Dave Tanner: Scotland Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 164 of 164 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 09/01/2020 Nigg RSPB Light-bellied (hrota) 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/06/2020 Alness Point 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 24/02/2020 Tarbat Ness 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 20/02/2020 Arabella 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/01/2020 Loch Eye 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2020 Loch Fleet NNR 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/02/2020 Loch Eye 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 04/01/2020 Loch Eye Drake 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 14 Pintail Anas acuta 04/01/2020 Tain Links 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2020 Loch Eye 17 Scaup Aythya marila 04/01/2020 Loch Eye 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 19 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/11/2020 Dornoch Beach car-park 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22/01/2020 Roseisle, Burghead Bay 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 13/02/2020 River Ness 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2020 Dornoch 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 05/02/2020 Lochindorb 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 17/01/2020 Balmuchy 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/05/2020 Arboll Burn 30 Swift Apus apus 15/05/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 09/01/2020 Nigg RSPB 34 Coot Fulica atra 04/01/2020 Loch Eye 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2020 Loch Fleet NNR 36 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 05/12/2020 Portmahomack Juvenile 37 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 13/02/2020 Saltburn Pier, Cromarty Firth 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/09/2020 South Uist 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13/01/2020 Alness Bay 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2020 Embo 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 09/01/2020 Nigg RSPB 43 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/04/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 45 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/01/2020 Tain Links 46 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 05/08/2020 Alturlie Pools 47 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 09/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 48 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 24/04/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 49 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 09/07/2020 The Mound 50 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 28/07/2020 Tarbat Ness 51 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 09/07/2020 Loch Fleet NNR 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2020 Embo 54 Knot Calidris canutus 09/01/2020 Nigg RSPB 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 15/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2020 Dornoch 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2020 Dornoch 58 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 59 Little Tern Sternula albifrons ********** ********** 60 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 01/06/2020 Tarbat Ness 61 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/06/2020 Alness Point 62 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/04/2020 Portmahomack 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 15/01/2020 Brora 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 66 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 69 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 06/08/2020 River Lossie 70 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 22/01/2020 Lossiemouth - Balormie pig farm 71 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/02/2020 Helmsdale Harbour 1st winter 72 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 07/06/2020 Tarbat Ness 73 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 03/05/2020 Portmahomack 74 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 03/06/2020 Tarbat Ness 75 Puffin Fratercula arctica 30/05/2020 Tarbat Ness 76 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 06/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 77 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 78 Little Auk Alle alle 23/10/2020 Tarbat Ness 79 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 81 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 11/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 83 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 13/06/2020 Tarbat Ness 84 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 85 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 13/08/2020 Tarbat Ness SBRC Pending 86 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 20/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 87 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 29/05/2020 Tarbat Ness 88 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 20/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 90 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 91 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 93 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/04/2020 Loch Eye 94 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2020 Bogbain Farm - Loandhu Track 95 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 11/09/2020 Baleshare, North Uist 96 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2020 Fendom near Newton 97 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 11/09/2020 Langass Plantation, North Uist 98 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Dornoch 99 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 100 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 11/09/2020 Baleshare, North Uist 101 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2020 Bogbain Farm - Loandhu Track ♂️& ♀️ 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2020 Portmahomack Drake 103 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/01/2020 Tarbat Ness ♀️/ Juv 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/01/2020 Tarbat Ness Adult Male 105 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/01/2020 Bogbain Farm - Loandhu Track 106 Magpie Pica pica 22/01/2020 Lossiemouth 107 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 Portmahomack 108 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 109 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 110 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2020 Dornoch 111 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 112 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 The Mound 113 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 05/02/2020 Loch an Eilein 114 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 115 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 The Mound 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Dornoch 117 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/04/2020 Portmahomack 118 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Portmahomack 119 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/04/2020 Portmahomack 120 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 05/01/2020 Bogbain Farm - Loandhu Track 121 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 28/09/2020 Tarbat Ness 122 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 11/04/2020 Loch Eye 123 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 14/04/2020 Loch Eye 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/04/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 125 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/05/2020 Portmahomack Community Wood 126 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 07/10/2020 Tarbat Ness 127 Whitethroat Curruca communis 02/05/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 128 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 08/10/2020 Tarbat Ness 129 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 05/01/2020 Arboll Bridge 130 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/02/2020 Loch an Eilein 131 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Dornoch 132 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2020 Temple Croft 133 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2020 Temple Croft, Portmahomack 134 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/01/2020 Temple Croft 135 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 136 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 04/01/2020 Temple Croft 137 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 28/04/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 138 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 139 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/05/2020 Portmahomack Community Wood 140 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/07/2020 Tarbat Ness 141 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 142 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/04/2020 Portmahomack 143 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/02/2020 Findhorn (River) Bridge, Tomatin 144 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 145 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 146 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 147 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/05/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course Grey-headed Wagtail (thunbergi) 148 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 18/01/2020 Raigmore Hospital 149 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Dornoch 150 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/02/2020 Tarbat Ness 151 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2020 Dornoch 152 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 153 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/10/2020 Tarbat Ness 154 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 14/05/2020 Portmahomack Community Wood 155 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 23/01/2020 Portmahomack 156 Twite Linaria flavirostris 30/04/2020 Portmahomack Golf Course 157 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 158 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 05/02/2020 Loch an Eilein 159 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2020 Tain Links 160 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2020 Bogbain Farm - Loandhu Track ♂️& ♀️ 161 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 12/09/2020 Baleshare, North Uist 162 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2020 Dornoch 163 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2020 Tarbat Ness 164 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2020 Potcalmoe, Nigg