Bruce Kerr: Ayrshire Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 155 of 155 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 10/01/2020 Maidens 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 04/01/2020 Auchincross Loch 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/11/2020 Gypsy Pool , Muirhead , Troon 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 18/01/2020 Auchhhincross Loch , Dalgig 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 04/01/2020 Loch o'the Lowes , Ayrshire 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2020 My House flyover 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12/02/2020 Fail Loch 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/01/2020 Loch o'the Lowes , Ayrshire 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10/01/2020 Downhill , Girvan 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10/01/2020 Maidens 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/01/2020 Turnberry Pool 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17/01/2020 Shewalton Gravel Pits 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/01/2020 Auchincross Loch 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2020 Loans Flash 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 09/03/2020 Loans Flash 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 09/01/2020 Eglington Country Park 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2020 Loch o'the Lowes , Ayrshire 19 Scaup Aythya marila 05/01/2020 Auchenharvie 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/01/2020 Troon Harbour 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/02/2020 Irvine Harbour 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/11/2020 Sunken Gardens , Troon On the Clyde 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2020 Loch o'the Lowes , Ayrshire 24 Smew Mergellus albellus 08/01/2020 Kilbirnie Loch 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 04/01/2020 Loch o'the Lowes , Ayrshire 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2020 Troon Harbour 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/03/2020 Sandyford 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 08/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/03/2020 Bogton Loch 30 Swift Apus apus 06/05/2020 Fullarton Golf Course 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 Muirhead feral pigeon 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2020 Loans Fields 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 My House 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 My House 35 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 22/08/2020 Doonfoot 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/01/2020 Trabboch Loch 37 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2020 Auchenharvie 39 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 06/02/2020 Bracken Bay 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 13/02/2020 Irvine Harbour out to sea 41 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 Troon Harbour 42 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 26/09/2020 Stinking Rocks , Barassie 43 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 12/02/2020 Fail Loch 44 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2020 Troon Harbour 45 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 29/08/2020 Fail Loch 46 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2020 Loans Fields 47 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 04/05/2020 Troon Harbour 48 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool flyover 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 10/07/2020 Muirhead garden 50 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 08/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/04/2020 Muirhead, Troon flying over calling 53 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/10/2020 Rancleugh Burn , Croy , Ayrshire 54 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28/03/2020 Gypsy Pool , Muirhead , Troon 55 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 12/09/2020 Fail Loch 56 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 Troon Harbour 57 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 10/01/2020 Powburn 58 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/01/2020 Barassie Beach 59 Knot Calidris canutus 06/01/2020 Barassie Beach 60 Ruff Calidris pugnax 22/08/2020 Fail Loch 61 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/01/2020 Stevenston Beach 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2020 Troon Harbour 63 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2020 Troon Harbour 64 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/08/2020 Barassie Beach 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 29/06/2020 Troon Harbour 66 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/05/2020 Stinking Rocks, Barassie 67 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 10/01/2020 Lendalfoot 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/01/2020 Troon Harbour 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2020 Loans Flash 71 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 Muirhead 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 My House 73 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 22/01/2020 Barassie Beach 74 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 Troon Sunken Gardens 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2020 Muirhead 76 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 21/11/2020 Troon Harbour 77 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/09/2020 Gypsy Pool , Muirhead , Troon 78 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 04/02/2020 Troon Harbour 79 Razorbill Alca torda 06/01/2020 Troon Harbour 80 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/01/2020 Troon Harbour 81 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2020 Troon Harbour 82 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 04/09/2020 Troon Harbour 83 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 20/04/2020 Troon Harbour 84 Gannet Morus bassanus 07/01/2020 Troon Harbour 85 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2020 Troon Harbour 86 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2020 Troon South Beach 87 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10/01/2020 Powburn 88 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 89 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 12/01/2020 Loans Fields 90 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2020 Auchhhincross Loch , Dalgig 91 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2020 Auchincross Loch 92 Barn Owl Tyto alba 23/02/2020 Oldhall Ponds SWT 93 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 06/02/2020 Doonfoot 94 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2020 Turnberry Pool 95 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 04/01/2020 Burnside 96 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/02/2020 Muirhead , Troon 97 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 20/02/2020 Loans Fields 98 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/08/2020 Shewalton Woods SWT 99 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 My House 100 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 My House 101 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 My House 102 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 My House 103 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 10/01/2020 Drumshang, Dunure 104 Raven Corvus corax 10/01/2020 Kennedy's Pass 105 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/02/2020 Irvine Police Station 106 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 107 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 My House 108 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 My House 109 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2020 Loans Fields 110 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2020 Muirhead back garden 111 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Muirhead back garden 112 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/04/2020 Gypsy Pool 113 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/01/2020 Eglington Country Park 114 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/03/2020 Muirhead back garden 115 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 22/03/2020 Muirhead back garden 116 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 19/04/2020 Gypsy Pool , Muirhead , Troon 117 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2020 Dundonald Camp 118 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 01/01/2020 My House 119 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 25/04/2020 Gypsy Pool 120 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 03/05/2020 Kilmarnock(Barassie) Golf Club 121 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2020 Loans Fields 122 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 123 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 124 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 125 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2020 Eglington Country Park 126 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 My House 127 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 128 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2020 My House 129 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 130 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 My House 131 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 132 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2020 My House 133 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2020 Troon South Beach 134 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 07/04/2020 Dundonald Camp 135 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 18/01/2020 Brieryside Farm , Monkton 136 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 21/01/2020 Gypsy Pool , Muirhead , Troon 137 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 My House 138 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2020 Muirhead 139 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 29/05/2020 Loans Fields 140 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 08/01/2020 Loans Fields 141 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2020 Muirhead 142 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2020 Auchincross Loch 143 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 13/02/2020 Seamill Hydro 144 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 05/01/2020 Troon South Beach 145 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 Muirhead 146 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 147 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool 148 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2020 Troon South Beach 149 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 150 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/03/2020 Troon Cemetery 151 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2020 Muirhead 152 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2020 Fullarton Woods 153 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/02/2020 Oldhall Ponds SWT In the rough grond at the recyclying plant 154 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 22/01/2020 Gypsy Pool , Muirhead , Troon 155 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2020 Gypsy Pool