Andrew Stirrat: Scotland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 352 of 352 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 25/10/2013 Aberlady 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 03/01/2018 Stramanin 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 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 22/03/2019 Mellon Charles 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 28/04/2013 Twecher 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 02/03/2014 Strontian 22 Pintail Anas acuta 23 Teal Anas crecca 24 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 19/10/2017 Gartmorn Dam 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30/06/2013 Whitesands quarry 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 14/04/2013 Auchendores reservoir, Clyde, Greenock 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/05/2013 Ythan estuary Aberdeenshire 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 11/01/2015 aberdeen seaton park. 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 21/05/2011 Portobello 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 28/04/2023 Largo 37 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 38 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 26/10/2014 Lunan bay Angus 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 40 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 41 Smew Mergellus albellus Linlithgow loch 42 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 27/11/2016 Kilburnie loch 43 Goosander Mergus merganser 44 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 45 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 46 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 47 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 48 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 49 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 50 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 51 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 52 Quail Coturnix coturnix 04/08/2018 Reston 53 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 54 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 55 Swift Apus apus 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 57 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 58 Stock Dove Columba oenas 59 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 27/10/2017 Foula 61 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 63 Corncrake Crex crex 02/07/2013 North Uist 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 65 Coot Fulica atra 66 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 12/01/2014 Loch Flemington nr Nairn 67 Crane Grus grus 23/02/2013 Tyningham 68 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 69 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 26/07/2017 Lochgilphead 70 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena musselburgh 71 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 72 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 73 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 74 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 27/08/2023 Aberlady 75 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 76 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 29/08/2019 Fouldon 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 22/05/2016 Colliston Aberdeenshire 80 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/10/2012 Shetland tingwal 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 27/06/2020 Tyningham 86 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 17/05/2022 Aberlady 87 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 88 Curlew Numenius arquata 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/07/2011 Musselburgh 90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 91 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 11/11/2020 Fife 92 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 93 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 94 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 97 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 29/06/2019 Dornoch 98 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 99 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/10/2012 Shetland lower voe 100 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 101 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 102 Redshank Tringa totanus 103 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 22/07/2009 Aberlady 104 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 105 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 106 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 02/10/2021 Loch of Strathbeg 107 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 108 Knot Calidris canutus 109 Ruff Calidris pugnax 110 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 10/06/2020 Musselburgh 111 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17/07/2011 Aberlady 112 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 11/09/2013 Letham pools 113 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 18/09/2012 Tyningham 114 Sanderling Calidris alba 115 Dunlin Calidris alpina 116 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 117 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 16/10/2019 Foula 118 Little Stint Calidris minuta 11/05/2011 Musselburgh middle pond 119 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 01/10/2011 Musselburgh scrapes 120 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 05/05/2013 Loch of strathbeg Aberdeenshire 121 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 15/08/2021 Fetlar 122 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 24/07/2018 Newburgh 123 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 10/07/2014 Seacliff 124 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 24/07/2011 Islay 125 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 28/05/2016 Tyningham 126 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/05/2011 Seafield pond Lothian 127 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 128 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 129 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 12/07/2011 Musselburgh Esk mouth 130 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 131 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 132 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 10/02/2022 Fraserburgh 133 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 16/08/2021 Norwick beach 135 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 136 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 31/07/2011 Seaton sands 137 Common Gull Larus canus 138 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 08/03/2014 Newburgh 139 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Torness 140 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 141 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 142 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 143 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 144 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 09/03/2023 Fort Wiliam 145 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 30/01/2011 Hollyrood park Edinburgh 146 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Muselburgh 147 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 148 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 149 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 150 Puffin Fratercula arctica 151 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Portobello 152 Razorbill Alca torda 153 Little Auk Alle alle 154 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 01/12/2021 Fifeness 155 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 156 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 157 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 158 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 159 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 30/04/2016 Portsoy 160 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 29/06/2017 Sea cliffs Lothian 161 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 162 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 07/10/2014 sandwick shetland 163 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 164 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 29/07/2020 Hound point 165 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 10/08/2020 Forth 166 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 167 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 168 Gannet Morus bassanus 169 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 170 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 171 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/03/2014 Kinross 172 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 09/02/2012 Duddingston 173 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 Scousburgh 174 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 21/04/2023 Falkirk 175 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 176 Great White Egret Ardea alba 177 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 178 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 179 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 180 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 02/06/2022 Lairg 181 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 182 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 183 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 11/11/2014 Lammermures 184 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 185 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 186 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 04/10/2014 Tingwall shetland 187 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/11/2013 Doune 188 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 189 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 09/11/2014 Lammermures 2 together 190 Buzzard Buteo buteo 191 Barn Owl Tyto alba 192 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 27/02/2019 Shetland Tresta 193 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 194 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 195 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 196 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 10/10/2020 Ronas hill Shetland 197 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 198 Hoopoe Upupa epops 199 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 200 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 14/10/2018 Crawford 201 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 26/04/2014 StAbbs head 202 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 203 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 204 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 205 Merlin Falco columbarius 206 Hobby Falco subbuteo 207 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 16/03/2016 North Uist 208 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 209 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 25/09/2018 Foula 210 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 211 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 18/06/2020 Tantalon 212 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 21/06/2016 St Abbs 213 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 01/10/2017 Foula 214 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Barnsness 215 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 30/09/2017 Foula DNA confirmed. 216 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 28/09/2013 Balcomie Fife 217 Jay Garrulus glandarius 218 Magpie Pica pica 219 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 23/07/2011 Islay 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 16/10/2013 Edruom borders 229 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 230 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 231 Great Tit Parus major 232 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Tay reedbed 233 Woodlark Lullula arborea 234 Skylark Alauda arvensis 235 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Tyningham 236 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 237 Swallow Hirundo rustica 238 House Martin Delichon urbicum 239 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 240 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/10/2012 Shetland Colafirth 241 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 19/09/2017 St Abbs 242 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 11/10/2014 Shetland Scaloway 243 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 02/10/2012 Shetland chanerwick 244 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 07/10/2016 barns ness 245 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 08/10/2014 walls at mid dale 246 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 13/10/2020 Hawswick 247 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 248 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 249 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 11/06/2014 Tyringham 250 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 13/09/2015 Skateraw 251 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 28/07/2019 Isle of May 252 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 253 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 01/10/2012 Shetland collafirth 254 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 255 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Seafield pond 256 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 12/10/2014 Torness 257 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 28/10/2012 Kilminning Fife 258 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 02/09/2018 St Abbs 259 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 31/05/2016 Laggan 260 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 04/10/2020 Whallsey 261 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 08/10/2014 quendale mill Reeds opposite quarry. 262 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 01/10/2018 Unst Houlland 263 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 264 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 265 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/05/2012 Musselburgh entrance to hides 266 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 08/09/2013 Barns ness wire dump 267 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 03/05/2012 Barns ness 268 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 26/09/2013 St Abbs head 269 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 28/09/2014 baltasound shetland 270 Whitethroat Curruca communis 271 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Torness 272 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 273 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 274 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 11/03/2012 Dalkieth 275 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 276 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 23/07/2011 North Islay 277 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 278 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 28/09/2014 norwick shetland 279 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 01/10/2023 Lunna 280 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 30/09/2014 Durigarth 281 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 01/10/2020 Kilmining Fife 282 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 283 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 284 Redwing Turdus iliacus 285 Blackbird Turdus merula 286 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 287 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 288 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 289 Robin Erithacus rubecula 290 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 21/05/2013 Hartlepool 291 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Geoseter 292 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 27/09/2014 baltasound shetland 293 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 03/10/2014 Levenwick Shetland 294 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 295 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/10/2012 Shetland Norwick Unst 296 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 30/04/2014 StAbbs head 297 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 14/10/2013 Crail Fife 298 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 06/01/2012 Dunbar next to east beach 299 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 02/10/2012 Shetland geosetter 300 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 16/11/2019 Orkney 301 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 302 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 30/09/2012 Shetland Hawswick 303 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 304 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 305 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 18/11/2014 Montrose Behind Glaxo on North beach on river and on fence line. 306 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 307 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 308 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 309 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 28/10/2016 Sandside bay Orkney 310 Dunnock Prunella modularis 311 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 312 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 02/10/2022 Brae 313 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 28/09/2019 Foula 314 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 315 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 316 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 16/10/2011 Aberlady 317 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 318 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 319 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 10/10/2014 lower Voe garden of skol. 320 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 02/10/2015 Nordy loch Shetland 321 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 01/10/2017 Skaw 322 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 30/09/2012 Shetland Rerwick 323 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 324 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 325 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 326 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 327 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 16/02/2016 Scone 328 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 329 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 30/09/2014 norwick shetland Haligarth 330 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 331 Twite Linaria flavirostris Musselburgh 332 Linnet Linaria cannabina 333 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 334 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 22/07/2011 335 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 24/10/2012 Shetland 336 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 07/10/2017 Isbister Unst 337 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 338 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 339 Siskin Spinus spinus 340 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 341 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 342 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra North Uist 343 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 344 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 02/10/2022 Unst 345 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 30/09/2012 Shetland Sumbera farm 346 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 30/09/2014 baltasound shetland Haligarth 347 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 348 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 21/09/2018 Foula 349 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 08/05/2017 North Ronaldsay 350 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 03/10/2020 Yell 351 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 02/10/2014 Grutness 352 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 04/05/2016 West Burra Shetland