Paul Wheatland: Ayrshire Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 141 of 141 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 25/02/2021 Maidens, South Ayrshire 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25/02/2021 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/04/2021 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 25/02/2021 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/02/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 23/12/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 27/01/2021 Ayr, Ayrshire 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 25/02/2021 Maidens, South Ayrshire 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/04/2021 Garnock Floods SWT 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 03/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 14 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 15 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 09/04/2021 Blairbowie, Ayrshire 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 25/02/2021 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25/02/2021 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24/01/2021 Barassie, Ayrshire 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/01/2021 Prestwick, Ayrshire 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 27/01/2021 Ayr, Ayrshire 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 26 Swift Apus apus 16/05/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 10/05/2021 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/02/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 32 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 17/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 33 Coot Fulica atra 07/02/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 34 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 35 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 25/02/2021 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 37 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 39 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/05/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 23/04/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 25/02/2021 Maidens, South Ayrshire 44 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/04/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 45 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/04/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 47 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 02/03/2021 Croy, Ayrshire 48 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 50 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 51 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 52 Knot Calidris canutus 13/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 53 Sanderling Calidris alba 03/02/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 54 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 55 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 56 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/07/2021 Meikle Crags, Ayrshire 57 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/03/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 58 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/02/2021 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 59 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 60 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 61 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 62 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 63 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 64 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 22/02/2021 Barassie, Ayrshire 65 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 26/02/2021 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 66 Puffin Fratercula arctica 03/06/2021 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 67 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 31/01/2021 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 68 Razorbill Alca torda 02/03/2021 Croy, Ayrshire 69 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 10/09/2021 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 70 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/01/2021 Meikle Crags, Ayrshire 71 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 03/05/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 72 Gannet Morus bassanus 25/02/2021 Croy, Ayrshire 73 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 74 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 75 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 76 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 06/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 77 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 08/04/2021 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 78 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 79 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/06/2021 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 80 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/02/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 81 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 82 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 08/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 83 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 30/03/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 84 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 30/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 85 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 86 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 87 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 88 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 89 Raven Corvus corax 09/04/2021 Croy, Ayrshire 90 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 91 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 92 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 94 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 10/04/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 95 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/04/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 96 House Martin Delichon urbicum 10/05/2021 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 97 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/12/2021 Ardeer pound, North Ayrshire 98 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 99 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 13/12/2021 Auchinleck House Estate, East Ayrshire 100 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 101 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 01/04/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 102 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 103 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 104 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 105 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 106 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 107 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 108 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 109 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 110 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 111 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 112 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 113 Redwing Turdus iliacus 08/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 114 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 115 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 117 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 08/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 118 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 25/04/2021 Ness Glen, Ayrshire 119 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 10/05/2021 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 120 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 121 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/04/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 122 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 15/04/2021 Auchencruive, Ayrshire 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 124 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 125 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2021 Fail, Ayrshire 126 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/01/2021 Southwood, Ayrshire 127 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 128 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 06/01/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 129 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/04/2021 Ness Glen, Ayrshire 130 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 131 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 132 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/04/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 133 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 03/01/2021 Troon Barassie, Ayrshire 134 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/11/2021 Barassie, Ayrshire 135 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2021 Troon Barassie, Ayrshire 136 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 137 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Troon, Ayrshire 138 Siskin Spinus spinus 21/02/2021 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 139 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 15/12/2021 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 140 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 16/12/2021 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 141 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2021 Pow Burn, Ayrshire