Bruce Kerr: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 184 of 184 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 05/01/2024 Maidens 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 17/01/2024 Budle Bay 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pool 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 14/01/2024 Budle Bay 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2024 Blairbowie 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Fullarton Woods 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 26/04/2024 RSPB Saltholme 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 Stevenston Point 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/02/2024 Chapeldonan 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 04/01/2024 Barassie Beach 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 09/04/2024 Fail loch 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15/01/2024 Cresswell Pond NWT 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2024 Capringstone Flash 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Loans Flash 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 16/01/2024 Big Waters Northumberland WT 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 17 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2024 Capringstone Flash 18 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Gypsy Pool 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 16/01/2024 Big Waters Northumberland WT 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pond 21 Scaup Aythya marila 28/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pool 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20/02/2024 Lochwinnoch RSPB Reserve 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2024 Stevenston Point 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2024 Stevenston Point 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2024 Barassie Beach 27 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 03/04/2024 RSPB Loch Leven 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 15/01/2024 Cresswell Pond NWT 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pool 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 16/03/2024 Cornish Hill 33 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 13/02/2024 Loch Finlas , Ayrshire 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 07/02/2024 Carwinsoch Burn 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2024 Greenan , Ayr 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 15/01/2024 Widdrington 37 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2024 Greenmere Farm 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 24/04/2024 Ness Glen 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour feral pigeon 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 03/01/2024 Barassie Beach 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Troon 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Troon 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 17/02/2024 Trabbockh Loch 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2024 Capringstone Flash 45 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pond 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 02/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pool 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 07/02/2024 Bracken Bay 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 10/01/2024 Irvine Harbour Mouth 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/01/2024 Irvine Harbour Mouth 50 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 26/04/2024 Greatham Creek 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17/01/2024 Budle Bay 53 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 08/01/2024 Maryborough Road, Prestwick Sea Front 54 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2024 Stevenston Beach 55 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Loans Flash 56 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 21/04/2024 Troon Harbour 57 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Loans Farmland 58 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 59 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/01/2024 Pow Burn , Prestwick 60 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15/01/2024 East Chevington NWT 61 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/01/2024 Fullarton Woods 62 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Gypsy Pool 63 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 15/04/2024 Lochwinnoch RSPB Reserve 64 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12/01/2024 Pow Burn , Prestwick 65 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/05/2024 Bruntwood Flood 66 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Troon South Beach 67 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 16/01/2024 Bothal Pond 68 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/01/2024 Pow Burn , Prestwick 69 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Troon Sunken Garden 70 Knot Calidris canutus 07/01/2024 Barassie Beach 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/01/2024 Stevenston Beach 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Troon Sunken Garden 73 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/04/2024 Barassie Beach 75 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 26/01/2024 Troon Harbour 76 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/01/2024 Troon Harbour 77 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 78 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/01/2024 Barassie Beach 79 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 80 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 81 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 82 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 03/01/2024 Auchenharvie Pool 83 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 84 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 16/01/2024 Big Waters Northumberland WT 85 Puffin Fratercula arctica 24/03/2024 Barassie Beach 86 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/01/2024 Barassie Beach 87 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 88 Little Auk Alle alle 21/01/2024 Troon Harbour 89 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 90 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 91 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 92 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 09/01/2024 Stevenston Point 93 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 08/04/2024 Troon Harbour 94 Gannet Morus bassanus 29/02/2024 Troon Harbour 95 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 96 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 Barassie Beach 98 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Gypsy Pool 99 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/05/2024 Loch Doon 100 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2024 Muirhead 101 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ********** ********** 102 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 15/01/2024 East Chevington NWT 103 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 15/01/2024 Cresswell Pond NWT 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 27/01/2024 Nethershield , Ayrshire 105 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2024 Muirhead 106 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/01/2024 Cresswell Pond NWT 107 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 108 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 26/04/2024 Shielpark 109 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 15/01/2024 Gosforth Race Course 110 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 12/01/2024 Pow Burn , Prestwick 111 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 04/01/2024 Fullarton Woods 112 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 113 Merlin Falco columbarius 11/01/2024 Barassie Beach 114 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2024 Gypsy Pool 115 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 116 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 117 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 118 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Loans Farmland 119 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 120 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 09/01/2024 Hunterston Sands SSSI 121 Raven Corvus corax 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 122 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 09/01/2024 Newton-on-Ayr 123 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 124 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 13/02/2024 Bogton Loch . Ayrshire 125 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 126 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 127 Skylark Alauda arvensis 07/01/2024 Loans Farmland 128 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 15/01/2024 Beacon Point , Newbiggin 129 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 20/03/2024 Gailes Marsh SWT 130 Swallow Hirundo rustica 08/04/2024 Fail loch 131 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/04/2024 Lochwinnoch RSPB Reserve 132 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 133 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 03/05/2024 Loch Doon/Ness Glen 134 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2024 Fail loch 135 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 136 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 14/04/2024 Prestwick Airport North Side Industrail Area 137 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2024 RSPB Saltholme 138 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2024 Pow Burn , Prestwick 139 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/01/2024 Troon South Beach 140 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 23/04/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 141 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2024 Ardeer scrubland 142 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/04/2024 Troon South Woods 143 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 144 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 145 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2024 Fullarton Woods 146 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 147 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Troon South Beach 148 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 149 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 02/01/2024 Capringstone Flash 150 Redwing Turdus iliacus 02/01/2024 Capringstone Flash 151 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 152 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 153 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 154 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 24/04/2024 Ness Glen 155 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 24/04/2024 Loch Doon entrance 156 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/05/2024 Loch Doon 157 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 158 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 18/03/2024 Troon South Beach opposite Marine Highland Hotel 159 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 04/02/2024 Brieryside Farm , Monkton 160 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 04/03/2024 Capringstone Flash 161 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 162 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Sanderling View 163 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 164 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Troon Harbour 165 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2024 Troon South Beach 166 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 24/04/2024 Ness Glen 167 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 16/01/2024 St. Mary's Island , Whitley Bay 168 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2024 Troon South Beach 169 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 170 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 20/02/2024 Springside (disused railway line) 171 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 17/01/2024 The Rig , Gattonside, Melrose 172 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 173 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2024 Barassie Beach 174 Twite Linaria flavirostris 08/01/2024 Troon South Beach 175 Linnet Linaria cannabina 03/01/2024 Barassie Beach 176 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 177 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 13/02/2024 Loch Finlas , Ayrshire 178 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 03/01/2024 Barassie Beach 179 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2024 Shewalton Wood SWT 180 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 24/01/2024 Meikle Craigs , Troon 181 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 07/01/2024 Loans 182 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2024 Barassie Beach 183 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 26/04/2024 Wasdale Close 184 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 20/02/2024 Garnock View , Kilwinning