Craig Forsyth: North Ronaldsay Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 141 of 141 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 10/04/2024 Peckhole Mill 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/04/2024 The Surgery 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 28/03/2024 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Pintail Anas acuta 12 Teal Anas crecca 13 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14 Eider Somateria mollissima 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15/04/2024 Brides 16 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 17 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 18 Goosander Mergus merganser 19 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 20 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 21 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 22 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 30/04/2024 Holland 23 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 24 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 25 Coot Fulica atra 26 Crane Grus grus 08/05/2024 The Links 27 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 28 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 29 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/04/2024 Nouster 30 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 31 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 30/04/2024 Nether Linnay 32 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 33 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 34 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 07/04/2024 Ancum Loch 35 Curlew Numenius arquata 36 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 37 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 38 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 16/03/2024 Ancum Loch 39 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 40 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 41 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/04/2024 By Brides 42 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 29/04/2024 Garso 43 Redshank Tringa totanus 44 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 28/03/2024 45 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 46 Knot Calidris canutus 07/04/2024 Westness 47 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/05/2024 Bewan 48 Sanderling Calidris alba 49 Dunlin Calidris alpina 50 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 51 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 05/05/2024 Westness 52 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 53 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/05/2024 Gretchen 54 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 55 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 56 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/03/2024 Loch Gretchen 57 Common Gull Larus canus 58 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 59 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 60 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 61 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 22/04/2024 Brides 62 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 08/04/2024 Loch Park 63 Puffin Fratercula arctica 09/04/2024 Seawatch Hide 64 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 65 Razorbill Alca torda 66 Little Auk Alle alle 09/04/2024 Seawatch Hide 67 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 68 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 69 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Nouster 70 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 71 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 72 Gannet Morus bassanus 73 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 74 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 75 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/05/2024 Gretchen Beach 76 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 77 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 78 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 08/04/2024 Ancum Loch 79 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 80 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 07/04/2024 Ancum Willows 81 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/05/2024 Obs 82 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 06/05/2024 Pier 83 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 11/05/2024 Holland 84 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 17/04/2024 Old Mill 85 Merlin Falco columbarius 86 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 87 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 02/05/2024 Holland 88 Magpie Pica pica 08/05/2024 Bewan 4th Island Record 89 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 90 Rook Corvus frugilegus 91 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 92 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 93 Raven Corvus corax 94 Skylark Alauda arvensis 95 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2024 The Links 96 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2024 Garso 97 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2024 Westness 98 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 03/05/2024 Obs 99 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2024 Ancum Willows 100 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2024 101 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2024 Brides 102 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 03/05/2024 Obs 103 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2024 Holland 104 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 02/05/2024 Trolla 105 Whitethroat Curruca communis 02/05/2024 Holland 106 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 107 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 108 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 109 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 110 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/05/2024 Old Kirk 111 Redwing Turdus iliacus 112 Blackbird Turdus merula 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 114 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 04/04/2024 Broch of Burrain 115 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/05/2024 Upper Linnay 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 117 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 28/04/2024 118 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 29/03/2024 Howar 119 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 28/04/2024 Holland 120 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 28/04/2024 121 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 122 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2024 The Links 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 124 Dunnock Prunella modularis 28/03/2024 125 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 28/03/2024 126 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 127 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 128 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 28/04/2024 129 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/05/2024 Westness 130 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 131 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 132 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 133 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 28/03/2024 Holland 134 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 29/03/2024 Holland Ssp. pyrrhula 135 Twite Linaria flavirostris 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 137 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 28/04/2024 Holland 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 07/04/2024 140 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 141 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus