James Boyle: Lothian Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 190 of 190 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/09/2021 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 17/03/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 31/03/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/02/2021 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 14/02/2021 Drem 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2021 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 15/04/2021 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 05/08/2021 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 28/02/2021 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 16 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 03/10/2021 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 19 Scaup Aythya marila 08/11/2021 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 25/10/2021 Seton Prom 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2021 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 05/01/2021 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2021 24 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 02/04/2021 Musselburgh 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2021 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2021 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2021 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2021 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 06/03/2021 31 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 02/01/2021 32 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 33 Quail Coturnix coturnix 15/07/2021 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 17/03/2021 35 Swift Apus apus 36 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 37 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2021 38 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 39 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 40 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 41 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 43 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/01/2021 45 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 17/06/2021 46 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/01/2021 47 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 48 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 02/03/2021 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 50 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/04/2021 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2021 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 04/01/2021 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/04/2021 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2021 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2021 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2021 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 27/07/2021 60 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 17/01/2021 61 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 09/01/2021 62 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 03/11/2021 Morrison’s haven 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 18/04/2021 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 26/04/2021 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/02/2021 Tyninghame 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2021 69 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2021 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/09/2021 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 09/01/2021 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2021 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 31/01/2021 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 07/09/2021 76 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 21/07/2021 77 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 78 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 31/07/2021 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 10/04/2021 80 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 19/04/2021 81 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 28/04/2021 82 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 83 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/03/2021 84 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 85 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 23/01/2021 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 23/01/2021 89 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 28/02/2021 90 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 91 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 92 Puffin Fratercula arctica 93 Razorbill Alca torda 03/01/2021 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/02/2021 Ferny ness 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 03/01/2021 96 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/01/2021 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/02/2021 99 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/06/2021 100 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/03/2021 101 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 102 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2021 103 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 31/10/2021 Middleton 104 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/04/2021 105 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 05/01/2021 106 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 12/01/2021 107 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/04/2021 108 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2021 109 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 110 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 21/02/2021 Tyninghame 111 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 112 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/01/2021 113 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 30/06/2021 114 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/02/2021 115 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 08/01/2021 116 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 117 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 118 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/04/2021 119 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 120 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 21/02/2021 Tyninghame 121 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 122 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 123 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 124 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 125 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 126 Raven Corvus corax 27/02/2021 127 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 128 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 129 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 130 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2021 131 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/02/2021 132 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 133 Swallow Hirundo rustica 04/04/2021 134 House Martin Delichon urbicum 01/05/2021 135 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2021 136 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 23/04/2021 137 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/10/2021 Barns ness 138 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 16/04/2021 139 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/03/2021 140 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 01/05/2021 141 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 14/06/2021 142 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 143 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 144 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/01/2021 145 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 146 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 147 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 148 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2021 149 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 150 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 151 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 152 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 17/06/2021 153 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 154 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2021 155 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 156 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 157 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 158 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 159 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/04/2021 160 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 161 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 162 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 27/02/2021 163 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2021 164 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 09/01/2021 165 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 31/03/2021 166 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 28/11/2021 East Linton 167 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 13/03/2021 168 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2021 169 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 170 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 171 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 172 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 173 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 174 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 175 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 14/03/2021 176 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 177 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 178 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 24/01/2021 179 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 13/03/2021 180 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 181 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 182 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/01/2021 183 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2021 184 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 10/01/2021 185 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 03/01/2021 186 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 187 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 188 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 23/03/2021 189 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2021 190 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2021