Jim Nicholson: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 193 of 193 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/10/2019 Seton Sands 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 06/01/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 25/09/2019 Aberlady Bay 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 06/01/2019 Fenton Barns 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13/05/2019 Ely 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 11/05/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/04/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 09/01/2019 Duddingston Loch 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 19/02/2019 Aberlady Bay 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 17/01/2019 Whitesands Quarry 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 09/01/2019 Holyrood Park 19 Scaup Aythya marila 11/05/2019 Ferny Ness 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 23 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 22/04/2019 Musselburgh 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/01/2019 Prestonpans 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 17/01/2019 Hopes 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/01/2019 North Berwick 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/01/2019 Hopes 33 Swift Apus apus 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 11/05/2019 Lammermuirs 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Crane Grus grus 15/05/2019 Nene Washes RPSB 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/09/2019 Ferny Ness 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 07/05/2019 RSPB Morcambe Bay 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/01/2019 Eyebroughy 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/05/2019 Aberlady Bay 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 15/04/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 10/10/2019 Snipes Marsh, Cley 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 02/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/04/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 61 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 62 Redshank Tringa totanus 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2019 Prestonpans 66 Knot Calidris canutus 02/02/2019 Aberlady Bay 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 23/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 03/09/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 71 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 03/01/2019 Prestonpans 72 Little Stint Calidris minuta 11/09/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 73 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 19/08/2019 Musselburgh - Scrapes 74 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 26/08/2019 Aberlady Bay 75 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/08/2019 Aberlady Bay 76 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/05/2019 Musselburgh 77 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/04/2019 Gosford Bay 78 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 15/04/2019 North Berwick 79 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 80 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/08/2019 Seton Sands 81 Common Gull Larus canus 82 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 83 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 84 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 21/02/2019 River Esk, Musselburgh 85 Puffin Fratercula arctica 29/04/2019 Craigleith, North Berwick 86 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 14/10/2019 Gosford Bay 87 Razorbill Alca torda 18/01/2019 North Berwick 88 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 18/01/2019 North Berwick 89 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 90 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/10/2019 Gosford Bay 91 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/10/2019 Gosford Bay 92 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 09/01/2019 Holyrood Park 93 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 11/05/2019 Skateraw 94 Gannet Morus bassanus 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 97 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 30/06/2019 Tyninghame Bay 98 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 15/05/2019 Nene Washes RPSB 99 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 100 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 09/10/2019 Burnham Overy Marsh, Norfolk 101 Great White Egret Ardea alba 10/10/2019 Holkham Marsh, Norfolk 102 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 103 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ********** ********** 104 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 17/09/2019 Aonach Eagach, Glencoe 105 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 106 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 107 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/05/2019 Peterborough 108 Buzzard Buteo buteo 109 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2019 Gullane 110 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 08/01/2019 near Gullane 111 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 06/02/2019 Gosford Estate 112 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 113 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 114 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 14/05/2019 Fowlmere RPSB 115 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 116 Merlin Falco columbarius 09/10/2019 Burnham Overy Marsh, Norfolk 117 Hobby Falco subbuteo 15/05/2019 Nene Washes RPSB 118 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 119 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 31/08/2019 Raynes Park 120 Jay Garrulus glandarius 121 Magpie Pica pica 122 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 123 Rook Corvus frugilegus 124 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 125 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/09/2019 Glencoe village 126 Raven Corvus corax 09/01/2019 Holyrood Park 127 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/02/2019 Haddington 128 Coal Tit Periparus ater 129 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 130 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 131 Great Tit Parus major 132 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 08/10/2019 Deepdale Marsh, Norfolk 133 Skylark Alauda arvensis 134 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 06/01/2019 Kilspindie, Aberlady Bay 135 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 03/04/2019 Drem Ride 136 Swallow Hirundo rustica 19/04/2019 Gullane Bents 137 House Martin Delichon urbicum 24/04/2019 Longniddry 138 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 139 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 140 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 10/10/2019 Holkham Pines, Norfolk 141 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2019 Longniddry 142 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2019 Prestonpans 143 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2019 Aberlady Bay 144 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 145 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2019 Aberlady Bay 146 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2019 Aberlady Bay 147 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 06/05/2019 Woodhall Dean 148 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 07/05/2019 RSPB Morcambe Bay 149 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2019 Gullane 150 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 151 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 152 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 153 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 154 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 155 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 156 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 157 Redwing Turdus iliacus 158 Blackbird Turdus merula 159 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 160 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 11/05/2019 Lammermuirs 161 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 11/05/2019 Woodhall Dean 162 Robin Erithacus rubecula 163 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/05/2019 Seatoller, Borrowdale 164 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 06/05/2019 Woodhall Dean 165 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 07/05/2019 RSPB Leighton Moss 166 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2019 Musselburgh 167 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 03/04/2019 Luffness New GC 168 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 09/01/2019 Figgate Park, Edinburgh 169 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 170 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 171 Dunnock Prunella modularis 172 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2019 Skateraw/Torness 173 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 174 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 175 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 176 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 19/05/2019 Rosthwaite, Borrowdale 177 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 17/01/2019 Skateraw/Torness 178 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2019 Prestonpans 179 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 180 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/01/2019 Hopes 181 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 182 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 183 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/01/2019 Kilspindie, Aberlady Bay 184 Linnet Linaria cannabina 185 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 17/01/2019 Hopes 186 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2019 Drem Ride 187 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 30/06/2019 Gullane Bents 188 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 189 Siskin Spinus spinus 20/02/2019 Gosford Estate 190 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 04/02/2019 Aberlady Bay 191 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14/05/2019 Fowlmere RPSB 192 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 193 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus