Julian Branscombe: Papa Westray Year List 2019 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 134 of 134 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15/01/2019 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2019 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 15 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 23/12/2019 Papa Sound, Papa Westray 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 17 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 18 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19 Goosander Mergus merganser March 2019 WeBS count, female, Loch of St Tredwell 20 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 21 Swift Apus apus 22 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 18/05/2019 23 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 24 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 25 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 26 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 10/01/2019 27 Corncrake Crex crex 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 29 Coot Fulica atra 30 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 31 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 32 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 33 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 34 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 35 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 36 Curlew Numenius arquata 37 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 38 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 39 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/01/2019 40 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 41 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 10/08/2019 Quarryhoose (flying north) 42 Redshank Tringa totanus 43 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 44 Knot Calidris canutus 18/08/2019 45 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11/08/2019 Flew over Well Park just before 9pm; headed towards Holland. 46 Sanderling Calidris alba 47 Dunlin Calidris alpina 48 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 49 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 50 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 13/08/2019 Bothican 1 (at least 3 Arctics around too) 51 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 24/06/2019 North Wick, Papa Westray 52 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 53 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 55 Common Gull Larus canus 56 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 57 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 58 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 59 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 17/05/2019 May Park, Papay Big imm with gull flock (David Roche spotted it) 60 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 61 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 62 Puffin Fratercula arctica 63 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 64 Razorbill Alca torda 65 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 66 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 67 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 68 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 02/01/2019 69 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 70 Gannet Morus bassanus 71 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 72 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 73 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 74 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 75 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 76 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 77 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/01/2019 78 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 79 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 10/09/2019 Holland's walled garden 80 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula ? April - with John Crossley (Easter hols) 81 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 82 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 83 Raven Corvus corax 84 Skylark Alauda arvensis 85 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 06/05/2019 North Hill Found by Jonathan Ford, on the higher ground c150m S of the shore, above Fowl Flag (due W of Irvine's Geo) 86 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 29/05/2019 Track at Stripes, Papa Westray 87 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 88 Swallow Hirundo rustica 89 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/05/2019 1, plus 1 on 16th. 90 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 24/09/2019 Holland, Papay 91 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 92 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 13/01/2019 93 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 94 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 17/05/2019 Male in school sycamores. 95 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 24/09/2019 The Green's bushes, Papay 96 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 26/09/2019 East Road, Papay 97 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 08/06/2019 Clestrain Male Eastern race. 98 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 99 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 100 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 101 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2019 102 Redwing Turdus iliacus 103 Blackbird Turdus merula 104 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 105 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 106 Robin Erithacus rubecula 16/01/2019 107 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 20/05/2019 Btwn Maybo & Skennest 108 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 24/09/2019 The Green's bushes, Papay 109 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/05/2019 1S male, Holland 110 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros April - just S of Whitehowe 111 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10/09/2019 Breckaskaill & corner of SW Toon, nr the Doocot (2 different birds) 112 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/09/2019 Maybo 113 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 26/09/2019 East Road, Papay 114 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 115 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 116 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 06/09/2019 North Wick, Papa Westray 117 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea A week before Easter - near New Pier. 118 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 119 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 120 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 02/01/2019 121 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 122 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 123 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/09/2019 School, Papay 124 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 04/06/2019 North Via, Papay 125 Twite Linaria flavirostris 126 Linnet Linaria cannabina 127 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 128 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 07/06/2019 Around school car park, on fence of Alpaca field then over sheep field. 129 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra summer 2019 - one imm (female?) along East Road, Papa Westray 130 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 131 Siskin Spinus spinus 18/05/2019 2 flying low, W, over house 132 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 133 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 18/05/2019 Btwn Beltane & Bilbo, Papa Westray Male. 134 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus