Neil MacIver: Scotland Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 181 of 181 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 07/01/2021 Fenton barns 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/02/2021 Tantallon 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2021 Prora 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/08/2021 Musselburgh 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 27/02/2021 Musselburgh 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22/01/2021 Musselburgh 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Teal Anas crecca 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Eider Somateria mollissima 18 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 24/02/2021 Musselburgh 19 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22/01/2021 Musselburgh 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 27/02/2021 Musselburgh 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/01/2021 Musselburgh 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2021 North Berwick 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 06/01/2021 Tyne Haddington 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 25 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/01/2021 Lammermoor East Lothian 26 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 27/04/2021 Aberdeenshire Lone Male whilst driving over moors 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Swift Apus apus 11/05/2021 Over Garden 31 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 03/05/2021 Glengoulandie 32 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2021 Dunbar 33 Stock Dove Columba oenas 06/01/2021 Lennoxlove 34 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Haddington 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Haddington 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 37 Coot Fulica atra 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 39 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 10/06/2021 Ferny ness 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 22/01/2021 Musselburgh 41 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 22/01/2021 Musselburgh 42 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/03/2021 Belhaven 43 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2021 Belhaven 44 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/04/2021 Gosford Bay 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 07/01/2021 Aberlady 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 14/02/2021 Dunbar 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2021 Barnsness 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2021 Belhaven 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 21/04/2021 Musselburgh 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 30/01/2021 Saltoun Big Wood 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/01/2021 Aberlady 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2021 Johnscleuch 56 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 04/05/2021 Tyningehame 57 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/09/2021 Stonelaws 58 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 06/05/2021 Musselburgh 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2021 Dunbar 60 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 09/10/2021 Loch Of Strathbeg 61 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/03/2021 Tyningehame 62 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 09/10/2021 Loch Of Strathbeg 63 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2021 Dunbar 64 Knot Calidris canutus 07/01/2021 Aberlady 65 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/09/2021 Musselburgh 66 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 05/09/2021 Musselburgh 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/01/2021 Peffer sands 70 Little Stint Calidris minuta 05/09/2021 Musselburgh 71 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 72 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 73 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 74 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/09/2021 Musselburgh 75 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 27/02/2021 Dunbar 76 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Haddington 77 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 06/08/2021 Musselburgh 78 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2021 Dunbar 79 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Haddington 80 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2021 Dunbar 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 27/02/2021 EastField 82 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 30/04/2021 83 Puffin Fratercula arctica 26/03/2021 Craigleith NB 84 Razorbill Alca torda 07/01/2021 Dunbar 85 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 86 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 04/02/2021 Torness 87 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 21/07/2021 Strath ullie 88 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 03/03/2021 Belhaven 89 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 27/02/2021 Dunbar 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/02/2021 Torness 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2021 Dunbar 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2021 Dunbar 93 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 31/10/2021 Middleton moor 94 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 25/04/2021 Musselburgh 95 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2021 Belhaven 96 Great White Egret Ardea alba 20/10/2021 Caerlaverock 97 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 98 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 01/05/2021 Strathspey 99 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 27/05/2021 Scotland 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus My Garden 101 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13/08/2021 Kinnordy 102 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 28/04/2021 Aberdeenshire Male 103 Red Kite Milvus milvus 104 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/01/2021 Lammermoor 105 Barn Owl Tyto alba 11/01/2021 Near Gifford 106 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 11/01/2021 Near Bolton 107 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 108 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 10/01/2021 My Garden 109 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 31/01/2021 Tyningehame 110 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/01/2021 Red cliff 111 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/02/2021 Ballencrieff 112 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26/02/2021 .........,,,,,, 113 Jay Garrulus glandarius 04/01/2021 Gilmerton east fortune 114 Magpie Pica pica 04/01/2021 Stonelaws 115 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Haddington 116 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 Lammermoor 117 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Haddington 118 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 119 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2021 Lammermoor 120 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Haddington 121 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 01/05/2021 Strathspey 122 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 26/05/2021 Ken Dee Marshes 123 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Haddington 124 Great Tit Parus major 04/01/2021 Stonelaws 125 Skylark Alauda arvensis 22/01/2021 Musselburgh 126 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 27/02/2021 JMCP 127 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 128 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2021 Stonelaws 129 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/05/2021 Musselburgh 130 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2021 Haddington 131 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 23/04/2021 Longniddry 132 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 133 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 134 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/05/2021 Whitesands 135 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/05/2021 Lothian 136 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 19/06/2021 Innerleithen 137 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2021 Haddington walled garden 138 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 11/02/2021 Garden 139 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10/05/2021 Skateraw 140 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/05/2021 Musselburgh 141 Whitethroat Curruca communis 142 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 07/01/2021 Tyningehame 143 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 Haddington 144 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2021 Redcliff 145 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2021 Haddington 146 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 18/06/2021 Port seton 147 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Haddington 148 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 07/01/2021 Tyningehame 149 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2021 Redcliff 150 Redwing Turdus iliacus 08/01/2021 Haddington 151 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Haddington 152 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 Gifford 153 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 18/04/2021 Lammermoor 154 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 06/07/2021 Lennoxlove 155 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Haddington 156 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 26/05/2021 Ken Dee Marshes 157 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 27/02/2021 Dunbar 158 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 25/04/2021 Near Haddington 159 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 160 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 161 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 25/11/2021 Phantassie , East Linton 162 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 163 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Kilspindie 164 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 165 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Haddington 166 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 30/07/2021 167 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 168 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 Dunbar 169 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 170 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 14/03/2021 North Berwick 171 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2021 Dunbar 172 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 173 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 15/02/2021 Townhead 174 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 175 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 15/01/2021 Redcliff 176 Linnet Linaria cannabina 177 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 178 Siskin Spinus spinus 21/02/2021 Garden 179 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/01/2021 Belhaven 180 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2021 181 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus