Simon Ritchie: Scotland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 281 of 281 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 25/10/2019 Montrose Basin 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 27/11/2022 Slamannan 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 27/01/2024 Fraserburgh x4 in flooded field 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 27/10/2022 Loch leven 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 02/07/2019 Frankfield Loch, Stepps 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 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/10/2021 Strathbeg Juv 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 14/09/2018 Loch Leven 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Loch of Skene 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 29 Scaup Aythya marila 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/12/2022 Kinghorn Loch 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 09/06/2016 Ythan Estuary, Forvie Male 32 Eider Somateria mollissima 33 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Lunan Bay 34 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 35 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 07/11/2021 musselburgh 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 37 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 28/01/2020 Lunan Bay 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 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 44 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 45 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 49 Quail Coturnix coturnix St Cyrus 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Dunbar x3 52 Swift Apus apus 53 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 02/11/2022 Loch Leven 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 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 20/04/2022 Letham Pools 61 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 62 Coot Fulica atra 63 Crane Grus grus 09/04/2018 Drumoak 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 20/08/2018 Loch Feorlin 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Loch Leven 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 70 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 71 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 72 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 73 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 11/10/2019 Strathbeg 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/04/2019 Murton Nature Reserve, Angus 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 79 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 80 Curlew Numenius arquata 81 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 82 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 83 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 84 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 85 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 86 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 15/10/2021 Isle of May 87 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 88 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 13/06/2019 Ythan Estuary 89 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 91 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Montrose Basin 92 Redshank Tringa totanus 93 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/09/2017 Montrose Basin Re-found by me 94 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 95 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 96 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 02/10/2021 Strathbeg Lesser and greater in same scope view 97 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 98 Knot Calidris canutus 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 100 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 11/09/2023 Montrose Basin 101 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 102 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 07/05/2022 Letham pools, fife 103 Sanderling Calidris alba 104 Dunlin Calidris alpina 105 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 106 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 23/09/2022 Meikle Loch 107 Little Stint Calidris minuta 108 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 19/07/2022 Letham pools, fife 109 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Meikle Loch 110 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 25/07/2018 Ythan Estuary 111 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 112 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 16/10/2022 Forfar Loch Co-found with JJS. 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Montrose Basin 114 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 115 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 116 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii ********** ********** 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 118 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 119 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 120 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 25/09/2019 Tangleha' Found one during seawatch, ad summer with moulting hood. 121 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 122 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 123 Common Gull Larus canus 124 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 23/07/2022 Loch Turret 125 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 126 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 127 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 128 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 129 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 130 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Tarbert - Loch Askaig Ferry 131 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 132 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 133 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 134 Puffin Fratercula arctica 135 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 136 Razorbill Alca torda 137 Little Auk Alle alle 138 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 26/09/2016 Anstruther Harbour 139 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 140 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 141 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 142 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 143 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 21/03/2019 Findlater Castle 144 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 145 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 146 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 25/07/2022 147 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/07/2022 Burnt Island 148 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 149 Gannet Morus bassanus 150 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 151 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 152 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 153 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 155 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 156 Great White Egret Ardea alba 157 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 158 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 159 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus ********** ********** 160 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 161 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 162 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 163 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 164 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 165 Red Kite Milvus milvus 166 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 167 Buzzard Buteo buteo 168 Barn Owl Tyto alba 169 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 170 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 171 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 172 Hoopoe Upupa epops 14/11/2018 Montrose Basin 173 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 174 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 21/08/2023 Miltonhaven 175 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 176 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 177 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 178 Merlin Falco columbarius 179 Hobby Falco subbuteo 180 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 181 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/12/2020 Kirkcaldy 182 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 15/11/2018 Montreathment Forest 183 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 184 Jay Garrulus glandarius 185 Magpie Pica pica 186 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 16/08/2019 Colonsay 187 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 188 Rook Corvus frugilegus 189 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 190 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 191 Raven Corvus corax 192 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 193 Coal Tit Periparus ater 194 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 195 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 196 Great Tit Parus major 197 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 198 Skylark Alauda arvensis 199 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 13/02/2024 Crawton 200 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 201 Swallow Hirundo rustica 202 House Martin Delichon urbicum 203 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 204 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 02/05/2018 205 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 206 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 30/10/2018 Miltonhaven Caravan Park 207 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 23/10/2022 Usan 208 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 209 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 210 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 14/05/2019 Tipperty, Aberdeenshire 211 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 212 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 29/07/2019 Isle of May 213 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 214 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 215 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 05/06/2019 Isle of May 216 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 08/10/2023 St Cyrus 217 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 06/06/2019 Isle of May 218 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 219 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 220 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 221 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 222 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 223 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 12/05/2016 Isle of May Sometime in May 224 Whitethroat Curruca communis 225 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/11/2019 Isle of May 226 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 227 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 228 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 229 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 230 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 231 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 232 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 233 Redwing Turdus iliacus 234 Blackbird Turdus merula 235 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 236 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 237 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 238 Robin Erithacus rubecula 239 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 18/05/2019 Tangleha' Found a Male Bird 240 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 241 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 242 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 03/11/2023 Aberdeen Cemetery 243 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 244 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 245 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 246 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 247 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 248 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 17/11/2014 Montrose Bay, North of the Mouth of the South Esk River 249 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 20/10/2023 Montrose Basin - Railbridge Finder 250 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 251 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 252 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 253 Dunnock Prunella modularis 254 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 255 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 256 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 257 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 258 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 259 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 260 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 261 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 262 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 28/09/2020 Scone Palace 6 in Oak trees along with Nuthatch 263 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 264 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 265 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 266 Twite Linaria flavirostris 267 Linnet Linaria cannabina 268 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 269 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 270 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 271 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 272 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 273 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 24/07/2017 Isle of May Identifier 274 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 275 Siskin Spinus spinus 276 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 277 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 278 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 279 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 280 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 281 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus