Tracy Allan: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Year List 2024 BOU/IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 170 of 170 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 20/01/2024 Nairn Beach 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2024 Dingwall Bay 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 06/01/2024 Fodderty Dingwall 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/01/2024 Fodderty Dingwall 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Essich 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 A96 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Clachnaharry 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/01/2024 Abriachan 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2024 Findhorn Bay 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 06/04/2024 Etherow 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 27/01/2024 Alturlie pools 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2024 Loch Spynie 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Merkinch 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21/02/2024 Loch Spynie 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Findhorn Valley 16 Pintail Anas acuta 19/02/2024 Loch of Strathbeg 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Merkinch 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 09/03/2024 Deshar Pool Boat of Garten 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2024 Loch Spynie 21 Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2024 Alturlie 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/01/2024 Cromarty 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 06/01/2024 Alturlie 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2024 Burghead 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2024 Merkinch 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Alturlie 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2024 Loch Spynie 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2024 Loch Spynie 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Merkinch 30 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 22/03/2024 Dingwall Estuary Ruddy Shelduck 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 11/04/2024 Lochindorb 32 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus ********** ********** 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/02/2024 Rattray Head 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 Findhorn Valley 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 19/02/2024 Loch of Strathbeg 36 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2024 Millburn Academy 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/05/2024 Findhorn Valley: Banchor to Drynachan 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 18/02/2024 Bogbrae 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Drakies 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Nethy Bridge 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 06/01/2024 Merkinch 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Clachnaharry 44 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 Loch Spynie 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Merkinch 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 26/01/2024 Alturlie 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/01/2024 Alturlie 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Merkinch 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 20/01/2024 Alturlie 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 12/01/2024 52 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/04/2024 Rainham Marshes 53 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2024 Alturlie 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 26/04/2024 Alturlie bay & alturlie point 10 different birds 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Merkinch 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/01/2024 Lossiemouth 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 03/03/2024 Alturlie Pools 59 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 03/03/2024 Alturlie Pools 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/05/2024 Carrbridge 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Merkinch 62 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 01/01/2024 Merkinch 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Merkinch 64 Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2024 Alturlie 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 19/02/2024 Loch of Strathbeg 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2024 Lossiemouth 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Alturlie 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/02/2024 Peterhead 69 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/05/2024 Handa Island 70 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 21/04/2024 Burghead Harbour 71 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 12/01/2024 Chanonry Point 72 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Merkinch 73 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Clachnaharry 74 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Drakies 75 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 12/01/2024 Udale Bay 76 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 25/02/2024 Drakies 77 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 19/02/2024 Fraserburgh 78 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 18/05/2024 Handa Island 79 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 18/05/2024 Handa Island 80 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/05/2024 Handa island 81 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18/05/2024 Handa Island 82 Razorbill Alca torda 06/01/2024 Cromarty 83 Guillemot Uria aalge 12/01/2024 Chanonry Point 84 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 12/01/2024 Jemimaville 85 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 18/05/2024 Kylesku 86 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 21/04/2024 Roseisle 87 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 21/04/2024 Roseisle 88 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 19/02/2024 Boddam 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/01/2024 Burghead 90 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Merkinch 91 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2024 Merkinch 92 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 04/04/2024 Rainham Marshes 93 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 94 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Findhorn Valley 95 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20/04/2024 96 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 11/04/2024 Carrbridge 97 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2024 Kinmylies 98 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 99 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 Slochd 100 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Carrbridge 101 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Merkinch 102 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 103 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Slochd 104 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 06/01/2024 Dingwall Bay 105 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 02/04/2024 East Didsbury 106 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/04/2024 Aldourie 107 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2024 Lossiemouth 108 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Drakies 109 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Drakies 110 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Nethy Bridge 111 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2024 Merkinch 112 Raven Corvus corax 09/03/2024 Loch Morlich 113 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 11/02/2024 Aviemore 114 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 115 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 116 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 117 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 118 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 119 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/04/2024 Rainham Marshes 120 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/01/2024 Alturlie 121 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2024 Rainham Marshes 122 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2024 Rainham Marshes 123 House Martin Delichon urbicum 02/05/2024 Home 124 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 125 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 04/01/2024 Drakies 126 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 03/04/2024 Leighton Moss 127 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/03/2024 Diriebught Road 128 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/04/2024 Rainham Marshes 129 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2024 Fletcher Moss 130 Whitethroat Curruca communis 05/05/2024 Alturlie Pools 131 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2024 Abriachan 132 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 133 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/04/2024 Fletcher Moss 134 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/01/2024 Blackfold 135 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Nethy Bridge 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2024 Drakies 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 Nethy Bridge 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 Drakies 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Leachkin 140 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Findhorn Valley 141 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/04/2024 The Moor 142 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 143 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 06/05/2024 Craigellachie 144 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/01/2024 Alturlie 145 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2024 Findhorn Valley 146 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/02/2024 River Nethy 147 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2024 Loch Spynie 148 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Carrbridge 149 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Drakies 150 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 12/01/2024 Millburn Academy 151 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Inverness Campus 152 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 19/02/2024 Loch of Strathbeg 153 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 03/05/2024 Loch Ashie / Ruthven 154 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2024 Merkinch 155 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 156 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 01/03/2024 Harris Road, Drakies 157 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2024 Blackfold 158 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2024 Drakies 159 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2024 UHI campus 160 Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea 11/02/2024 Aviemore 161 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Leachkin 162 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 28/01/2024 Badaguish 163 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/01/2024 Loch Garten 164 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Leachkin 165 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2024 Drakies 166 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 02/02/2024 Nairn East Beach 167 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 19/02/2024 Rattray 168 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2024 Avoch 169 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024 Alturlie Pools 170 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 01/04/2024 Kilwinning Myrtle Warbler