Keith Yates: Scotland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 254 of 254 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/09/2020 Newburgh 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11/03/2022 Portlethan, Aberdeenshire 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10/03/2021 Kemnay Greenland on local field with Greylags & Pinkies! 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 06/02/2023 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg Immature on low ground 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 26/09/2020 Snub Lay-by ~ Ythan Estuary 21 on Mudflats 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 24/10/2020 Ythan Estuary 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 07/05/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 21/12/2020 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg Drake from Dunbar Hide 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30/08/2023 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg Female at the south end of the loch. 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 26/04/2021 Meikle Loch 2 drakes 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18/04/2021 Loch Skene 2 drakes & female 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 24 Scaup Aythya marila 16/11/2020 Pitfour Lake 1-Winter 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 11/05/2021 Ythan Estuary Drake 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 18/04/2021 Rattray Drake in large Common/Velvet Scoter flock south of the lighthouse 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/11/2020 RSPB Fowlsheugh 4 flew south 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/11/2020 Girdleness, Aberdeen 4 Offshore 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29/10/2020 Ythan Estuary Drake off Inch Point 31 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 25/03/2024 Forvie Sand Loch, Aberdeenshire 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20/10/2020 Newburgh Ythan Estuary 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/11/2020 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg Redhead on Visitor Centre Pool 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20/10/2020 Newburgh Ythan Estuary 36 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 22/10/2020 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 22/10/2020 41 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2021 One over the house late afternoon 42 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 02/11/2022 Girdleness, Aberdeen One at Torry Battery & Lighhouse 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/05/2021 Muir of Dinnet 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 08/10/2022 Gott, Shetland One along burn to Strand Loch 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Crane Grus grus 22/09/2020 Loch of Strathbeg 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 54 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 10/12/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg From the Bay Hide! 55 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 10/05/2021 Muir of Dinnet 2 on Loch Davan 56 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/10/2020 Collieston One Offshore 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis ********** ********** 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/08/2022 Ythan Estuary One from Waulkmill Hide 60 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 61 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 62 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 03/10/2023 Stenness, Shetland 63 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 64 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13/06/2022 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 65 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 66 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 21/08/2022 St. Combs, Aberdeenshire A very confiding individual 67 Curlew Numenius arquata 68 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 69 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 12/10/2021 Scatness, Shetland 71 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/07/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 06/05/2021 Meikle Loch 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 30/09/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg Greater Yellowlegs joined today by Lesser Yellowlegs on Starnafin Pools! 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 09/08/2021 Ythan Estuary 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 28/09/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 80 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 81 Knot Calidris canutus 82 Ruff Calidris pugnax 83 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 11/09/2023 'The Slunks' Montrose Basin 84 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 24/09/2021 Ythan Estuary 85 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 12/05/2023 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 86 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/11/2020 Black Bog Beach 18 along the shoreline 87 Dunlin Calidris alpina 88 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 89 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 23/09/2022 Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire 90 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/06/2021 Rigifa Ponds 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/09/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 2 on Starnafin Pools 92 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 02/10/2021 Pool of Virkie, Shetland 93 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 26/04/2021 Ythan Estuary 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 15/08/2021 Ythan Estuary 2 juveniles 95 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/04/2021 Ythan Estuary 96 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 26/04/2021 Ythan Estuary 97 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 98 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 09/02/2022 Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh 2nd Winter off Foghorn 99 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 100 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 18/10/2021 Inverbervie 101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 102 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 07/09/2022 Girdleness 103 Common Gull Larus canus 104 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 105 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 106 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 04/10/2022 Lerwick 107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 108 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/12/2020 Girdleness, Aberdeen One on rocks below the allotments 109 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 24/08/2022 Girdleness, Aberdeen 110 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 31/08/2021 Peterhead One during sea watch 111 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 28/09/2021 Peterhead 112 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/05/2021 Buller's of Buchan 2 today 113 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 16/05/2021 Oban 114 Razorbill Alca torda 07/12/2020 115 Little Auk Alle alle 21/10/2021 Peterhead Group of 5 flew south 116 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 117 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 20/10/2020 Collieston One Offshore 118 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 02/12/2021 Inchgarth Reservoir 119 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/11/2020 RSPB Fowlsheugh 1 flew south 120 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 18/04/2021 Portsoy 4 Offshore early morning 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 09/08/2023 Girdleness, Aberdeen 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 123 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Collieston 124 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/05/2021 Loch Gilp, Argyle 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 126 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 127 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 128 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13/06/2022 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg One from tower Hide 129 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 23/04/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 130 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/02/2024 Monikie Country Park, Angus 131 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 Scousburgh, Mainland Shetland Taken into care! 132 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 133 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 08/10/2023 Sumburgh, Shetland 134 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/09/2020 Loch of Strathbeg 135 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 136 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 22/10/2020 Glen Shee One drifted over at height 137 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 138 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 16/04/2023 Calbrach 139 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/11/2020 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 140 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 141 Red Kite Milvus milvus 142 Black Kite Milvus migrans 05/05/2021 Collieston one at Colehill Loch 143 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 19/05/2021 Isle of Mull 144 Buzzard Buteo buteo 145 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 19/11/2023 Aberdeen 146 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 147 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 148 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 22/08/2023 St. Cyrus 149 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 150 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Dalmadilly Ponds 151 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 152 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/10/2020 Glen Shee 153 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 154 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Brae, Shetalnd 155 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 03/10/2022 Hillswick, Shetland Possible Homeyer's but don't hold yer breath! 156 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 04/10/2021 Aith nr Aith Voe, Shetland 157 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 07/08/2021 Girdleness, Aberdeen Male at Tory Battery 158 Jay Garrulus glandarius 159 Magpie Pica pica 160 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 161 Rook Corvus frugilegus 162 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 163 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 164 Raven Corvus corax 165 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/02/2022 Alford, Aberdeenshire 166 Coal Tit Periparus ater 167 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 168 Great Tit Parus major 169 Skylark Alauda arvensis 170 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 06/10/2021 Scatness, Shetland 171 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 09/11/2020 Nigg Bay, Aberdeen 172 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2021 River Don, Kemnay One over the river 173 Swallow Hirundo rustica 174 House Martin Delichon urbicum 175 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 176 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 15/05/2021 Auchinellan Estate, Argyll 177 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 03/10/2021 Easter Quarff, Shetland 178 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2021 Sullom, Shetland 179 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 12/11/2022 Forvie Sand Loch In bushes at Sand Loch corner 180 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2021 Dalmadilly Ponds 181 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 182 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 04/09/2022 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg One in Plantation 183 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 2 from the Dunbar Hide 184 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 04/10/2022 Wester Quarff, Shetland 185 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/04/2021 Dalmadilly Ponds One reeling & photographed 186 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 09/11/2020 Tory Battery, Aberdeen Female 187 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/05/2021 Dalmadilly Ponds 188 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 10/10/2021 Gulberwick, Shetland 189 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 04/09/2022 Kinneff 190 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 01/10/2023 Wester Quarff, Shetland Identified by recording! 191 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2021 Dalmadilly Ponds 192 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 14/04/2022 Newtonhill, Aberdeenshire 193 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 194 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 195 Nuthatch Sitta europaea ********** ********** 196 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 197 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 198 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 01/10/2023 Lunna, Shetland Mainland 199 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 09/10/2022 Lerwick, Shetland 200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 201 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 202 Redwing Turdus iliacus 19/10/2020 203 Blackbird Turdus merula 204 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 19/10/2020 205 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 206 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg 2 at The Plantation 207 Robin Erithacus rubecula 208 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 08/10/2021 Unst, Shetland 209 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 02/10/2021 Voe, Shetland 210 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2021 RSPB Loch of Strathbeg Male at The Plantation 211 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 13/11/2020 Girdle Ness 212 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 27/04/2021 Muir of Dinnet 213 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 29/04/2021 Invercauld Estate, Felagie 214 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 02/10/2023 Hamnavoe, Lunna Ness. Shetland 215 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 216 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 217 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/10/2020 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10/10/2021 Gulberwick, Shetland 222 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 01/10/2023 Seafield Park, Lerwick Shetland 223 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 224 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 225 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 226 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 27/04/2021 Muir of Dinnet 227 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 03/10/2023 Voxter, Shetland 228 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 03/10/2022 Hillswick, Shetland 229 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 23/02/2023 Cairnbulg 230 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 231 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 232 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 04/01/2021 Bennachie At least 3 in large Chaffinch flock at road entrance 233 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 31/01/2021 Kemnay One scoped in trees on 'The Green' 234 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 22/10/2020 235 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 09/10/2021 West Burra, Shetland 236 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 237 Twite Linaria flavirostris 06/10/2021 Scatness, Shetland 238 Linnet Linaria cannabina 239 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 240 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 241 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 03/10/2022 Toab, Shetland Hornemann's 242 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 28/01/2023 Invercauld Estate Car Park 243 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 244 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 245 Siskin Spinus spinus 246 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/11/2020 Rattray One flew along beach 247 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 248 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 249 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 04/10/2021 Sullom, Shetland Self-found in garden at ferry terminal 250 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2021 Kergord, Shetland 251 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 252 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 09/05/2023 Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire 253 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 10/06/2023 Girdleness, Aberdeen One seen & singing from allotments Greyhope Road 254 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 05/10/2022 Bigton, Shetland Myrtle