Mark Holling: Lothian Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 151 of 151 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 16 Scaup Aythya marila 17 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 12/03/2024 Musselburgh 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 19 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 12/03/2024 Musselburgh 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Smew Mergellus albellus 06/05/2024 Seafield Pond 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 31 Swift Apus apus 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 37 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 41 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 48 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 49 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 50 Curlew Numenius arquata 51 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 52 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 53 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 56 Redshank Tringa totanus 57 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 58 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 59 Knot Calidris canutus 60 Sanderling Calidris alba 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 62 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 63 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 66 Common Gull Larus canus 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 70 Puffin Fratercula arctica 71 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 72 Razorbill Alca torda 73 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 74 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 75 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 76 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 77 Gannet Morus bassanus 78 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 79 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 80 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 81 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 82 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 83 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 84 Red Kite Milvus milvus 85 Buzzard Buteo buteo 86 Barn Owl Tyto alba 87 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 88 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 89 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 90 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 91 Jay Garrulus glandarius 92 Magpie Pica pica 93 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 94 Rook Corvus frugilegus 95 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 96 Raven Corvus corax 97 Coal Tit Periparus ater 98 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 99 Great Tit Parus major 100 Skylark Alauda arvensis 101 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 102 Swallow Hirundo rustica 103 House Martin Delichon urbicum 104 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 105 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 106 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 107 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 108 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 109 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 110 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 111 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 112 Whitethroat Curruca communis 113 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 29/03/2024 North Berwick 114 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 115 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 116 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 117 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 118 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 119 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 120 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 121 Redwing Turdus iliacus 122 Blackbird Turdus merula 123 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 124 Robin Erithacus rubecula 125 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 126 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 127 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 128 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 129 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 130 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 131 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 132 Dunnock Prunella modularis 133 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 134 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 135 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 136 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 137 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 138 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 139 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 140 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 141 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 142 Twite Linaria flavirostris 143 Linnet Linaria cannabina 144 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 145 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 146 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 147 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 148 Siskin Spinus spinus 149 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 150 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 151 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus