David Kelly: Scotland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 326 of 326 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/12/1992 Caerlaverock 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11/03/1991 Lossiemouth 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula 18 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 20 Wigeon Mareca penelope 21 American Wigeon Mareca americana 22 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 23 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 08/12/1990 Lochwinnoch 24 Pintail Anas acuta 25 Teal Anas crecca 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/12/2010 Aberlady 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 32 Scaup Aythya marila 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 12/01/1991 Auchencreoch Loch 34 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 35 Eider Somateria mollissima 36 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 10/03/1991 Wick 37 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 38 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 39 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 25/03/2018 Musselburgh 40 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 13/12/2022 Ferny Ness, East Lothian 41 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 42 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 43 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 44 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 01/12/2006 Callander 45 Smew Mergellus albellus 46 Goosander Mergus merganser 47 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 48 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 49 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 50 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 51 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 52 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 53 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 54 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 55 Quail Coturnix coturnix 56 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 57 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 58 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 59 Swift Apus apus 60 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 30/10/2022 Yellowcraig 61 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 62 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 63 Stock Dove Columba oenas 64 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 65 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 66 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 67 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 68 Coot Fulica atra 69 Crane Grus grus 70 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 71 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 72 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 73 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 74 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 75 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 17/06/2023 Musselburgh 80 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 82 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 83 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 84 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 85 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 06/06/1999 Tyninghame 86 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 87 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 88 Curlew Numenius arquata 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 91 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 12/05/1991 Aberlady 92 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 15/09/1999 Rosehearty 93 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 94 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 95 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 96 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 15/11/2009 Musselburgh 97 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 98 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 99 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 25/09/1996 Dumbarton 100 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 101 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 23/05/1992 Loch Rannoch 102 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 103 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 02/12/1992 Burghead 104 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 18/05/1997 Musselburgh 105 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 106 Redshank Tringa totanus 107 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 14/08/1999 Menie 108 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 109 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 110 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 111 Knot Calidris canutus 112 Ruff Calidris pugnax 113 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 10/06/2020 Musselburgh 114 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 115 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 116 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 117 Sanderling Calidris alba 118 Dunlin Calidris alpina 119 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 120 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 06/09/2003 Thriepmuir 121 Little Stint Calidris minuta 122 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 123 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 124 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 10/08/1997 Musselburgh 125 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 29/08/2010 Tyninghame 126 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 127 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 128 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 129 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 17/12/1994 Musselburgh 130 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 131 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 132 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 133 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 134 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 08/08/1989 Musselburgh 135 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 09/08/1999 Musselburgh 136 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 137 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 23/01/1993 Fraserburgh 138 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 139 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 30/12/2001 Montrose 140 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 141 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 142 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 04/06/1992 Musselburgh 143 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 144 Common Gull Larus canus 145 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 146 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 147 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 148 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 149 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 150 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 151 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 152 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 153 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 154 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 155 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 156 Puffin Fratercula arctica 157 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 158 Razorbill Alca torda 159 Little Auk Alle alle 160 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 161 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 162 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 163 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 164 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 15/04/1998 Gullane Point 165 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 166 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 20/10/2023 Port Seton 167 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 168 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 169 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 170 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 171 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 172 Gannet Morus bassanus 173 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 174 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 175 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/03/2014 Kinross 176 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 177 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 178 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 179 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 180 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/12/2019 Kirkgate Park, Kinross, P,erthshire & Kinross 181 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 182 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 183 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 184 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 185 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 186 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 187 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 188 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/05/2023 Aberlady Bay 2cy ringtail 189 Red Kite Milvus milvus 190 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 191 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 192 Buzzard Buteo buteo 193 Barn Owl Tyto alba 194 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 195 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 196 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 197 Hoopoe Upupa epops 02/09/2017 Pencaitland 198 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 08/06/1997 Lochaber 199 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 200 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 201 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 202 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 203 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 204 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 205 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 206 Merlin Falco columbarius 207 Hobby Falco subbuteo 208 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 18/11/1987 Islay 209 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 210 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22/05/2016 Musselburgh 211 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 212 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 01/11/2004 Kilrenny 213 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17/09/1994 Elie 214 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 16/09/2018 Barns Ness 215 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 07/11/1993 Fife Ness 216 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 217 Jay Garrulus glandarius 218 Magpie Pica pica 219 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 220 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 221 Rook Corvus frugilegus 222 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 223 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 224 Raven Corvus corax 225 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 226 Coal Tit Periparus ater 227 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 228 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 229 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 230 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 231 Great Tit Parus major 232 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/06/2019 Newburgh 233 Woodlark Lullula arborea 234 Skylark Alauda arvensis 235 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 236 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 237 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 238 Swallow Hirundo rustica 239 House Martin Delichon urbicum 240 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 241 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 242 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 243 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 244 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 245 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 246 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 247 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 248 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 08/06/2014 Hedderwick Burn, East Lothian 249 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 17/05/1990 Aberlady 250 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 251 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 22/10/2005 Torness 252 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 14/06/2021 Dunbar Cement Works Singing male 253 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 254 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 255 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 07/11/1993 Newtonhill 256 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 257 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 258 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 259 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 260 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 261 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 262 Whitethroat Curruca communis 263 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 24/05/1993 St Abb's Head 264 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 265 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 266 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 267 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 268 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 269 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 270 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 271 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 272 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 273 Redwing Turdus iliacus 274 Blackbird Turdus merula 275 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 276 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 277 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 25/12/1989 Prestongrange 278 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 279 Robin Erithacus rubecula 280 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 281 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 282 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 283 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 21/10/2022 Barns Ness 284 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 285 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 286 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 287 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 288 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 289 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 24/11/2021 Phantassie Doocot East Linton 290 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 09/11/1997 Thorntonloch 291 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 27/10/1991 Thorntonloch 292 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 293 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 294 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 295 Dunnock Prunella modularis 296 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 297 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 23/06/2001 Musselburgh 298 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 299 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 300 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 301 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 302 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 303 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 304 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 305 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 306 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 307 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 308 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 309 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 310 Twite Linaria flavirostris 311 Linnet Linaria cannabina 312 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 313 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 314 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 315 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 15/05/2002 Linn of Dee 316 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 317 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 318 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 319 Siskin Spinus spinus 320 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 321 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 322 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 323 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 324 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 325 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 326 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 04/05/1992 Hamilton