Bruce Kerr: Scotland Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 181 of 181 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 02/11/2021 Ferny Ness 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 09/01/2021 Muirhead flyover skein of 6 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/04/2021 Martnaham Loch 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 13/02/2021 Loans farmland 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden landing at Loans 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13/03/2021 Muirhead Back Garden calling as they flew over 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2021 Meikle Craigs 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/03/2021 Loans Flash 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/04/2021 Garock Floods SWT 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/01/2021 Barassie Beach 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/04/2021 Martnaham Loch 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 15 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Loans Flash 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10/04/2021 Blairbowie 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 12/03/2021 Trabboch Loch 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/03/2021 Martnaham Loch 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/03/2021 SWT Oldhall Ponds 21 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 17/11/2021 Firth of Forth , Musselburgh , Lothian , Scotland 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/11/2021 Firth of Forth , Musselburgh , Lothian , Scotland 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/11/2021 Ferny Ness 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 17/11/2021 Joppa Seaview Terrace 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15/01/2021 Prestwick Golf Course on the Clyde halfway between prestwick and Powburn mouth 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/04/2021 Barassie Beach 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/06/2021 Gypsy Pool 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/02/2021 Shewalton Wood SWT 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 24/07/2021 Fail Loch 34 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2021 Muirhead 35 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2021 Ness Glen 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Muirhead Feral Pigeon 37 Stock Dove Columba oenas 04/01/2021 Loans Fields 38 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Muirhead 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Muirhead 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 12/03/2021 Trabboch Loch 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 10/01/2021 Shewalton Gravel Pit 42 Coot Fulica atra 10/01/2021 Shewalton Gravel Pit 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 27/01/2021 Powburn 44 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/04/2021 Martnaham Loch 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 Troon Cemetery 46 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/11/2021 Ferny Ness 47 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 49 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 02/04/2021 Fail Loch 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2021 Troon Harbour 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 04/01/2021 Troon South Beach 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/04/2021 Fail Loch 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 08/01/2021 Loans Fields 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 20/04/2021 Powburn 59 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 22/03/2021 Maybole Beach 60 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 10/07/2021 Capringstone Flash 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2021 Fail Loch 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 63 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 64 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 65 Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2021 Barassie Beach 66 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/08/2021 Garnock Floods SWT 67 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/11/2021 Aberlady Bay , Lothian 68 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 69 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 70 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 02/01/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 71 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/07/2021 Meikle Criags, Troon 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 27/04/2021 Sunken Gardens , Troon 73 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/07/2021 Barassie Beach 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11/04/2021 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 75 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 19/08/2021 Barassie Beach 76 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/03/2021 Troon Harbour 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Troon 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 79 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 80 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 82 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Muirhead 83 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 27/02/2021 Troon Harbour 84 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 25/10/2021 Barassie Beach 85 Puffin Fratercula arctica 25/05/2021 Troon Harbour 86 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 12/01/2021 Barassie Beach 87 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 88 Little Auk Alle alle 01/11/2021 Troon Harbour 89 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 12/01/2021 Barassie Beach 90 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 91 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 20/01/2021 Powburn Mouth well offshore on the Clyde 92 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 20/01/2021 Powburn Mouth well offshore on the Clyde 93 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 25/05/2021 Troon Harbour 94 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 25/05/2021 Troon Harbour 95 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/01/2021 Sunken Gardens , Troon sitting on the Clyde 96 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Troon Ballast Bank 97 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 98 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 14/01/2021 Troon Harbour 99 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 100 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/04/2021 Loch Doon 101 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 102 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 31/10/2021 Bogside Flats , Irvine 103 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/04/2021 Loch Doon 104 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2021 Monktonhead Roundabout , Monkton 105 Barn Owl Tyto alba 16/08/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 106 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 03/04/2021 Shewalton Wood SWT 107 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/10/2021 Bogside Flats , Irvine 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 03/04/2021 Shewalton Wood SWT 109 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/06/2021 Doonfoot 110 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods 111 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/04/2021 Ness Glen 112 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 21/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 113 Merlin Falco columbarius 24/02/2021 Gypsy Pool 114 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 14/01/2021 Barassie Beach 115 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/05/2021 Kay Park , Kilmarnock 116 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/04/2021 Martnaham Loch 117 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Muirhead 118 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 119 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 120 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 121 Raven Corvus corax 04/01/2021 Meikle Craigs 122 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 123 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 03/04/2021 Craigengillan 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Muirhead 125 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Muirhead 126 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 127 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/04/2021 Garnock Floods SWT 128 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 129 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 130 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 16/12/2021 Ardeer Quarry LNR found here by someone on 2 Dec this is the first for Ayrshire 131 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods 132 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 13/12/2021 Auchinleck House, Ayrshire 133 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2021 Martnaham Loch 134 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2021 Fullarton Woods 135 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2021 Shewalton Gravel Pit 136 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 29/05/2021 Gypsy Pool 137 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 28/04/2021 Dundonald Camp 138 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 06/01/2021 Troon South Beach 139 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2021 River Irvine Walkway , Drybridge Park 140 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/05/2021 Gypsy Pool 141 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 Gypsy Pool 142 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/01/2021 Shewalton Wood SWT 143 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Muirhead 144 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods 145 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods 146 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Muirhead 147 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Muirhead 148 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Muirhead 149 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Loans Fields 150 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Muirhead 151 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Muirhead 152 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/06/2021 Craigengillan 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 154 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 02/06/2021 Craigengillan 155 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 08/01/2021 Troon South Beach 156 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2021 Ness Glen 157 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/06/2021 Loch Doon 158 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/01/2021 Troon South Beach 159 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 01/04/2021 Powburn 160 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12/03/2021 Brieryside Farm , Monkton 161 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 27/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 162 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden 163 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Muirhead 164 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2021 Fail Loch Blue-headed race (flava) 165 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods 166 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 167 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2021 Troon South Woods 168 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/04/2021 Ness Glen 169 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 Troon Harbour 170 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 171 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/01/2021 Fullarton Woods 172 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Barassie Beach 173 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15/01/2021 Prestwick Golf Course 174 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2021 Barassie 175 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 18/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 176 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 24/04/2021 Ness Glen 177 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool 178 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/01/2021 Muirhead Back Garden flyover 179 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 16/12/2021 Stevenston Point 180 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/01/2021 Gypsy Pool flyover 181 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 Gypsy Pool