Andy Williams: Scotland Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 171 of 171 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/05/2020 Glen Moriston 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 28/01/2020 Mungasdale 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/12/2020 Nigg 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2020 Clachan 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 19/01/2020 Dingwall 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 22/01/2020 Loch Kinellan 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 22/01/2020 Loch Droma 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 16/09/2020 Balnakiel 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Ullapool 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Ullapool 12 Pintail Anas acuta 19/01/2020 Tain 13 Teal Anas crecca 19/01/2020 Tain 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22/01/2020 Loch Kinellan 15 Scaup Aythya marila 06/09/2020 The Minch 16 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2020 Ullapool 17 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/01/2020 Ullapool 18 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19/01/2020 Embo 19 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 19/01/2020 Brora 20 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2020 Ullapool 21 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2020 Ardmair 22 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 24/04/2020 Inverlael 23 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 06/05/2020 Inverness-shire 24 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 17/04/2020 Glen Achall 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 17/01/2020 InverBroom Lodge 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/05/2020 Glen Moriston 27 Swift Apus apus 25/05/2020 Contin 28 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2020 Inverlael 29 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/02/2020 Ullapool quarry 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 Ullapool 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 09/01/2020 Ullapool 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 22/01/2020 Dingwall 34 Coot Fulica atra 22/01/2020 Loch Kinellan 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2020 Clachan 36 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 19/01/2020 Embo 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 26/02/2020 Inverlael 39 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 19/01/2020 Brora 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 19/01/2020 Golspie 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 16/07/2020 Central North sea 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Ullapool 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 44 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/09/2020 Dingwall 45 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 29/05/2020 46 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 16/09/2020 Strathcanaird 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 17/04/2020 Glen Achall 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/04/2020 Glen Achall 49 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 22/08/2020 Ullapool 50 Redshank Tringa totanus 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 51 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/04/2020 Loch Broom 52 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 09/01/2020 Ullapool 53 Knot Calidris canutus 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 54 Ruff Calidris pugnax 16/09/2020 Balnakiel 55 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 14/09/2020 Dornoch 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 19/01/2020 Brora 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 58 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 08/03/2020 Girdle Ness 59 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 14/09/2020 Dornoch 60 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 29/08/2020 Ullapool 61 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 29/07/2020 Central North sea 62 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 08/06/2020 Girdleness 63 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/06/2020 Girdleness 64 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/09/2020 Ullapool Self found 65 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/03/2020 North Sea 66 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 21/08/2020 Ullapool Self found 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/08/2020 Hound Point, Lothian 69 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 71 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 72 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 07/03/2020 Aberdeen- river Dee 73 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 09/01/2020 Ardmair 74 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 01/07/2020 Central North sea 75 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13/04/2020 North Sea 76 Puffin Fratercula arctica 09/04/2020 North Sea 77 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 04/01/2020 Ardmair 78 Razorbill Alca torda 09/01/2020 Ardmair 79 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 08/03/2020 Aberdeen harbour 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 19/01/2020 Embo 81 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 06/02/2020 Little Gruinard 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/01/2020 Ardmair 83 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 23/08/2020 The Minch 84 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 10/09/2020 The Minch 85 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/03/2020 North Sea 86 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 11/08/2020 South Queensferry. Subject to acceptance. 87 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 03/08/2020 Central North sea 88 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17/06/2020 North sea 89 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/03/2020 North Sea 90 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 08/01/2020 Ullapool 91 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 Ullapool 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Ullapool 93 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/05/2020 94 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 26/02/2020 Inverlael 95 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 09/01/2020 Ullapool 96 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 18/04/2020 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 97 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 19/04/2020 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 98 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/01/2020 The Mound 99 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 22/01/2020 Loch Droma 100 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2020 Ullapool 101 Barn Owl Tyto alba 25/05/2020 Contin 102 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 09/11/2020 North sea 103 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 15/10/2020 North sea 104 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 19/04/2020 Ullapool 105 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 27/01/2020 Muirton Locks 106 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 17/01/2020 Clachan 107 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 19/01/2020 Evanton 108 Merlin Falco columbarius 17/04/2020 Glen Achall 109 Hobby Falco subbuteo 14/06/2020 Central North sea 110 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/06/2020 Loch Broom 111 Jay Garrulus glandarius 18/05/2020 Dingwall area 112 Magpie Pica pica 28/02/2020 Forres 113 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 08/01/2020 Ullapool 114 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 Ullapool 115 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 19/01/2020 Golspie 116 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/01/2020 Ullapool 117 Raven Corvus corax 09/01/2020 Ardmair 118 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/12/2020 Elgin, Moray 119 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Ullapool 120 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 121 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 Ullapool 122 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 123 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15/04/2020 Ullapool 124 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2020 Ullapool 125 House Martin Delichon urbicum 06/05/2020 Dundreggan 126 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 127 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2020 Ullapool 128 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15/04/2020 Ullapool 129 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 26/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 130 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/05/2020 Ullapool 131 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 27/04/2020 Ullapool 132 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14/04/2020 Ullapool 133 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/09/2020 North sea 134 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2020 Ullapool 135 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 17/01/2020 Clachan 136 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Ullapool 137 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 24/01/2020 Corriehallie 138 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/01/2020 Ullapool 139 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 Ullapool 140 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 06/01/2020 Ullapool 141 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2020 InverBroom Lodge 142 Redwing Turdus iliacus 17/01/2020 InverBroom Lodge 143 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 Ullapool 144 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 24/01/2020 Dundonnell 145 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 17/04/2020 Glen Achall 146 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 10/05/2020 Ullapool 147 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 Ullapool 148 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 149 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/04/2020 Ullapool 150 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 06/02/2020 Braemore 151 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 22/01/2020 Dingwall 152 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 Ullapool 153 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Ullapool 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 22/01/2020 Dingwall 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 09/01/2020 Ullapool 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/01/2020 Ullapool 157 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/04/2020 Inverlael 158 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 13/01/2020 Ullapool 159 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Ullapool 160 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/09/2020 North sea 161 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2020 Ullapool 162 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Ullapool 163 Twite Linaria flavirostris 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 164 Linnet Linaria cannabina 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 165 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2020 Ullapool 166 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 21/04/2020 Inverlael 167 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Ullapool 168 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2020 Clachan 169 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 170 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/02/2020 Brahan Estate 171 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Ullapool