Harry Witts: North Ronaldsay Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 146 of 146 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 2 Greylag Goose Anser anser 3 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 5 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 6 Gadwall Mareca strepera 7 Wigeon Mareca penelope 8 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 Pintail Anas acuta 10 Teal Anas crecca 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 12 Eider Somateria mollissima 13 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 15 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 17 Swift Apus apus 18 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 19 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 21 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 23 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 24 Coot Fulica atra 25 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 26 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 27 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 29 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 30 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 31 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 32 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 33 Curlew Numenius arquata 34 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 35 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 36 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 37 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 38 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 39 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 40 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 41 Redshank Tringa totanus 42 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 43 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 44 Knot Calidris canutus 45 Ruff Calidris pugnax 46 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 47 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 48 Sanderling Calidris alba 49 Dunlin Calidris alpina 50 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 51 Little Stint Calidris minuta 52 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 53 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 55 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 56 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 57 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 58 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 59 Common Gull Larus canus 60 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 61 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 62 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 63 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 64 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 65 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 66 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 67 Puffin Fratercula arctica 68 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 69 Razorbill Alca torda 70 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 71 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 72 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 73 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 74 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 75 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 76 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 77 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 78 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 79 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 80 Gannet Morus bassanus 81 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 82 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 83 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 84 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 85 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 86 Buzzard Buteo buteo 87 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 88 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 89 Merlin Falco columbarius 90 Hobby Falco subbuteo 91 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 92 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 93 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 94 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 95 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 96 Raven Corvus corax 97 Skylark Alauda arvensis 98 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 99 Swallow Hirundo rustica 100 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 101 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 102 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 103 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 104 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 105 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 29/08/2022 trappped 106 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 107 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 108 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 109 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 110 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 111 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 112 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 113 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 114 Whitethroat Curruca communis 115 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 116 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 117 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 118 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 27/09/2022 Stennabreck 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 120 Redwing Turdus iliacus 121 Blackbird Turdus merula 122 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 123 Robin Erithacus rubecula 124 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 125 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 126 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 127 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 128 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 129 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 130 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 131 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 132 Dunnock Prunella modularis 133 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 134 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 135 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 136 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 137 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 138 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 139 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 140 Linnet Linaria cannabina 141 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 142 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 143 Siskin Spinus spinus 144 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 145 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 146 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus