Pete Gordon: Scotland Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 204 of 204 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 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 23/02/2020 Skateraw 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20 Teal Anas crecca 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30/11/2020 Loch na Bo 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 16/03/2020 Nairn 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/02/2020 Fisherrow 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 36 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 37 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 38 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 39 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/02/2020 Barns Ness 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2020 Grantown 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 06/05/2020 Dorback 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 48 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 49 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana ********** ********** 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/02/2020 Musselburgh 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 07/02/2020 Fisherrow 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 56 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 57 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 58 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 59 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 11/10/2020 Findhorn Bay 60 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 09/07/2020 Cairngorms 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 63 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Findhorn Bay 64 Curlew Numenius arquata 65 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 66 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 25/10/2020 Findhorn Bay 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 70 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus ********** ********** 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 01/05/2020 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 75 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 10/07/2020 Findhorn Bay 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/09/2020 Findhorn Bay 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/09/2020 Findhorn Bay 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/07/2020 Lossiemouth 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/05/2020 Grantown 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/03/2020 Nairn 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/09/2020 Isle of May 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/02/2020 Scalloway 88 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 89 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 23/02/2020 Port Seton 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 93 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 94 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 95 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 96 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 29/08/2020 Whiteness 97 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 20/10/2020 Nairn 98 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 18/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 100 Razorbill Alca torda 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 10/02/2020 Burghead 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 106 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 107 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 18/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 108 Gannet Morus bassanus 109 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 110 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/05/2020 115 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 117 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/06/2020 near Nethybridge 118 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/07/2020 Insh Marshes 119 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 120 Red Kite Milvus milvus 121 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 16/04/2020 Abernethy 122 Buzzard Buteo buteo 123 Barn Owl Tyto alba 29/04/2020 near Abernethy 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 17/06/2020 Nethy Bridge 125 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 126 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 10/02/2020 Whin Park 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 05/10/2020 Rattray 131 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 08/02/2020 Barns Ness 132 Jay Garrulus glandarius 133 Magpie Pica pica 134 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 135 Rook Corvus frugilegus 136 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 137 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 138 Raven Corvus corax 139 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 140 Coal Tit Periparus ater 141 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 142 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 143 Great Tit Parus major 144 Skylark Alauda arvensis 145 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 08/04/2020 Nethybridge 146 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2020 Lettoch, Nethybridge 147 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2020 Nethy Bridge 148 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 149 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 02/06/2020 Craigellachie, Aviemore 150 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 20/09/2020 Isle of May 151 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2020 Muckrach, Dorback 152 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Nethybridge 153 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/05/2020 nr Dulnain Bridge 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 06/05/2020 Dorback 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/04/2020 Nethybridge 156 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/05/2020 near Nethybridge 157 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/06/2020 Nethybridge 158 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 11/10/2020 Lothbeg Point 159 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/05/2020 Nethy 160 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 161 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 162 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 08/02/2020 Gosford Estate 163 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 164 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 165 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 166 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 167 Redwing Turdus iliacus 168 Blackbird Turdus merula 169 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 170 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/07/2020 Cairngorm 171 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 08/05/2020 Garlyne, nr Nethybridge 172 Robin Erithacus rubecula 173 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/06/2020 Craigellachie, Aviemore 174 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 175 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 23/04/2020 Abernethy 176 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 01/05/2020 177 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 178 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 19/04/2020 Sgor Gaoithe 179 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 180 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 181 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 182 Dunnock Prunella modularis 183 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 184 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 185 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 186 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2020 Abernethy 187 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 05/10/2020 Rattray 188 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 189 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 190 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 191 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 21/02/2020 Scone Palace 192 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 193 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 194 Twite Linaria flavirostris 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 197 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 198 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/02/2020 Creag Phadraig 199 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 200 Siskin Spinus spinus 201 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 202 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 203 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 204 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus