David Kelly: Lothian Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 297 of 297 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/12/2010 Aberlady 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 07/04/2007 St Margaret’s Loch 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 25/03/2018 Musselburgh 36 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 13/12/2022 Ferny Ness, East Lothian 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 39 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 45 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 46 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 47 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 48 Quail Coturnix coturnix 49 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 50 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 22/03/2023 Whitesands Quarry 52 Swift Apus apus 53 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 30/10/2022 Yellowcraig 54 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 55 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 56 Stock Dove Columba oenas 57 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 58 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 59 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 60 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 61 Coot Fulica atra 62 Crane Grus grus 63 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 64 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 65 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 66 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 67 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 68 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 70 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 71 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 72 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 17/06/2023 Musselburgh 73 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 74 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 75 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 76 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 77 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 78 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 06/06/1999 Belhaven Bay 79 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 80 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 81 Curlew Numenius arquata 82 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 83 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 84 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/05/1991 Aberlady 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 87 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 88 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 15/11/2009 Musselburgh 89 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 90 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 91 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 25/05/2020 Musselburgh 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 93 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21/08/2016 Fluke Dub, Dunbar 94 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 95 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 18/05/1997 Musselburgh 96 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 97 Redshank Tringa totanus 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/09/1999 Belhaven Bay 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 100 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 101 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 102 Knot Calidris canutus 103 Ruff Calidris pugnax 104 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 10/06/2020 Musselburgh 105 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 106 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 107 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 108 Sanderling Calidris alba 109 Dunlin Calidris alpina 110 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 111 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 07/09/2003 Threipmuir 112 Little Stint Calidris minuta 113 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 01/10/2011 Musselburgh 114 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 115 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 08/08/1997 Musselburgh 116 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 29/08/2010 Tyninghame 117 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 119 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 17/12/1994 Musselburgh 120 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 121 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 123 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 07/08/1989 Musselburgh 124 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 09/08/1999 Musselburgh 125 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 126 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 128 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 129 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 04/06/1992 Musselburgh 130 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 131 Common Gull Larus canus 132 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 133 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 134 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 135 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 136 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 137 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 138 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 139 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 140 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 141 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 142 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 143 Puffin Fratercula arctica 144 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 145 Razorbill Alca torda 146 Little Auk Alle alle 147 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 148 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 149 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 150 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 151 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 02/08/1991 Gullane Point 152 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 20/10/2023 Port Seton 153 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 20/10/2023 Port Seton 154 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 155 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 156 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 157 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 158 Gannet Morus bassanus 159 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 160 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 161 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 31/10/2021 Middleton Moor 162 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 163 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 164 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 165 Great White Egret Ardea alba 18/08/2022 Seafield Pond, Belhaven 166 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 167 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 07/04/2015 Tranent 168 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 169 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 170 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 171 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 172 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/05/2023 Aberlady Bay 2cy ringtail 173 Red Kite Milvus milvus 174 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 175 Buzzard Buteo buteo 176 Barn Owl Tyto alba 177 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 178 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 179 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 180 Hoopoe Upupa epops 02/09/2017 Pencaitland 181 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 182 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 23/09/1995 Yellowcraig 183 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 184 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 185 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 186 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 187 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 188 Merlin Falco columbarius 189 Hobby Falco subbuteo 190 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 191 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2016 Musselburgh 192 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 193 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17/06/2020 Halflands 194 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 16/09/2018 Barns Ness 195 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 196 Jay Garrulus glandarius 197 Magpie Pica pica 198 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 199 Rook Corvus frugilegus 200 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 201 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 202 Raven Corvus corax 203 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 204 Coal Tit Periparus ater 205 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 206 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 207 Great Tit Parus major 208 Woodlark Lullula arborea 16/05/1998 Skateraw 209 Skylark Alauda arvensis 210 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 211 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 21/05/1996 Aberlady 212 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 213 Swallow Hirundo rustica 214 House Martin Delichon urbicum 215 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 216 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 217 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 218 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 219 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 220 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 221 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 222 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 08/06/2014 Hedderwick Burn, East Lothian 223 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/1990 Aberlady 224 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 225 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 20/10/2005 Torness 226 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 14/06/2021 Dunbar Cement Works Singing male 227 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 228 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 229 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 12/10/2014 Torness 230 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 231 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 232 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 233 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 234 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 235 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 236 Whitethroat Curruca communis 237 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 29/03/2024 Glen Golf Course 238 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 239 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 240 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 241 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 242 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 243 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 244 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 245 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 246 Redwing Turdus iliacus 247 Blackbird Turdus merula 248 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 249 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 250 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 25/12/1989 Prestongrange 251 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 252 Robin Erithacus rubecula 253 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 254 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 255 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 09/09/2022 Whitesands 256 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 257 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 21/10/2022 Barns Ness 258 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 259 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 260 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 261 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 262 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 263 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/11/2021 Phantassie Doocot East Linton 264 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 09/11/1997 Thorntonloch 265 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 27/10/1991 Thorntonloch 266 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 267 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 268 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 269 Dunnock Prunella modularis 270 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 271 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 22/06/2001 Musselburgh 272 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 273 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 274 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 275 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 276 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 277 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 278 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 279 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 280 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 281 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 282 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 283 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 284 Twite Linaria flavirostris 285 Linnet Linaria cannabina 286 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 287 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 288 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 289 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 290 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 291 Siskin Spinus spinus 292 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 293 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 294 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 295 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 296 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 21/10/2017 Dry Burn, Skateraw 297 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus