Dave Tanner: Scotland Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 120 of 120 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/03/2024 Tarbat Ness Light-bellied (𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙖) 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2024 Brora 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/01/2024 Petley Farm, Portmahomack 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 Tain Links 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2024 Tain Links 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 09/01/2024 Inver Bay 9 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2024 Tain Links 10 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22/01/2024 Loch Eye 12 Scaup Aythya marila 25/01/2024 Cromarty Firth - Just north of Saltburn Pier 13 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 15 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 16 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2024 Portmahomack Adult male 17 Goosander Mergus merganser 12/03/2024 River Peffery, Ferry Point, Dingwall 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 19 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 25/02/2024 Edderton 2 males 20 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 22/01/2024 Clay of Allan 11 21 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/01/2024 Dornoch 22 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 23 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 12/01/2024 Tain links pond 25 Coot Fulica atra 22/01/2024 Loch Eye 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2024 Loch Fleet 27 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 29 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/04/2024 Brucefield Farm, Tarbat Ness 30 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 31 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2024 Fendom, Tain 32 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 08/04/2024 Tarbat Ness 33 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 34 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2024 Tain Links 35 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30/01/2024 Loch Fleet 6 36 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 25/04/2024 The Mound 37 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 38 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/01/2024 Loch Fleet 39 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/01/2024 Brora 40 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 25/02/2024 Tarbat Ness 41 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/01/2024 Brora 42 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/01/2024 Inver Bay 43 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 44 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 09/05/2024 Tarbat Ness 45 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 06/04/2024 Portmahomack 46 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 30/01/2024 Brora 6 47 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 31/01/2024 Portmahomack 48 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 06/01/2024 Brora 49 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 50 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 51 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 52 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/03/2024 Lossie Estuary 53 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 07/03/2024 Hatton, Kinloss - (Pig Farm) - 57.6538611, -3.5222222 54 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/05/2024 Tarbat Ness 55 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/05/2024 Tarbat Ness 56 Puffin Fratercula arctica 28/02/2024 Portmahomack 57 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/02/2024 Portmahomack 58 Razorbill Alca torda 31/01/2024 Portmahomack 59 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 28/01/2024 Portmahomack 60 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 61 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 31/01/2024 Portmahomack Adult winter plumage 62 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 63 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/03/2024 Tarbat Hess 64 Gannet Morus bassanus 06/01/2024 Brora 65 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 66 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 67 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 68 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/04/2024 Loch Eye 69 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2024 Fendom 70 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/01/2024 Portmahomack Ringtail 71 Red Kite Milvus milvus 03/01/2024 Portmahomack 72 Buzzard Buteo buteo 06/01/2024 Fendom 73 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/02/2024 Balmuchy Quarry 74 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 25/02/2024 Edderton Female 75 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2024 Fendom 76 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/01/2024 Rhynie, Old Kirk 77 Jay Garrulus glandarius 22/04/2024 M80 flyover near Cumbernauld 78 Magpie Pica pica 07/03/2024 Lossiemouth 79 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 80 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 81 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 82 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 03/01/2024 Clay of Allan, Fearn 83 Raven Corvus corax 12/04/2024 Slochd 84 Coal Tit Periparus ater 07/01/2024 Portmahomack 85 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 86 Great Tit Parus major 06/01/2024 Brora 87 Skylark Alauda arvensis 09/01/2024 Fendom 88 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 24/04/2024 Portmahomack 89 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/04/2024 Portmahomack 90 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2024 Portmahomack 91 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 25/04/2024 The Mound 92 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/04/2024 Millburn Road (Railway) Inverness 93 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/05/2024 Tarbat Ness 94 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/04/2024 A9 North Kessock (Toilets) 95 Whitethroat Curruca communis 08/05/2024 Tarbat Ness 96 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2024 Portmahomack 97 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 98 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 10/01/2024 Portmahomack 99 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2024 Loch Fleet 100 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 101 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 102 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 103 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 104 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2024 Loch Fleet 105 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 08/04/2024 Brucefield Farm, Tarbat Ness (building plot to south) 106 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 107 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 108 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 109 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2024 Portmahomack 110 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/01/2024 Brora 111 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 25/02/2024 Tarbat Ness 112 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/02/2024 Portmahomack 113 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 114 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 15/02/2024 Coulmore Bay, Beauly Firth c150 115 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2024 Brora 116 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 117 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/01/2024 Fendom 118 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Portmahomack 119 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/02/2024 Portmahomack 120 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/01/2024 Portmahomack