Al McNee: Highland Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 142 of 142 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 24/03/2024 Rosemarkie 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 12/04/2024 Easter Dalziel 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 30/01/2024 Brae Farm 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 30/01/2024 Brae Farm 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 06/01/2024 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2024 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 23/01/2024 Fodderty 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2024 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 13 Pintail Anas acuta 30/01/2024 Tain 14 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 12/04/2024 Easter Dalziel 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20/01/2024 Merkinch LNR 17 Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2024 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 02/01/2024 19 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2024 20 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2024 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 11/02/2024 Inverness 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2024 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2024 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 21/04/2024 Blackfold 26 Swift Apus apus 14/05/2024 Moy island 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2024 Blackfold 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 06/01/2024 29 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 30 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 08/01/2024 Inverness 31 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 32 Coot Fulica atra 06/01/2024 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 35 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 02/01/2024 36 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/01/2024 37 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 09/05/2024 Castle Stuart 38 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2024 39 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2024 40 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/01/2024 41 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 25/04/2024 Alturlie 42 Curlew Numenius arquata 02/01/2024 43 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/01/2024 44 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 02/01/2024 45 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 30/01/2024 Dornoch 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20/01/2024 Merkinch LNR 47 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14/04/2024 Dochgarroch 48 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 03/05/2024 Ross-shire 49 Redshank Tringa totanus 02/01/2024 50 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 02/01/2024 51 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2024 52 Knot Calidris canutus 02/01/2024 53 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/01/2024 54 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2024 55 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/01/2024 Embo 56 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 30/03/2024 Loch Fleet 57 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 02/03/2024 Brora 58 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/01/2024 Dornoch 59 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 60 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2024 61 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 62 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2024 63 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 11/04/2024 Muirtown Basin 64 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 30/03/2024 Tarbat Ness 65 Razorbill Alca torda 02/01/2024 66 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 30/01/2024 Embo 67 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2024 68 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 02/03/2024 Tarbat Ness 69 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 30/03/2024 Tarbat Ness 70 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 30/03/2024 Tarbat Ness 71 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/03/2024 Brora 72 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 73 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 02/01/2024 74 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 75 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/05/2024 Ross-shire 76 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 05/03/2024 Coignafearn 77 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 18/01/2024 Inverness 78 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 04/03/2024 4 Balnafettack Place 79 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 30/03/2024 Sutherland 80 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2024 81 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 82 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 24/03/2024 Davidston 83 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 19/03/2024 4 Balnafettack Place 84 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 11/02/2024 Merkinch LNR 85 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/01/2024 86 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2024 87 Jay Garrulus glandarius 08/01/2024 88 Magpie Pica pica 18/02/2024 Alturlie Pools 89 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 90 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 91 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 92 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 01/01/2024 93 Raven Corvus corax 05/03/2024 Coignafearn 94 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2024 95 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 04/01/2024 96 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 97 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 98 Skylark Alauda arvensis 30/01/2024 Dornoch 99 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 14/04/2024 Dochgarroch 100 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2024 Dochgarroch 101 House Martin Delichon urbicum ********** ********** 102 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 103 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 03/05/2024 Achilty Oakwood 104 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2024 Merkinch LNR 105 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/02/2024 Craig Phadrig 106 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2024 4 Balnafettack Place 107 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 14/05/2024 Moy island 108 Whitethroat Curruca communis 09/05/2024 Clachnaharry 109 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2024 110 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 111 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2024 112 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 113 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 08/01/2024 Blackpark 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2024 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2024 116 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 117 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2024 118 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 119 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/04/2024 Blackfold 120 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 06/01/2024 121 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 26/04/2024 Clachnaharry 122 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 01/01/2024 123 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/01/2024 Fodderty 124 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 125 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 126 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2024 127 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/01/2024 128 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 25/02/2024 Wester Dalziel 129 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 21/04/2024 Blackfold 130 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2024 131 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2024 132 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/02/2024 Coulmore 133 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2024 134 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 26/01/2024 Merkinch LNR 135 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2024 136 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 21/01/2024 Craig Phadrig 137 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12/02/2024 Craig Phadrig 138 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 139 Siskin Spinus spinus 11/02/2024 Merkinch LNR 140 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 16/03/2024 Gollanfield 141 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 06/01/2024 142 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 06/01/2024