Bruce Kerr: Britain Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 216 of 216 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2022 Maidens 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/04/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2022 Martnaham Loch 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/01/2022 Hunterston Castle 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15/01/2022 Barassie Beach 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 03/01/2022 Martnaham Loch 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2022 Maidens 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 04/03/2022 Capringstone Flash 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/03/2022 Garnock Floods SWT 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 03/01/2022 Auchincross Loch 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16/04/2022 Auchincross Loch 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 16 Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2022 Barassie Beach 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 14/07/2022 Bothal Pond 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 03/01/2022 Auchincross Loch 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 21 Scaup Aythya marila 17/02/2022 Aichenharvie Pool 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 03/01/2022 Auchincross Loch 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2022 Barassie Beach 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 05/01/2022 Maidens 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22/02/2022 Troon Harbour 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/02/2022 Castle Semple Loch . Lochwinnoch 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2022 Barassie Beach 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13/02/2022 Loch Bradan 31 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 13/02/2022 Tallaminnoch 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/01/2022 Sandyford 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/01/2022 Croy 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 19/06/2022 Fail Loch 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 24/01/2022 Greenan Farm 36 Swift Apus apus 14/05/2022 Troon Sunken Gardens 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 19/04/2022 Garnock Floods SWT 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Pool feral pigeon 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2022 Rozelle Park , Ayr 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2022 Stevenston 41 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 02/01/2022 Barassie Beach 42 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 26/01/2022 Trabboch Loch 43 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Pool 44 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Pool 45 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 46 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 24/01/2022 Bracken Bay 47 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 18/02/2022 Stevenston Point 48 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 27/01/2022 Troon Harbour 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/01/2022 Martnaham Loch 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 14/07/2022 Long Nanny 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 27/02/2022 Maidens 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 17/01/2022 Stinking Rocks, Barassie 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 55 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius ********** ********** 56 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2022 Auchincross Loch 57 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 19/04/2022 Dundonald Camp 58 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 59 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2022 Doonfoot 60 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/04/2022 Powburn , Prestwick 61 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 07/01/2022 Gypsy Pool , Troon 62 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/02/2022 Shewalton Woods SWT 63 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/01/2022 Gypsy Pool , Troon 64 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 16/04/2022 Auchincross Loch 65 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/07/2022 Capringstone Flash 66 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 31/08/2022 Garnock Floods SWT 67 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 68 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14/09/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 69 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 12/01/2022 Powburn , Prestwick 70 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 71 Knot Calidris canutus 15/01/2022 Barassie Beach 72 Ruff Calidris pugnax 14/07/2022 Back Saltholme Pool 73 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/09/2022 Turnberry Point 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 04/01/2022 Troon Sunken Gardens 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 22/08/2022 Troon South Beach near Meikle Craigs 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/07/2022 Long Nanny 79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 14/07/2022 Back Saltholme Pool 2 present 80 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 21/10/2022 Forfar Loch 81 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 14/07/2022 American subspecies 82 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 18/05/2022 Troon Harbour 83 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/04/2022 Barassie Beach 84 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 14/07/2022 Coquet Island 85 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 07/04/2022 Troon Harbour 86 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/03/2022 Stevsnston Point 87 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/01/2022 Maidens 88 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 20/08/2022 Barassie Beach flying past 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Sanderling View 90 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 91 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 92 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11/08/2022 Grafham Water 93 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 Sanderling View 94 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/01/2022 Stevenston Point 95 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 22/01/2022 Lendalfoot 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2022 Sanderling View 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 08/03/2022 Blairbowie 99 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 18/05/2022 Troon Harbour 100 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 16/05/2022 Troon Harbour 101 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 06/04/2022 Troon Harbour 102 Puffin Fratercula arctica 06/04/2022 Troon Harbour 103 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 09/01/2022 Troon Harbour 104 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 105 Little Auk Alle alle 17/02/2022 Troon Harbour 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 27/01/2022 Troon Harbour 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19/01/2022 Troon Harbour 110 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12/04/2022 Rspb Bempton Cliffs 111 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 12/06/2022 Troon Harbour 112 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 26/09/2022 Troon Harbour 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 22/01/2022 Croy Beach 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/09/2022 Troon Harbour 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/04/2022 Troon Harbour 116 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 03/08/2022 Troon Harbour 117 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/01/2022 Troon Harbour 118 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 119 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2022 Stevenston Beach 120 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2022 Barassie Beach 121 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 20/10/2022 Coalport Road , Girvan 122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 123 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 22/04/2022 Loch Doon 124 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos ********** ********** 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 126 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 127 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 04/08/2022 Auchincross Loch 128 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 129 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/03/2022 Springholm 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2022 Martnaham Loch 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 11/03/2022 Shewalton Woods SWT 132 Little Owl Athene noctua ********** ********** 133 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 134 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 135 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/03/2022 Failford 136 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 137 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 23/03/2022 Roach Bridge 138 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 139 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/03/2022 Low Force, River Tees 140 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2022 Irvine Golf Club 141 Merlin Falco columbarius 22/01/2022 Lendalfoot 142 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 12/01/2022 Powburn , Prestwick 143 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 11/01/2022 Kay Park , Kilmarnock 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 24/01/2022 Rozelle Park , Ayr 145 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2022 New House Interchange 146 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Barassie 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2022 Barassie 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 Barassie 149 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 10/03/2022 Stevenston Beach 150 Raven Corvus corax 03/01/2022 Auchincross Loch 151 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23/11/2022 Prestwick 152 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 153 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/02/2022 Bogton Loch 154 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 155 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 156 Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 16/03/2022 Dundonald Camp 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 13/04/2022 Limmerhaugh , Ayrshire 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 22/04/2022 Dalmellington 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 07/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 162 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 19/05/2022 Ness Glen 163 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 22/03/2022 Dundonald Camp 164 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/01/2022 Craig Tara Water Treatment Plant , Heads of Ayr both Common And Siberian present 165 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 17/04/2022 Powburn , Prestwick 166 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 02/06/2022 Garnock Floods SWT 167 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2022 Powburn , Prestwick 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 15/04/2022 Troon-Prestwick cycleway , Lochgreen G.C. 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 16/04/2022 Trabboch Loch 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2022 Ardeer 171 Whitethroat Curruca communis 17/04/2022 Powburn , Prestwick 172 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 05/01/2022 Rozelle Park , Ayr 173 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 174 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2022 Rozelle Park , Ayr 175 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 176 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 177 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2022 Barassie 178 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2022 Lochgreen Golf Course 179 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 180 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 181 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 182 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/04/2022 Nick o' the Balloch 183 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 17/05/2022 Tarholm Bridge 184 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 185 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 23/05/2022 Ness Glen 186 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 30/11/2022 Ayr Harbour 187 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 22/04/2022 Ness Glen 188 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 27/04/2022 Shewalton Woods SWT 189 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 05/01/2022 Bogside Flats , Irvine 190 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 28/03/2022 Dundonald Camp 191 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/01/2022 Brig o' Doon , Ayr 192 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 12/01/2022 Loans 193 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2022 Sanderling View 194 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 195 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 11/08/2022 Grafham Water 196 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 197 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Sanderling View White Wagtail Dundonald Camp 21 mar 2022 198 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 199 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/04/2022 Loch Doon 200 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 22/01/2022 Croy Beach 201 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 04/01/2022 Troon Sunken Gardens 202 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2022 Ardeer Quarry LNR 203 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 13/02/2022 Dalmellington 204 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2022 Fullarton Woods , Troon 205 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon 206 Twite Linaria flavirostris 17/01/2022 Troon South Beach 207 Linnet Linaria cannabina 04/01/2022 Troon Sunken Gardens 208 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/01/2022 Walkway between Lochgreen GC and Fullarton Crescent , Troon 209 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 29/01/2022 Troon South Woods 210 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 211 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2022 Loans Flash, Troon 212 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 29/10/2022 Royal Troon GC 213 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/11/2022 Stevenston Point 214 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 12/04/2022 Bempton 215 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/01/2022 Doonfoot 216 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2022 Auchenharvie Lagoon