Stephen Welch: Scotland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 238 of 238 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 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 20/10/2013 Kingston ad 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 06/02/2011 Waughton 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 03/04/2010 Tyninghame 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 10 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 24/03/2013 West Fortune juv (subject to acceptance by LBRC) 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 24/02/2013 Abbeymill, Haddington ad (subject to acceptance by SBRC) 14 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25 Scaup Aythya marila 26 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/04/2007 St Margaret's Loch 1st-win drake 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 25/10/2021 Port Seton, Wrecked Craigs 1st-win drake 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 05/04/2013 Port Seton 2 drakes 30 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 31 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 33 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 35 Goosander Mergus merganser 36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 37 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 38 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 39 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 40 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 41 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 42 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 43 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 44 Quail Coturnix coturnix None seen! 45 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 46 Swift Apus apus 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 48 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 49 Stock Dove Columba oenas 50 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/08/2011 Auldhame juv, then N 52 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 53 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 54 Corncrake Crex crex 55 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Coot Fulica atra 57 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 58 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 59 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 60 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 61 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 62 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 02/11/2007 Aberlady juv 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 67 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 68 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 69 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 70 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 71 Curlew Numenius arquata 72 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 73 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 74 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 75 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 76 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 77 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Starnafin, Strathbeg 78 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 14/05/2022 Seton golf course NNE over 09:13hrs, call recorded, probably flushed from west pool by golfers 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/08/2009 Aberlady 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 89 Sanderling Calidris alba 90 Dunlin Calidris alpina 91 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 92 Little Stint Calidris minuta 93 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 94 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 95 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 12/06/2016 Seton Burn Bird previously at Tyninghame and Skinflats, technically a dubious self-found... 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 99 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 103 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 19/10/2011 Cockenzie juv W 104 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 105 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 106 Common Gull Larus canus 107 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 26/03/2021 Seton Burn Subject to LBRC acceptance 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/10/2022 Port Seton 1st-win, subject to acceptance by SBRC 109 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 110 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 111 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 112 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 113 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 114 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 115 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 116 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 117 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 118 Puffin Fratercula arctica 119 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 120 Razorbill Alca torda 121 Little Auk Alle alle 122 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 123 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 124 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 125 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 126 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 09/05/2020 Gosford Bay imm 127 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 128 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 25/09/2012 Ferny Ness Perhaps 2 birds 129 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 130 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 131 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 132 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 29/05/2007 Barns Ness Accepted by LBRC 133 Gannet Morus bassanus 134 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 135 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 26/09/1986 Loch of Strathbeg Accepted by NESRC; presumed same subsequently found dead at same site 137 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/05/2006 Aberlady Asleep by Peffer Burn, 09:00hrs 138 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 09/08/2014 Longniddry SW over 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 140 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 141 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 142 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 143 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 144 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 145 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 146 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/08/2016 Blair Drummond 147 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 148 Buzzard Buteo buteo 149 Barn Owl Tyto alba 150 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 151 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 152 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 153 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 154 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 155 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 156 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 28/06/2020 Seton Burn (offshore) LBRC accepted, batch 101.8 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/05/2008 Whitesands male; photographed (accepted by LBRC) 161 Jay Garrulus glandarius 162 Magpie Pica pica 163 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Islay 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 168 Raven Corvus corax 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 172 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 173 Great Tit Parus major 174 Skylark Alauda arvensis 175 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 176 Swallow Hirundo rustica 177 House Martin Delichon urbicum 178 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 179 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 180 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 181 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 182 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 183 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus ********** ********** 184 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 31/05/2020 Ferny Ness singing male 185 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 186 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 187 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 188 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 189 Whitethroat Curruca communis 190 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 191 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 192 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 193 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 194 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 28/06/2020 Port Seton ad, on flats by pumping station 195 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 196 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 197 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 198 Redwing Turdus iliacus 199 Blackbird Turdus merula 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 203 Robin Erithacus rubecula 204 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 10/07/2009 Islay 205 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 10/01/2009 North Berwick 206 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 207 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 208 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 209 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 210 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 211 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 212 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 213 Dunnock Prunella modularis 214 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 215 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 216 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 217 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 218 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 219 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/02/2018 Ferny Ness 2, co-found with G Boyle, subject to LBRC 220 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 221 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 222 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 223 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 224 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 225 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 226 Twite Linaria flavirostris 227 Linnet Linaria cannabina 228 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 229 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 230 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 231 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 232 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 233 Siskin Spinus spinus 234 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 26/10/2008 Ferny Ness 3, low over during dawn vismig; seen previously on North Ron (Sept 1989) 235 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 236 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 237 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 238 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus