Birders Tribe: Scotland Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 182 of 182 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 26/05/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/02/2023 Forres 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/02/2023 Aberlady Bay Lothian Tick 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2023 Bathgate 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11/03/2023 Duddingston Loch 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 14 Pintail Anas acuta 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 22/01/2023 Whitesands Quarry 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 23/04/2023 Bingham’s Pond 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 19 Scaup Aythya marila 26/05/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall Lothian Tick 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 26/03/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/05/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 24 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 08/01/2023 Eastfield 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 29 Apr - Female at Duddingston Loch (Patch Tick) 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2023 Esk Mouth 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/04/2023 Hogganfield Loch Lifer 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 03/01/2023 River Esk 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 02/01/2023 Pentlands 32 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 13/02/2023 Toll Creagach 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/01/2023 Brunstane Park 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 07/04/2023 Lynchat 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 25/03/2023 Dunbar Scottish Tick 37 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2023 Holyrood Park 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 29/05/2023 Holyrood Park Patch Tick 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Edinburgh Feral Pigeon 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2023 Musselburgh 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 07/01/2023 Bathgate 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 45 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/01/2023 Eastfield 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 51 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 22/01/2023 Kilspindie Bay 52 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/01/2023 Eastfield 53 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/01/2023 Kilspindie Bay 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 26/05/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 03/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/05/2023 Esk Mouth 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 03/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 22/01/2023 Kilspindie Bay 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 26/03/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons Lifer 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/02/2023 Forres 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 14/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2023 Duddingston Loch Patch Tick 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 66 Knot Calidris canutus 22/01/2023 Kilspindie Bay 67 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/01/2023 Esk Mouth 68 Dunlin Calidris alpina 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 69 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 11/01/2023 Seafield 70 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 19/05/2023 Barns Ness 71 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/05/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 72 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/05/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 73 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/03/2023 Seafield 74 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/01/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 76 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/03/2023 Seafield 77 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 78 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 79 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 80 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 19/05/2023 Whitesands Quarry Lothian Tick 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 11/02/2023 Aberlady Bay 82 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 22/01/2023 Eastfield Lothian Tick 83 Puffin Fratercula arctica 18/03/2023 North Berwick 84 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 31/05/2023 Inchkeith 85 Razorbill Alca torda 22/01/2023 North Berwick 86 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 14/01/2023 Eastfield 87 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 08/01/2023 Eastfield 88 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 05/02/2023 Eastfield Lothian Tick 89 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 14/01/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall Lothian Tick 90 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 11/01/2023 Seafield 91 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 26/05/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall Lothian Tick 92 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/01/2023 North Berwick 93 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Duddingston Loch 94 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 95 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 22/01/2023 Seafield Pond 96 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2023 Lochend Park 97 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 16/04/2023 Arthur’s Seat Lothian Tick and Patch Tick 98 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 30/05/2023 Whinny Hill Patch Tick 99 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 03/04/2023 Ben Vane 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 03/01/2023 Edinburgh 101 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 13/02/2023 Forres 102 Red Kite Milvus milvus 13/02/2023 Beauly 103 Buzzard Buteo buteo 02/02/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 104 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/05/2023 West Lothian 105 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 28/01/2023 Fordel Firs 106 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 04/01/2023 Union Canal 11 Mar - One at Duddingston Loch (Patch Tick) 107 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/01/2023 Marchmont 108 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/04/2023 Mugdock Wood 109 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2023 Pentlands 110 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/02/2023 Aberlady LNR 111 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 22/01/2023 Torness Power Station 112 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/02/2023 Duddingston GC 113 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 12/03/2023 Dalkeith CP Lifer 114 Jay Garrulus glandarius 12/02/2023 Duns Castle 115 Magpie Pica pica 01/02/2023 Edinburgh 116 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 117 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2023 Musselburgh 118 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 119 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 13/02/2023 Beauly 120 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2023 Pentlands 121 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 13/01/2023 Sighthill 122 Coal Tit Periparus ater 02/01/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 123 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 13/02/2023 Toll Creagach 124 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 125 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 126 Skylark Alauda arvensis 14/01/2023 Musselburgh 127 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 Dunbar 128 Swallow Hirundo rustica 25/03/2023 Dunbar 129 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/04/2023 Glenrothes 130 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 04/03/2023 Linlithgow Loch Scottish Tick 131 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/03/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 132 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/01/2023 Lochend Park 133 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 09/04/2023 The Meadows 134 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 11/03/2023 Duddingston Loch 135 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 25/04/2023 Duddingston Loch 136 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 18/05/2023 Duddingston Loch Scottish Tick 137 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 23/04/2023 Forth and Clyde Canal 138 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 21/01/2023 Figgate Park 139 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 05/05/2023 Holyrood Park 140 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 07/05/2023 Holyrood Park Patch Tick 141 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/04/2023 Hunters Bog 142 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 143 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 144 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 21/01/2023 Figgate Park 145 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2023 Union Canal 146 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 147 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 148 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 149 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 150 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 151 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 152 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 19/05/2023 Barns Ness 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 154 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 01/06/2023 Braids Hill Lifer 155 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/05/2023 Barns Ness Scottish Tick 156 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 18/05/2023 Musselburgh 157 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 14/01/2023 Musselburgh Sea Wall 158 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 20/04/2023 Arthur’s Seat 159 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 22/01/2023 Figgate Park 160 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2023 Bavelaw Marsh 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 163 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 19/05/2023 Barns Ness Scottish Tick 164 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 165 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 166 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 02/01/2023 Pentlands 167 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 18/05/2023 Musselburgh Lothian Tick 168 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 25/03/2023 Fluke Dub 169 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 170 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 171 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 17/02/2023 Milton 172 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 173 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 04/01/2023 Union Canal 174 Twite Linaria flavirostris 14/01/2023 Musselburgh Lagoons 175 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2023 Esk Mouth 176 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 04/01/2023 Lochend Park 177 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/01/2023 Lochore Meadows 178 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 179 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2023 Edinburgh 180 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 13/02/2023 Toll Creagach 181 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14/01/2023 Brunstane Park 182 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 14/01/2023 Brunstane Park