North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory: North Ronaldsay Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 227 of 227 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 13th January, Tom Wells 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 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 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 21 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 15/10/2023 Dennishead 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 37 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 28/10/2023 Lurand Meena 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Corncrake Crex crex 41 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 30/06/2023 Westness 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 61 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 64 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 69 Knot Calidris canutus 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 72 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 81 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 87 Common Gull Larus canus 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 90 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 93 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 95 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 99 Razorbill Alca torda 100 Little Auk Alle alle 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 105 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 106 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 107 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 111 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 116 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 121 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/05/2023 Hooking 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 123 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 127 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 133 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 134 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 135 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 139 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 140 Raven Corvus corax 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater First since 1985 143 Woodlark Lullula arborea 144 Skylark Alauda arvensis 145 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 146 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 147 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 148 Swallow Hirundo rustica 149 House Martin Delichon urbicum 150 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 151 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 152 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 155 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 156 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 24/08/2023 Ancum 157 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 12/06/2023 Holland House Second bird at Obs on 14/06 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 159 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 160 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 161 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 162 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 19/08/2023 Howar 163 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 164 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 165 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 18/09/2023 Upper Linnay 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 168 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 169 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 171 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 20/05/2023 Ancum DNA Confirmed 172 Whitethroat Curruca communis 173 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 174 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 184 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 185 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 186 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 187 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 07/06/2023 Cursitter 188 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 192 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 09/10/2023 Ancum Apparent individual 193 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 194 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 199 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 202 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 205 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 206 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 31/10/2023 Ancum 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 210 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 212 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 214 Twite Linaria flavirostris 215 Linnet Linaria cannabina 216 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 217 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 218 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 219 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 220 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 221 Siskin Spinus spinus 222 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 223 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 224 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 225 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 226 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 16/09/2023 Lurn 227 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus