Simon Ritchie: Loch Leven Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 141 of 141 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 7 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Pintail Anas acuta 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/09/2022 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18 Scaup Aythya marila 19 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Long stayer Sep 2020 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 21 Smew Mergellus albellus Drake 15/03/2021 Grahamstone 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 24 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus Vane Hill September 2020 25 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 28 Swift Apus apus 29 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 02/11/2022 Loch Leven 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 34 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Coot Fulica atra 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 05/10/2020 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 40 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 41 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 42 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 05/10/2020 Heard Calling! 43 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 44 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 45 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 46 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 47 Curlew Numenius arquata 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 49 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 50 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 51 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 52 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 53 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 54 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 25/10/2021 55 Redshank Tringa totanus 56 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/08/2020 Burleigh First Loch Leven bird! Loch Leven mega rarity. 58 Ruff Calidris pugnax 59 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 61 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 62 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 63 Common Gull Larus canus 64 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 65 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 66 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 67 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 68 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/09/2021 69 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 70 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 71 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 72 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 73 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 74 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 75 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 76 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/03/2021 over office 77 Buzzard Buteo buteo 78 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 79 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 80 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 81 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 82 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 83 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 84 Merlin Falco columbarius 85 Hobby Falco subbuteo 86 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 87 Jay Garrulus glandarius 88 Magpie Pica pica 89 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 90 Rook Corvus frugilegus 91 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 92 Raven Corvus corax 93 Coal Tit Periparus ater 94 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 95 Great Tit Parus major 96 Skylark Alauda arvensis 97 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 98 Swallow Hirundo rustica 99 House Martin Delichon urbicum 100 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 101 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 102 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 103 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 104 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 105 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 106 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 107 Whitethroat Curruca communis 108 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 109 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 110 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 111 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 112 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 113 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 116 Blackbird Turdus merula 117 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 118 Robin Erithacus rubecula 119 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 120 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 121 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 122 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 123 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 124 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 125 Dunnock Prunella modularis 126 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 127 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 128 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 129 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 130 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 131 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 132 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 133 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 134 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/01/2023 Feeding on path at Levenmouth 135 Linnet Linaria cannabina 136 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 137 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 140 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 141 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus