Bob McMillan: Scotland Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 202 of 202 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/09/2020 Broadford Bay Skye 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 09/01/2020 Kinlochmoidart 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 03/01/2020 Staffin 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 06/12/2020 Nigh, Highland Intermediate phase 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2020 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 14/01/2020 Harrapool 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13/02/2020 Kilmuir,Skye 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 27/01/2020 Forfar Loch 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/01/2020 Loch nan Eala, Arisaig 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11/01/2020 Pool Roag 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 28/01/2020 Morar River 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 18/09/2020 Ardvule South Uist 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2020 Broadford Skye pair 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 27/01/2020 Forfar Loch 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2020 Broadford 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2020 17 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 06/02/2020 Strontian Highland 18 Pintail Anas acuta 19/01/2020 Tain 19 Teal Anas crecca 03/01/2020 Loch Portree 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 27/01/2020 Murton, Forfar 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 04/07/2020 Hogganfield Loch Glasgow 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 09/12/2020 Acharacle, Lochaber 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17/01/2020 Loch Mealt 24 Scaup Aythya marila 26/09/2020 Broadford Bay, Skye 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/01/2020 Mallaig 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 29/11/2020 Dornoch, Highland 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 11/01/2020 And Dorch 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19/01/2020 Embo 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 08/01/2020 Loch Achaid-na h’inich 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2020 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2020 Loch Ainort 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28/01/2020 near Laggan, Highland 33 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 06/05/2020 Balmacara Lochalsh 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 19/01/2020 Dingwall 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 03/03/2020 Strathdearn, Highland 36 Swift Apus apus 24/06/2020 Inverness 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 16/04/2020 Armadale 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2020 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 05/01/2020 Broadford Bay 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2020 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 15/10/2020 Loch Suardal 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 27/01/2020 Forfar Loch 43 Coot Fulica atra 27/01/2020 Forfar Loch 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2020 Loch Ainort 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/07/2020 Hogganfield Loch Glasgow 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/07/2020 Hogganfield Loch Glasgow 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 05/01/2020 Camas na Sgianadin 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2020 49 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/04/2020 Broadford Bay 50 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 20/02/2020 Suardal,Strath, Skye 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2020 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 11/01/2020 Loch Harport 53 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/07/2020 Tyningham 54 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2020 Scullamus, Broadford 55 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2020 56 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2020 Broadford 57 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/05/2020 Broadford Bay 58 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/01/2020 59 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/01/2020 Kylerhea road 60 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 19/03/2020 Scullamus, Skye 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 12/04/2020 Lusa 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 27/01/2020 Murton, Forfar 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 08/06/2020 Highland 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2020 65 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 11/01/2020 Loch Harport 66 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2020 Loch Ainort 67 Knot Calidris canutus 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 68 Ruff Calidris pugnax 17/09/2020 Loch Sandary North Uist 69 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/09/2020 Loch Ordais, Lewis 70 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 14/09/2020 Baleshare North Uist 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 19/01/2020 Dingwall 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2020 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 09/01/2020 Mallaig 74 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 14/09/2020 Baleshare North Uist 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14/09/2020 South Uist 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 18/10/2020 Geirinis South Uist 77 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 08/09/2020 Loch Ordais, Lewis self found 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 28/07/2020 North Uist 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 24/04/2020 Ashaig, Broadford 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/05/2020 Broadford Bay 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/05/2020 Broadford Bay 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 29/11/2020 Brora, Highland 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/01/2020 Broadford Bay 84 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 25/09/2020 Broadford Bay Skye 85 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 20/07/2020 Crinan, Argyll 86 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 87 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 14/08/2020 Hound Point Lothian 88 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2020 89 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2020 90 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2020 91 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 17/01/2020 Lib 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 11/03/2020 Balloch 93 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/01/2020 Portree 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 28/07/2020 Lochmaddy, North Uist 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 15/04/2020 Broadford Bay 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/07/2020 Loch Snizort Skye 97 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 05/01/2020 Broadford Bay 98 Razorbill Alca torda 09/01/2020 Sound of Sleat 99 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 16/01/2020 Loch Eishort 100 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/01/2020 Broadford Bay 101 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 02/01/2020 102 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/01/2020 Kilmaluag 103 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 28/07/2020 Waternish Point. Skye 104 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/05/2020 Sound of Sleat 105 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 26/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17/05/2020 Sound of Sleat, Skye 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 06/01/2020 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 04/01/2020 Armadale 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2020 110 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 28/07/2020 South Uist 111 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 18/09/2020 North Uist 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 27/01/2020 Forfar Loch 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 03/01/2020 Loch Ainort 114 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 24/06/2020 Inverness 115 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 03/01/2020 Glen Varrigall 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 08/01/2020 Kyleakin 117 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 29/04/2020 Broadford Skye 118 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/01/2020 119 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/01/2020 Loch Fleet 120 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 09/01/2020 Dalilea 121 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2020 Broadford 122 Barn Owl Tyto alba 06/12/2020 Loch Gowan, Achnasheen 123 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/09/2020 North Uist 124 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 27/10/2020 Glen Varrigall Portree 125 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2020 Armadale 126 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2020 127 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/03/2020 Blackmount 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 03/01/2020 Kilmaluag 129 Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/08/2020 Linn Park Glasgow 130 Magpie Pica pica 27/01/2020 Forfar Loch 131 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2020 132 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2020 133 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 19/01/2020 Dingwall 134 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2020 135 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2020 136 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 18/12/2020 New Elgin 137 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2020 138 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 04/01/2020 Ord 139 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2020 140 Skylark Alauda arvensis 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 141 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 05/04/2020 Elgol 142 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/04/2020 Broadford 143 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2020 Camas na Sgianadin, Broadford 144 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2020 Drumfearn Sleat 145 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 09/01/2020 Acharacle 146 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2020 Armadale 147 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 27/09/2020 Drumfearn Skye 148 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 10/11/2020 Red Point, Gairloch 149 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2020 Scullamus 150 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 29/04/2020 Camas na Sgianadin Broadford 151 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 26/08/2020 Tarbat Ness 152 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2020 Scullamus Broadford 153 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2020 Broadford 154 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 10/02/2020 Isleornsay Skye 155 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/04/2020 Leitir Fura, Kinloch 156 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 18/10/2020 Langass Lodge north Uist 157 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/06/2020 Broadford 158 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/05/2020 Camas na Sgianadin Broadford 159 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 10/11/2020 Red Point, Gairloch 160 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 11/01/2020 Portree 161 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 04/01/2020 162 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/03/2020 Arisaig 163 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 12/02/2020 Armadale Skye 164 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 03/06/2020 Kyleakin 165 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2020 166 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 04/01/2020 Ord 167 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 09/01/2020 Back of Keppoch 168 Redwing Turdus iliacus 11/01/2020 Feorlig 169 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2020 170 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 15/11/2020 Torrin 171 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13/05/2020 Torrin 172 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2020 173 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 26/10/2020 Creachan, Barra 174 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 26/04/2020 Duirinish 175 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2020 Kilmaluag 176 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 05/04/2020 Loch Slapin 177 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/01/2020 Kilmarie Skye 178 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/02/2020 Lower Milovaig Skye 179 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2020 180 Dunnock Prunella modularis 09/01/2020 Mallaig 181 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 30/10/2020 Eigg 182 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2020 Dalilea 183 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 09/01/2020 Dalilea 184 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2020 Loch Ainort 185 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 21/04/2020 Leitir Fura, Kinloch 186 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2020 187 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2020 188 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 29/11/2020 Loch Fleet, Highland 189 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 09/01/2020 Arisaig 190 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 08/01/2020 Balmacara 191 Twite Linaria flavirostris 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 192 Linnet Linaria cannabina 12/04/2020 Lusa 193 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 16/10/2020 Scullamus 194 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/01/2020 Loch Achaid na-hinich 195 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 04/01/2020 Kinloch Sleat 196 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2020 197 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2020 198 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 19/09/2020 Ardvule South Uist 199 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 19/01/2020 Dornoch Point 200 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 04/07/2020 Milnathort 201 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 30/05/2020 Erbusaig 202 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/01/2020 Ord