North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory: North Ronaldsay Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 164 of 164 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Pintail Anas acuta 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Scaup Aythya marila 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 22 Quail Coturnix coturnix 23 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31 Coot Fulica atra 32 Crane Grus grus 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 34 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 35 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 37 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 38 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 39 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 40 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 41 Curlew Numenius arquata 42 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 43 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 44 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 14/03/2024 Ancum 45 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 46 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 49 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 50 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 51 Redshank Tringa totanus 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 54 Knot Calidris canutus 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 56 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 57 Sanderling Calidris alba 58 Dunlin Calidris alpina 59 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 60 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 61 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 62 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 67 Common Gull Larus canus 68 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 69 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 70 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 72 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 73 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 74 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 75 Puffin Fratercula arctica 76 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 77 Razorbill Alca torda 78 Little Auk Alle alle 79 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 81 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 83 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 84 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 85 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 86 Gannet Morus bassanus 87 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 88 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 89 Great White Egret Ardea alba 90 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 92 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 93 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 94 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 27/04/2024 Garso 95 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 96 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 97 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 98 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 99 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 100 Merlin Falco columbarius 101 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 102 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 103 Magpie Pica pica 104 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 105 Rook Corvus frugilegus 106 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 107 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 108 Raven Corvus corax 109 Skylark Alauda arvensis 110 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 111 Swallow Hirundo rustica 112 House Martin Delichon urbicum 113 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 114 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 115 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 116 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 117 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 118 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 119 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 120 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 121 Whitethroat Curruca communis 122 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 123 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 124 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 125 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 126 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 127 Redwing Turdus iliacus 128 Blackbird Turdus merula 129 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 130 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 131 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 132 Robin Erithacus rubecula 133 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 134 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 135 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 136 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 137 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 138 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 139 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 140 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 141 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 142 Dunnock Prunella modularis 143 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 144 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 145 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 146 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 147 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 148 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/05/2024 Westness 149 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 150 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 151 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 152 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 153 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 154 Twite Linaria flavirostris 155 Linnet Linaria cannabina 156 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 157 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 158 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 159 Siskin Spinus spinus 160 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 161 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 162 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 163 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 164 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus