George Gay: Scotland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 340 of 340 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 06/01/2019 Killen, Scotland 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 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 22/04/2019 Mellon Charles 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 30 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 09/11/2019 Papa Westray 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 11/06/2017 Ythan 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 15/10/2023 Dennishead, NR 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 06/07/2017 Murcar 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 01/08/2022 Blackdog, Aberdeenshire 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 43 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 45 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 46 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 47 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 48 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 50 Quail Coturnix coturnix 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 53 Swift Apus apus 54 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 11/11/2022 Portknockie, Moray 55 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 56 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 59 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 60 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 28/10/2023 Lurand, North Ronaldsay 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 63 Corncrake Crex crex 64 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 65 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 66 Coot Fulica atra 67 Crane Grus grus 68 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 69 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 12/04/2019 Loch of Spiggie, Shetland 70 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 71 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 72 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 73 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 74 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 75 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 30/06/2023 Westness, North Ronaldsay 80 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 82 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 83 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 84 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 85 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 86 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 87 Curlew Numenius arquata 88 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 89 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 90 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 01/10/2017 North Ronaldsay Wrong date! 91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 92 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 93 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 94 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 100 Redshank Tringa totanus 101 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 08/09/2021 Brides 102 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 103 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 104 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 105 Knot Calidris canutus 106 Ruff Calidris pugnax 107 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 108 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 109 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 110 Sanderling Calidris alba 111 Dunlin Calidris alpina 112 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 113 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 03/09/2020 North Ronaldsay 114 Little Stint Calidris minuta 115 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 116 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 117 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 28/07/2018 Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire 118 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 119 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 120 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 121 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 122 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 123 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 124 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 125 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 126 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 128 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 129 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 130 Common Gull Larus canus 131 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 132 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 133 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 134 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 135 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 136 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 137 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 138 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 139 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 140 Puffin Fratercula arctica 141 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 142 Razorbill Alca torda 143 Little Auk Alle alle 144 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 145 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 146 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 147 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 148 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 149 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 150 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 151 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 152 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 153 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 154 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 155 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 156 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 157 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 27/09/2020 North ron 158 Gannet Morus bassanus 159 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 160 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 161 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 30/10/2016 Hooking 162 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 163 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 164 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 165 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 166 Great White Egret Ardea alba 167 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 168 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 169 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 170 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 171 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 172 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 173 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 174 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 175 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 20/09/2015 Everywhere!! 176 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 01/05/2023 Hooking, North Ronaldsay Added as first date seen, identification confirmed on 03/05 177 Red Kite Milvus milvus 178 Black Kite Milvus migrans 179 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 180 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 181 Buzzard Buteo buteo 182 Barn Owl Tyto alba 183 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 12/04/2019 Tresta, Shetland 184 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 185 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 186 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 03/02/2017 Eday Wrong date 187 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 188 Hoopoe Upupa epops 189 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 190 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 191 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 192 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 193 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 194 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 27/08/2018 Ancum 195 Merlin Falco columbarius 196 Hobby Falco subbuteo 197 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 198 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 199 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 200 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 201 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 202 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 23/08/2020 North Ronaldsay 203 Jay Garrulus glandarius 204 Magpie Pica pica 205 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 206 Rook Corvus frugilegus 207 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 208 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 209 Raven Corvus corax 210 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 211 Coal Tit Periparus ater 212 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 213 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 214 Great Tit Parus major 215 Woodlark Lullula arborea 216 Skylark Alauda arvensis 217 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 218 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 219 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 220 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 18/11/2020 Kirkwall, Orkney 221 Swallow Hirundo rustica 222 House Martin Delichon urbicum 223 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 224 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 225 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 226 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 09/11/2018 North ron 227 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 228 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 229 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 230 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 231 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 232 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 233 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 23/05/2019 Tipperty 234 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 01/06/2020 North ron 235 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 236 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 07/09/2017 North Ronaldsay 237 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 12/06/2023 Holland House 238 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 239 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 01/09/2022 ancum 240 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 23/09/2015 Senness 241 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 242 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 243 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 31/08/2015 Nether Linnay Shooting Gallery 244 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 245 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 246 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 07/10/2020 Greenwall, North Ron 247 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 10/09/2018 North ronaldsay 248 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 249 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 250 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 251 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 252 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 253 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 19/10/2016 Finstown 254 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 255 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 30/08/2020 North Ronaldsay awaiting dna 256 Whitethroat Curruca communis 257 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 258 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 259 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 260 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 261 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 262 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 263 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 28/10/2021 papa westray 264 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30/05/2015 Holland House 265 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 01/10/2020 North Ronaldsay 266 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 267 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 268 Redwing Turdus iliacus 269 Blackbird Turdus merula 270 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 02/10/2020 North Ronaldsay 271 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 272 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 273 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 274 Robin Erithacus rubecula 275 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 09/05/2016 Lighthouse Punds 276 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 277 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 278 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 07/11/2019 North Ron 279 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 08/10/2017 North Ronaldsay 280 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 281 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 282 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 11/09/2021 NR 283 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 08/10/2016 Dead Man's Corner 284 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 285 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 286 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 10/11/2019 Lambholm Quarry, Lambholm, Orkney 287 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 288 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 09/10/2023 Ancum, North Ronaldsay Apparent individual 289 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 26/09/2017 North Ronaldsay Wrong date? 290 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 291 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 292 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 11/10/2018 senness, North Ronaldsay 293 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 294 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 295 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 296 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 27/10/2016 Sandside, Deerness 297 Dunnock Prunella modularis 298 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 299 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 23/10/2018 Bridesness 300 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 09/09/2015 Brides 301 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 302 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 303 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 304 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 305 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 306 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 307 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 13/06/2015 Gue Park 308 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 13/10/2015 Peckhole 309 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 18/09/2020 Bridesness 310 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 10/10/2020 North ron 311 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 06/01/2020 Dornoch Point 312 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 313 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 314 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 315 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 316 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 317 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 318 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 319 Twite Linaria flavirostris 320 Linnet Linaria cannabina 321 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 322 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 323 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 324 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 325 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 326 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 327 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 328 Serin Serinus serinus 329 Siskin Spinus spinus 330 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 331 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 332 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 333 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 334 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 335 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 336 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 337 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 29/10/2015 Papa westray 338 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 339 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 30/04/2017 Garso 340 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 25/02/2024 Kilwinning, Ayrshire