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