Tom Gale: North Ronaldsay Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 243 of 243 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 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Scaup Aythya marila 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 22 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 15/10/2022 Dennishead, North Ronaldsay 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Quail Coturnix coturnix 31 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 32 Swift Apus apus 33 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 34 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 35 Stock Dove Columba oenas 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 38 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 28/10/2023 Lurand, North Ronaldsay 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 41 Corncrake Crex crex 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 43 Coot Fulica atra 44 Crane Grus grus 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 49 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 50 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 30/06/2023 Westness, North Ronaldsay 51 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 52 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 54 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 55 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 56 Curlew Numenius arquata 57 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 58 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 59 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 21/09/2022 Ancum, North Ronaldsay 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 62 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 10/10/2022 Shooting Gallery, North Ronaldsay 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 64 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 65 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 68 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 13/10/2021 Links, North Ronaldsay 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 73 Knot Calidris canutus 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 75 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 76 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 77 Sanderling Calidris alba 78 Dunlin Calidris alpina 79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 80 Little Stint Calidris minuta 81 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 82 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 83 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 84 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 85 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 86 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 91 Common Gull Larus canus 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 97 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 18/09/2022 98 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 99 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 100 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 101 Puffin Fratercula arctica 102 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 103 Razorbill Alca torda 104 Little Auk Alle alle 105 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 106 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 107 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 108 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 109 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 110 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 111 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 112 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 113 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 115 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 116 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 120 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 122 Great White Egret Ardea alba 123 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 124 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 125 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 126 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 128 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 03/05/2023 Peckhole, North Ronaldsay 129 Black Kite Milvus migrans 130 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 131 Buzzard Buteo buteo 132 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 134 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 135 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 137 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 138 Merlin Falco columbarius 139 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 140 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 141 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 142 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 147 Raven Corvus corax 148 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 150 Woodlark Lullula arborea 151 Skylark Alauda arvensis 152 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 157 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 29/10/2022 Ancum Willows, North Ronaldsay 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 159 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 160 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 161 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 162 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 163 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 25/04/2018 Sangar, North Ronaldsay 164 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 29/09/2021 North Gravity, North Ronaldsay 165 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 12/06/2023 Holland, North Ronaldsay 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 167 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 29/08/2022 Ancum, North Ronaldsay 168 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 169 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 170 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 171 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 19/08/2023 Howar, North Ronaldsay 172 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 173 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 174 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 04/10/2021 Senness, North Ronaldsay 175 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 176 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 177 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 178 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 180 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 20/05/2023 Ancum Willows, North Ronaldsay 181 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 22/10/2022 Doo Geo 182 Whitethroat Curruca communis 183 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 184 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 185 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 186 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 187 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 27/09/2022 Stennabreck, North Ronaldsay 188 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 189 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 190 Redwing Turdus iliacus 191 Blackbird Turdus merula 192 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 193 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 194 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 195 Robin Erithacus rubecula 196 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 197 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 198 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 08/10/2017 Southness, North Ronaldsay 199 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 200 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 201 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 11/09/2021 Westness, North Ronaldsay 202 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 203 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 204 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 205 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 206 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 09/10/2023 Ancum, North Ronaldsay 207 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 26/09/2017 Airstrip, North Ronaldsay 'Eastern' Stonechat 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 211 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 212 Dunnock Prunella modularis 213 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 214 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 215 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 216 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 217 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 01/11/2021 Holland, North Ronaldsay 218 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 219 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 220 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 221 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 22/10/2022 Howar, North Ronaldsay 222 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 223 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 224 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 225 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 226 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 227 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 228 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 229 Twite Linaria flavirostris 230 Linnet Linaria cannabina 231 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 232 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 233 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 234 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 235 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 236 Siskin Spinus spinus 237 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 238 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 239 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 240 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 241 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 242 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 29/09/2017 Lighthouse, North Ronaldsay 243 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus