Stephen Welch: Lothian Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Including some moult migrant flocks, not just local introductions/feral breeders; also released small race Canada geese, not included! 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 04/10/2009 Aberlady Also seen on 11 Oct; not self-found, obviously 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 06/02/2011 Waughton Found by Mike Hodgkin 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 03/04/2010 Tyninghame 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/11/2007 Chapel 4 ad European race, unringed; Greenland juv seen at Aberlady following day but reported previously 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 24/03/2013 West Fortune juv (subject to acceptance by LBRC) 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 24/02/2013 Abbeymill, Haddington ad (subject to acceptance by SBRC) 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 18/07/2010 East Fortune ponds Eclipse drake 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/05/2007 Musselburgh scrapes Male, 15:45hrs, photo 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 11/11/2007 Chapel pr; and up to 5 there later that winter and winter 08-09 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/04/2007 St Margaret's Loch 1st-win m 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 25/10/2021 Port Seton, Wrecked Craigs 1st-win drake 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 22/05/2005 Musselburgh male 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus Musselburgh redhead 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 39 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 40 Quail Coturnix coturnix East Lothian Heard at 4 localities, but none seen 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 42 Swift Apus apus 43 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 44 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 45 Stock Dove Columba oenas 46 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 47 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/08/2011 Auldhame juv, then N 48 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 49 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 51 Coot Fulica atra 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 04/01/2006 Ferny Ness Debatable as "self-found" as this is a returning bird, but first sighting that winter; also several other dates and winters 07-8, 08-09; accepted by LBRC 57 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 58 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 60 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/11/2007 Aberlady juv 61 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 62 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/08/2005 Musselburgh scrapes 63 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 65 Curlew Numenius arquata 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 67 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 68 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/01/2007 Drem pools Also at same place on 18/2 (since learnt it is a traditional site) 69 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 70 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 71 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/10/2023 Port Seton One of many seen following Storm Babet 72 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 73 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 74 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 14/05/2022 Seton golf course NNE over 09:13hrs, call recorded, probably flushed from west pool by golfers 75 Redshank Tringa totanus 76 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/08/2009 Aberlady Not self-found 77 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12/08/2006 East Lothian Also on 18/8; juv 78 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 79 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 80 Knot Calidris canutus 81 Ruff Calidris pugnax 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Musselburgh, Aberlady, Tyninghame 8 different birds Sept 04 83 Sanderling Calidris alba 84 Dunlin Calidris alpina 85 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 86 Little Stint Calidris minuta 04/09/2004 Musselburgh scrapes Other observers present but had not seen (flew in) 87 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 25/09/2005 East Lothian Accepted by LBRC 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 27/04/2014 Gosford Sands 89 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 12/06/2016 Seton Burn Bird previously at Tyninghame and Skinflats, technically a dubious self-found... 90 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 91 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 92 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 93 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 13/08/2006 Gullane Point Accepted by LBRC 94 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 95 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 96 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 97 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 19/10/2011 Cockenzie juv W 98 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 99 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 100 Common Gull Larus canus 101 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 26/03/2021 Seton Burn 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/10/2022 Port Seton 1st-win, subject to acceptance by SBRC 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 104 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 105 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 23/03/2007 Port Seton 1st-win; accepted by LBRC 106 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 107 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/03/2009 Seton burn imm, probably 2nd-win 108 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 ads 109 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 110 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 03/11/2007 Seafield, Edinburgh pale adult with spoons; part of a general arrival 111 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 112 Puffin Fratercula arctica 113 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 114 Razorbill Alca torda 115 Little Auk Alle alle 26/02/2005 Gosford Bay 2, part of an influx! 116 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 117 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 118 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 119 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 120 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 09/05/2020 Gosford Bay imm 121 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 21/10/2023 Port Seton/Gosford 20+, with 3 more 22/10/23, Storm Babet 122 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 25/09/2012 Ferny Ness Perhaps 2 birds 123 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 124 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 125 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 126 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 29/05/2007 Barns Ness Record accepted by LBRC 127 Gannet Morus bassanus 128 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 129 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 130 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/05/2006 Aberlady Asleep by Peffer Burn, 09:00hrs 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 09/08/2014 Longniddry SW over 132 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 133 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/07/2012 Longniddry SW over 134 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 135 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 20/05/2006 Description species, but seen on a bird race with 3 co-observers 136 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/05/2005 Blindwells imm/f high SE over A1 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 20/08/2023 Longniddry High over 138 Buzzard Buteo buteo 139 Barn Owl Tyto alba 140 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 141 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 142 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 143 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 144 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 145 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 146 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 147 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/11/2007 Tyninghame ad male; and several subsequent sightings 148 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/06/2020 Seton Burn (offshore) LBRC accepted, batch 101.8 149 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 150 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/05/2008 Whitesands male; confirmed by other observers and photographed (submitted to LBRC) 151 Jay Garrulus glandarius 152 Magpie Pica pica 153 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 154 Rook Corvus frugilegus 155 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 156 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 10/10/2010 Scoughall Initially found by Norman Milligan on 3/10, accepted by LBRC 157 Raven Corvus corax 158 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 159 Coal Tit Periparus ater 160 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 161 Great Tit Parus major 162 Skylark Alauda arvensis 163 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 164 Swallow Hirundo rustica 165 House Martin Delichon urbicum 166 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 167 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2008 Longniddry 2 168 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 169 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 170 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 171 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 28/08/2005 Barns Ness, wire dump Found the previous day 172 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 31/05/2020 Ferny Ness singing male 173 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 174 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 175 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 176 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 177 Whitethroat Curruca communis 178 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 179 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 180 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 181 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 182 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 28/06/2020 Port Seton ad, on flats by pumping station 183 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 184 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 185 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 186 Redwing Turdus iliacus 187 Blackbird Turdus merula 188 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 189 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 190 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 191 Robin Erithacus rubecula 192 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/01/2009 North Berwick Prior report, so not self-found 193 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 194 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 195 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 196 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 197 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 198 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 199 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 200 Dunnock Prunella modularis 201 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 204 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 205 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 206 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/02/2018 Ferny Ness 2, co-found with G Boyle, subject to LBRC 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 210 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 211 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 212 Twite Linaria flavirostris 213 Linnet Linaria cannabina 214 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 28/12/2006 Longniddry Small flock present over New Year, rom the kitchen window on occasion! 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 216 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 217 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 219 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 26/10/2008 Ferny Ness 3, low over during dawn vismig 220 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 12/03/2005 Drem Colour-ringed bird ringed at Caister-on-Sea earlier same winter 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus