Dave Tanner: Scotland Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 141 of 141 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 22/10/2023 Portmahomk 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 25/01/2023 River Peffery, Ferry Point, Dingwall 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 16/04/2023 Brucefield Farm, Tarbat Ness Probably Greenland - 𝘼. 𝙖. π™›π™‘π™–π™«π™žπ™§π™€π™¨π™©π™§π™žπ™¨ 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/02/2023 Tain Links Pond 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/01/2023 Petley Pig Farm, Portmahomack 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 8 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/01/2023 Tain Links 9 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/01/2023 Tain Links 10 Pintail Anas acuta 20/01/2023 Tain Links 11 Teal Anas crecca 05/01/2023 Tain Links 12 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 11/01/2023 Tain Links, Tain Drake 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18/02/2023 Loch Flemington 14 Scaup Aythya marila 05/01/2023 Saltburn 15 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 16 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22/02/2023 Tarbat Ness 3 adult male 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/01/2023 Saltburn 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 28/02/2023 River Ness, opposite Bught Park 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 22 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 26/03/2023 Edderton 23 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 05/01/2023 Barbaraville 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/06/2023 Balmuchy 26 Swift Apus apus 29/05/2023 Over the Eastgate, Inverness 2 over Portmahomack Harbour 31/5/23 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/07/2023 NTC Highland - UHI 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 15/04/2023 The Mound 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/02/2023 Pitcalzean House, Nigg 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/01/2023 Tain Links 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 05/01/2023 Tain Links 34 Coot Fulica atra 18/02/2023 Loch Flemington 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 11/01/2023 Tain Links, Tain 36 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/01/2023 Saltburn 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 39 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2023 Portmahomack 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 22/01/2023 Roy’s Bay, Drumancroy 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 20/04/2023 Tarbat Ness 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/01/2023 Tain Links 44 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 05/02/2023 Tarbat Ness 45 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/02/2023 Arboll 46 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/08/2023 Merkinch LNR, Inverness 47 Redshank Tringa totanus 07/01/2023 Portmahomack 48 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/02/2023 Loch Fleet 49 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 22/01/2023 Roy’s Bay, Drumancroy 50 Knot Calidris canutus 11/02/2023 Tain Links 51 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/02/2023 Brora - South Beach 52 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20/01/2023 Tain Links 53 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 54 Little Stint Calidris minuta 19/08/2023 Balintore Beach 55 Little Tern Sternula albifrons ********** ********** 56 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/05/2023 Alness Point 57 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/04/2023 Cromarty Bridge 58 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 24/03/2023 Tarbat Ness 59 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13/04/2023 Brora from South Beach car-park 60 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 61 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 05/01/2023 Dalmore shore, Alness 62 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 63 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 64 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 65 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 13/04/2023 Dornoch, Curhill road 66 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 27/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 1Λ’α΅— winter 67 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 68 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 69 Little Auk Alle alle 25/02/2023 Tarbat Ness 70 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 71 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 72 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 07/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 73 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 74 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 24/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 75 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 13/04/2023 Tarbat Ness Heading North 76 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 77 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 78 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 79 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2023 Portmahomack 80 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/03/2023 Loch Eye 81 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 24/06/2023 Munlochy Pale adult male 82 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2023 Over the A9 at Evanton 83 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus ********** ********** 84 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/01/2023 Over the A9 at Tore 85 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 86 Barn Owl Tyto alba 21/03/2023 Portmahomack Adult ♀ 87 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 88 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 28/02/2023 Markinch LNR 89 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/02/2023 Bogbain Wood (Hunting Hill) 90 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 91 Merlin Falco columbarius 27/03/2023 Tarbat Ness 92 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 10/01/2023 Inverness Retail Park, on roof of the Range 93 Jay Garrulus glandarius 05/02/2023 A9 Tain, north of Nigg Roundabout 94 Magpie Pica pica 27/03/2023 Tarbat Ness 95 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 96 Rook Corvus frugilegus 05/01/2023 Tain Health Centre 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 98 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 99 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2023 Bindal Farm 100 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 101 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 102 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 103 Skylark Alauda arvensis 11/01/2023 Fendom, Tain 104 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/04/2023 River Brora 105 Swallow Hirundo rustica 23/04/2023 Gairloch - Sands Campsite 106 House Martin Delichon urbicum 20/04/2023 Tarbat Ness 107 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 15/04/2023 Tarbat Ness 108 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/2023 Edderton 109 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/06/2023 Portmahomack Community Wood 110 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/11/2023 Portmahomack Female/juvenile type 111 Whitethroat Curruca communis 24/05/2023 Portmahomack, 9α΅—Κ° Tee on Golf Course 112 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2023 Tain Health Centre 113 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 22/01/2023 Roy’s Bay, Drumancroy 114 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2023 Brae Park, Munlochy. 115 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 116 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 20/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 117 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 118 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 119 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 120 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 121 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 122 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 11/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 123 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2023 Strath Carnaig 124 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/04/2023 River Ness, from the last footbridge upriver. 125 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 21/03/2023 Tarbat Ness 126 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 127 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 128 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 129 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 26/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 130 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 22/01/2023 Roy’s Bay, Drumancroy 131 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 132 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 29/10/2023 Portmahomack 1 adult ♂️ 133 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 25/01/2023 Ferry Point, Dingwall 134 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 135 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/03/2023 BT Satellite Dishes - Tarbat Ness 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 137 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 15/04/2023 Balblair Wood, Golspie 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2023 Portmahomack 140 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 Tarbat Ness 141 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/02/2023 Tarbat Ness