Will Manson: World Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 143 of 143 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 26/04/2024 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/11/2015 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 7 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12/02/2024 Freswick 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/05/2024 Noss head 9 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Wick River 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11/01/2024 Wick River 11 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 07/01/2024 Wick River 12 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 07/01/2024 Freswick 13 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/02/2023 Ackergill 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/07/2023 Broubster 15 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 11/01/2024 Castlehill 16 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 17 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 08/05/2024 Wick Riverside 18 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 19 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 20 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 29/03/2024 21 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 07/01/2024 Freswick 22 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 23 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24 Rock Dove Columba livia 25 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 26 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 27 Common Crane Grus grus 06/05/2024 Reiss Beach Road 28 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 07/01/2024 Wick River 29 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Teeside Marshes 30 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 31 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 16/05/2024 32 Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani 02/11/2015 Noordhoek 33 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 07/01/2024 Freswick 34 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 06/05/2023 Wick River Marshes 35 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 12/02/2024 Freswick 36 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 37 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 15/04/2024 Auckengill 38 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 39 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 40 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/07/2023 strathy 41 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 42 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20/04/2024 Kinlochbervie 43 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 44 Ruff Calidris pugnax 45 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/01/2024 Castlehill 46 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/01/2024 Auckengill 47 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Teeside Marshes 48 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 11/01/2024 Castlehill 49 Common Gull Larus canus 50 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 51 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 07/01/2024 Freswick 52 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/01/2024 Freswick 53 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 30/04/2024 Stroupster 54 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 55 Little Auk Alle alle 07/01/2024 Freswick 56 Common Murre Uria aalge 07/01/2024 Freswick 57 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/01/2024 Freswick 58 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 20/04/2024 Kinlochbervie 59 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 11/01/2024 Castlehill 60 African Penguin Spheniscus demersus 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 61 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Offshore South Africa 62 Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 63 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Offshore South Africa 64 Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 65 Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 66 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 67 Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Offshore South Africa 68 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/01/2024 Auckengill 69 Cape Petrel Daption capense 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 70 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 71 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Offshore South Africa 72 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 14/06/2018 Groningen 73 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2024 Freswick 74 Cape Gannet Morus capensis 14/10/2015 Offshore South Africa 75 Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis 02/11/2015 Noordhoek 76 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 07/01/2024 Freswick 77 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2024 Freswick 78 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 02/11/2015 Noordhoek 79 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 07/01/2024 Freswick 80 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 81 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 10/07/2023 Broubster 82 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 29/03/2024 83 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 84 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 12/05/2024 85 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 06/01/2024 Stroupster 86 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 87 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2024 Auckengill 88 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 89 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 23/04/2024 Auckengill 90 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 05/11/2015 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 91 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 92 Merlin Falco columbarius 17/04/2024 Skye 93 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 30/03/2024 94 Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus 05/11/2015 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 95 Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris 02/11/2015 Noordhoek 96 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 10/10/2023 Wick Industrial Estate 97 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 15/01/2024 Wick River 98 Rook Corvus frugilegus 08/05/2024 Wick Riverside 99 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 07/01/2024 Freswick 100 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 06/01/2024 Nybster 101 Northern Raven Corvus corax 11/01/2024 Castlehill 102 Coal Tit Periparus ater 103 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 104 Great Tit Parus major 105 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/04/2024 Auckengill 106 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 13/04/2024 Freswick 107 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 30/04/2024 Freswick 108 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 17/04/2024 Skye 109 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 09/05/2024 Newton Croft, Wick 110 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 05/05/2024 Nosshead 111 Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer 05/11/2015 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 112 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 113 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 114 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 16/01/2024 Wick River 115 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 116 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 117 Redwing Turdus iliacus 118 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 119 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 120 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 05/05/2024 Nosshead 121 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 122 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 15/07/1996 Inversnaid 123 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 05/05/2024 Nosshead 124 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/05/2024 Nosshead 125 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2024 126 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 20/04/2024 Kinlochbervie 127 Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea 05/11/2015 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 128 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa 05/11/2015 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens 129 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 130 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 11/11/2015 Rietvlei Wetland Reserve 131 Dunnock Prunella modularis 132 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 133 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 08/05/2024 Wick Riverside 134 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 10/01/2024 Freswick 135 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 11/01/2024 Wick River 136 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 15/01/2024 Wick River 137 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 26/04/2024 138 Twite Linaria flavirostris 22/04/2024 Newton Croft, Wick 139 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 05/05/2024 Nosshead 140 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 12/05/2024 141 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10/04/2024 Newton Croft, Wick 142 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 26/04/2024 143 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 07/05/2024 Noss head