Paul Wheatland: Ayrshire Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 149 of 149 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 04/11/2022 Fail Loch, Ayrshire 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 14/02/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2022 Loans Flash, Ayrshire 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/12/2022 Fail, Ayrshire 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21/03/2022 Capringstone Flash 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24/01/2022 Auchincross, Ayrshire 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 14 Pintail Anas acuta 20/01/2022 Barassie, Ayrshire 15 Teal Anas crecca 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24/01/2022 Auchincross, Ayrshire 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 18 Scaup Aythya marila 06/02/2022 Auchenharvie, Ayrshire 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 24/01/2022 Auchincross, Ayrshire 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/01/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 14/02/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 10/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 11/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 27 Swift Apus apus 17/05/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 28 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/05/2022 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 29 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 30 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/01/2022 Rozelle, Ayrshire 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 32 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 34 Coot Fulica atra 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 11/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14/02/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 38 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 10/12/2022 Stinking Rocks Barassie, Ayrshire 39 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 29/08/2022 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 41 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 43 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 44 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 45 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 46 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 47 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 24/01/2022 Auchincross, Ayrshire 48 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 17/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 49 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 18/08/2022 Capringstone Flash 50 Redshank Tringa totanus 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 51 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/12/2022 Fail Loch, Ayrshire 52 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 53 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 54 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 55 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/08/2022 Capringstone Flash 56 Sanderling Calidris alba 10/01/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 57 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 58 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 59 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 16/06/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 60 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 14/04/2022 Troon south beach, Ayrshire 61 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 06/04/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 62 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 63 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 02/02/2022 Kay Park, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 64 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 65 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 66 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 67 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 06/02/2022 Auchenharvie, Ayrshire 68 Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/05/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 69 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 08/03/2022 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 70 Razorbill Alca torda 21/02/2022 Troon Ballast Bank, Ayrshire 71 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/01/2022 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 72 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18/01/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 73 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 08/12/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 74 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 24/05/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 75 Gannet Morus bassanus 16/03/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 76 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 03/01/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 77 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 05/01/2022 Troon Harbour, Ayrshire 78 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 11/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 79 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 20/10/2022 Girvan, South Ayrshire 80 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 11/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 81 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 22/04/2022 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 82 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 18/01/2022 Shewalton Wood SWT, Ayrshire 83 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 24/01/2022 Auchincross, Ayrshire 84 Red Kite Milvus milvus 22/04/2022 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 85 Buzzard Buteo buteo 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 86 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/01/2022 Bogside Flats SSSI, Ayrshire 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/11/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 27/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 89 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 90 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 23/05/2022 Ayr Hospital, Ayrshire 91 Jay Garrulus glandarius 21/01/2022 Rozelle, Ayrshire 92 Magpie Pica pica 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 93 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 94 Rook Corvus frugilegus 05/01/2022 Loans Flash, Ayrshire 95 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 96 Raven Corvus corax 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 97 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 24/11/2022 Prestwick, Ayrshire 98 Coal Tit Periparus ater 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 99 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 100 Great Tit Parus major 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 101 Skylark Alauda arvensis 15/03/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 102 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 103 Swallow Hirundo rustica 21/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 104 House Martin Delichon urbicum 18/05/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 105 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 106 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 19/05/2022 Ness Glen, Ayrshire 107 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 17/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 108 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 24/03/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 109 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 18/05/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 110 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 111 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/04/2022 Fullarton Woods,Ayrshire 112 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/05/2022 Ness Glen, Ayrshire 113 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 114 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 18/01/2022 Shewalton Wood SWT, Ayrshire 115 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 116 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18/01/2022 Shewalton Wood SWT, Ayrshire 118 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 120 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 22/01/2022 Southwood, Ayrshire 121 Redwing Turdus iliacus 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 122 Blackbird Turdus merula 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 123 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2022 Martnaham Loch, Ayrshire 124 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 19/05/2022 Ness Glen, Ayrshire 125 Robin Erithacus rubecula 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 126 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 03/12/2022 Ayr Harbour, Ayrshire 127 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 20/06/2022 Ness Glen, Ayrshire 128 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 19/05/2022 Loch Doon, Ayrshire 129 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 03/01/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 130 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 22/03/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire 131 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/01/2022 Auchincruive, Ayrshire 132 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 133 Dunnock Prunella modularis 04/01/2022 Pow Burn, Ayrshire 134 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 09/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 135 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 136 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 137 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 22/04/2022 Dubbs Lane, Kilwinning Ayrshire 138 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2022 Troon, Ayrshire 139 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 140 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 141 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 142 Twite Linaria flavirostris 28/10/2022 Barassie, Ayrshire 143 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2022 Barassie, Ayrshire 144 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 23/05/2022 Garpel Burn,Ayrshire 145 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 07/01/2022 Maidens, South Ayrshire 146 Siskin Spinus spinus 05/01/2022 Fullarton Woods, Ayrshire 147 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 08/11/2022 Stevenston point, Ayrshire 148 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/12/2022 Fail Loch, Ayrshire 149 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 15/01/2022 Troon South Beach, Ayrshire