111 Raven Corvus corax 04/06/2020 North Berwick 112 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 27/01/2020 Longniddry 113 Coal Tit Periparus ater 114 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 115 Great Tit Parus major 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 117 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 05/04/2020 Gullane 118 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2020 Prestonpans 119 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2020 Gullane 120 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 121 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Aberlady Bay 122 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/01/2020 Dunbar - East Beach 123 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 24/04/2020 Aberlady Bay 124 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus ********** ********** 125 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2020 Gullane Bents 126 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 19/03/2020 Longniddry 127 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 08/05/2020 Archerfield 128 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/05/2020 Gullane Bents 129 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2020 Gullane Bents 130 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 131 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 132 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 22/01/2020 Gosford Estate 133 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2020 Drem Ride 134 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 135 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 136 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 137 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2020 Prestonpans 138 Blackbird Turdus merula 139 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 140 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/06/2020 near Gullane 141 Robin Erithacus rubecula 142 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 17/01/2020 Dunbar - East Beach 143 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Luffness 144 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/03/2020 Aberlady Bay 145 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 16/01/2020 Figgate Burn 146 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 22/01/2020 Skateraw 147 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 148 Dunnock Prunella modularis 149 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/06/2020 Dirleton 150 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/01/2020 Dunbar - East Beach 151 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 152 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 153 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2020 Prestonpans 154 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 155 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2020 Musselburgh 156 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 157 Twite Linaria flavirostris 17/01/2020 JMCP 158 Linnet Linaria cannabina 159 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 160 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/07/2020 Ferny Ness 161 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 162 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/01/2020 Duddingston 163 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 11/11/2020 Aberlady Bay 164 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 165 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus