Al McNee: Scotland Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 228 of 228 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/01/2023 Rosemarkie 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 26/02/2023 Bemersyde Moss 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 30/03/2023 Alturlie Pools 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Allanfearn 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2023 Allanfearn 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2023 Dornoch 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/01/2023 Tain 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/05/2023 Loch of Strathbeg 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 30/03/2023 Alturlie Pools 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 30/04/2023 Loch Leven 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 14 Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2023 Dornoch 15 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 16/03/2023 Easter Dalziel 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 30/04/2023 Loch Leven 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 04/03/2023 Loch Vaa 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 20 Scaup Aythya marila 15/01/2023 Jemimaville 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 07/01/2023 Dornoch 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 02/12/2023 Dornoch 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/01/2023 Embo 24 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 30/04/2023 Lower Largo 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/01/2023 Embo 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2023 Dornoch 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 15/01/2023 Inverness 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2023 Alturlie 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 26/02/2023 A9 31 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 23/03/2023 Bealach na ba 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 26/02/2023 A9 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 07/01/2023 Dornoch 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 09/04/2023 Coignafearn 35 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2023 Loch Spynie 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/04/2023 Blackfold 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 26/02/2023 Bemersyde Moss 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Inverness 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2023 Dornoch 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 27/02/2023 Merkinch LNR 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2023 Dochgarroch 43 Coot Fulica atra 15/01/2023 Loch Flemington 44 Crane Grus grus 11/05/2023 Loch of Strathbeg 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30/04/2023 Loch Leven 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/01/2023 Alturlie 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 49 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/05/2023 Thuster Mains 50 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/08/2023 Dornoch 51 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/08/2023 Tarbat Ness 52 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/10/2023 Senness, Eshaness 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 11/05/2023 Loch of Strathbeg 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 56 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 13/05/2023 Balormie, Lossiemouth 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 24/04/2023 Merkinch LNR 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 07/01/2023 Dornoch 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 04/03/2023 Phopachy 61 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 20/10/2023 Quendale 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/02/2023 Craig Dunain 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 24/04/2023 Merkinch LNR 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12/09/2023 Montrose 66 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2023 Slains 67 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 07/01/2023 Dornoch 70 Knot Calidris canutus 07/01/2023 Dornoch 71 Ruff Calidris pugnax 30/08/2023 North Ronaldsay 72 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 08/09/2023 North Ronaldsay 73 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 11/05/2023 Loch of Strathbeg 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 08/03/2023 Dornoch 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2023 Alturlie 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 07/01/2023 Embo 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 30/08/2023 North Ronaldsay 78 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 30/04/2023 Lower Largo 79 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2023 Chanonry Point 80 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/04/2023 Whiteness Head 81 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 31/08/2023 North Ronaldsay 82 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 07/01/2023 Embo 83 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 84 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 85 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 29/01/2023 Leven 89 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 04/03/2023 Fort William/Caol 90 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 91 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 19/05/2023 Ardersier 92 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 25/07/2023 The Minch 93 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/07/2023 Tarbat Ness 94 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 95 Razorbill Alca torda 07/01/2023 Embo 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 07/01/2023 Embo 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/01/2023 Embo 98 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 99 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 29/01/2023 Leven 100 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 101 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 18/04/2023 Cullen 102 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 25/07/2023 The Minch 103 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 25/08/2023 The Minch 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 16/04/2023 Brora 105 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 30/08/2023 North Ronaldsay 106 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 14/07/2023 Tarbat Ness 107 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 05/09/2023 North Ronaldsay 108 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 19/05/2023 Ardersier 109 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2023 Dornoch 110 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 18/08/2023 Tarbat Ness 111 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2023 Dochgarroch 112 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 15/01/2023 Rosemarkie 113 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/05/2023 Loch of Strathbeg 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12/09/2023 Montrose 115 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28/09/2023 Sumburgh Farm 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 11/05/2023 Loch of Strathbeg 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/04/2023 The Mound 119 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 24/06/2023 Craig Dunain 120 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 13/02/2023 Ardmair Bay 121 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2023 Dochgarroch 122 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 05/04/2023 Inverness 123 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/03/2023 Insh Marshes 124 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 16/04/2023 Sutherland 125 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 23/09/2023 Quendale 126 Red Kite Milvus milvus 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 127 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 23/03/2023 Lochcarron 128 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 129 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/05/2023 Tornagrain 130 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 05/09/2023 North Ronaldsay 131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/12/2023 Dornoch 132 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 20/02/2023 Inverness 133 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 24/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 134 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 135 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 15/01/2023 Udale Bay 136 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/04/2023 Coignafearn 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26/02/2023 A9 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/03/2023 Dawsholm Park, Glasgow 139 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 20/10/2023 Quendale 140 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 23/09/2023 Spiggie 141 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/02/2023 Craig Phadrig 142 Magpie Pica pica 26/02/2023 A9 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 02/01/2023 Allanfearn 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2023 Allanfearn 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/01/2023 Dochgarroch 147 Raven Corvus corax 16/01/2023 Craig Dunain 148 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 16/10/2023 Upper Voe 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2023 Inverness 150 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 05/02/2023 Blackfold 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Inverness 152 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Inverness 153 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/01/2023 Dornoch 154 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/09/2023 Scatness 155 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2023 Loch Ashie 156 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/04/2023 A9 157 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/04/2023 Merkinch LNR 158 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 26/02/2023 Bemersyde Moss 159 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2023 Dochgarroch 160 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 05/05/2023 Achilty Oakwood 161 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 26/09/2023 Geo 162 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/04/2023 The Mound 163 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/2023 Dawsholm Park, Glasgow 164 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 01/10/2023 Grutness 165 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 25/09/2023 Arisdale, Yell 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/05/2023 Brahan 167 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 21/10/2023 Skibberhoull, Whalsay 168 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 04/05/2023 Alturlie Pools 169 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/01/2023 Inverness 170 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2023 Merkinch LNR 171 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 30/08/2023 North Ronaldsay 172 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/09/2023 St Ninian's Isle 173 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 02/10/2023 Wester Quarff 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 04/05/2023 Merkinch LNR 175 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 16/01/2023 Craig Dunain 176 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 177 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 03/01/2023 Inverness 178 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 179 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30/09/2023 Lunna 180 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 05/10/2023 Gorie, Bressay 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 182 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 183 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 184 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Inverness 185 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 04/06/2023 Whiteness Head 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Inverness 188 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 24/09/2023 Lerwick 189 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 23/09/2023 St Ninian's Isle 190 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 13/05/2023 Craigellachie 191 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 07/05/2023 Blackfold 192 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/05/2023 The Mound 193 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/10/2023 Hamnavoe 194 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 07/01/2023 Dornoch 195 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 09/04/2023 Coignafearn 196 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 03/01/2023 Dochgarroch 197 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 26/02/2023 Bemersyde Moss 198 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 199 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Inverness 200 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 23/09/2023 Lerwick 201 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 13/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 202 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 Wester Dalziel 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 08/03/2023 Dornoch 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 07/05/2023 Blackfold 205 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 02/10/2023 Voxter 206 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/01/2023 Dornoch 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 07/01/2023 Dornoch 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Inverness 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 19/10/2023 Hoswick 210 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 18/10/2023 Bigton 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/02/2023 Craig Dunain 212 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 02/09/2023 North Ronaldsay 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 214 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/03/2023 Dornoch 215 Linnet Linaria cannabina 07/01/2023 Dornoch 216 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 15/10/2023 Sandwick 217 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 03/01/2023 Dochgarroch 218 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/01/2023 Craig Dunain 219 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 220 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2023 Merkinch LNR 221 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 07/01/2023 Dornoch 222 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/05/2023 Easter Dalziel 223 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 15/01/2023 Allanfearn 224 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 28/09/2023 Sumburgh Head 225 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 07/01/2023 Dornoch 226 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 11/05/2023 Rattray 227 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 26/09/2023 Geosetter, Shetland 228 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 13/10/2023 Hoswick