Mark Holling: Lothian Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 178 of 178 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 21 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 01/03/2022 Seafield 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 12/01/2022 Eastfield 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 52 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 53 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 62 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 63 Redshank Tringa totanus 64 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 67 Knot Calidris canutus 68 Sanderling Calidris alba 69 Dunlin Calidris alpina 70 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 71 Little Stint Calidris minuta 72 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 24/08/2022 Musselburgh 73 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 74 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 75 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 76 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 77 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 78 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 79 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 80 Common Gull Larus canus 81 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 82 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 83 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 84 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 85 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 86 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 87 Puffin Fratercula arctica 88 Razorbill Alca torda 89 Little Auk Alle alle 90 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 91 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 92 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 93 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 94 Gannet Morus bassanus 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 99 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 101 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 102 Red Kite Milvus milvus 103 Buzzard Buteo buteo 104 Barn Owl Tyto alba 105 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 106 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 107 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 108 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 109 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 110 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 111 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 112 Merlin Falco columbarius 113 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 115 Magpie Pica pica 116 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 117 Rook Corvus frugilegus 118 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 119 Raven Corvus corax 120 Coal Tit Periparus ater 121 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 122 Great Tit Parus major 123 Skylark Alauda arvensis 124 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 125 Swallow Hirundo rustica 126 House Martin Delichon urbicum 127 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 128 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 129 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 130 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 131 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 132 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 133 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 134 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 135 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 136 Whitethroat Curruca communis 137 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 138 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 139 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 140 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 141 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 142 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 143 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 144 Redwing Turdus iliacus 145 Blackbird Turdus merula 146 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 147 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 148 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 12/12/2022 Haddington 149 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 21/10/2022 Pitcox 150 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 151 Robin Erithacus rubecula 152 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 153 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 20/10/2022 Barns Ness 154 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 155 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 156 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 157 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 158 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 159 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 160 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 161 Dunnock Prunella modularis 162 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 163 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 164 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 165 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 166 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 167 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 168 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 169 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 170 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 171 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 172 Linnet Linaria cannabina 173 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 174 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 175 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 176 Siskin Spinus spinus 177 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 178 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus