Andy Webb: Old Portlethen Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 168 of 168 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 11/03/2022 Old Portlethen 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 24/09/2023 Old Portlethen 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25/04/2022 Downies 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 19 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Craigmarn Rocks Female 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 37 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 14/11/2023 Old Portlethen 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 39 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 43 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 44 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 45 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 46 Curlew Numenius arquata 47 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 48 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 49 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 52 Redshank Tringa totanus 53 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 54 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 55 Knot Calidris canutus 56 Ruff Calidris pugnax 57 Sanderling Calidris alba 58 Dunlin Calidris alpina 59 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 60 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 61 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 62 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 63 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 66 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 67 Common Gull Larus canus 68 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 69 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 70 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 71 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 72 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 73 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 74 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 75 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 76 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 77 Puffin Fratercula arctica 78 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 79 Razorbill Alca torda 80 Little Auk Alle alle 81 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 82 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 83 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 84 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 85 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 86 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 87 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 88 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 89 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 17/09/2023 Old Portlethen 90 Gannet Morus bassanus 91 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 92 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 93 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 94 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 95 Buzzard Buteo buteo 96 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 97 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 98 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 99 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 100 Merlin Falco columbarius 101 Hobby Falco subbuteo 14/07/2013 102 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 103 Magpie Pica pica 104 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 105 Rook Corvus frugilegus 106 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 107 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 108 Raven Corvus corax 109 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 110 Coal Tit Periparus ater 111 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 112 Great Tit Parus major 113 Skylark Alauda arvensis 114 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 115 Swallow Hirundo rustica 116 House Martin Delichon urbicum 117 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 118 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 119 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 120 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 121 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 122 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 123 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 124 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 125 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 126 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 127 Whitethroat Curruca communis 128 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 129 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 130 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 131 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 132 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 133 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 134 Redwing Turdus iliacus 135 Blackbird Turdus merula 136 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 137 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 138 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 139 Robin Erithacus rubecula 140 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 141 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 142 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 143 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 144 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 145 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 146 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 147 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 148 Dunnock Prunella modularis 149 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 150 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 151 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 152 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 153 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 154 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 155 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 156 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 157 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 158 Twite Linaria flavirostris 159 Linnet Linaria cannabina 160 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 161 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 162 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 163 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 164 Siskin Spinus spinus 165 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 166 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 167 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 168 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus