Brian Allan: Scotland Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 143 of 143 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 16/01/2024 Greenloaning 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 24/02/2024 Drop carse 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/02/2024 8 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 26/04/2024 Skinflats 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 24/02/2024 Doune ponds 10 Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 15/05/2024 Skinflats 13 Teal Anas crecca 14 Pochard Aythya ferina 08/02/2024 Skinflats 15 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/04/2024 Skinflats Or hybrid 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 Scaup Aythya marila 08/02/2024 Kinneil 18 Eider Somateria mollissima 26/03/2024 Ythan 19 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 26/03/2024 Sand Loch Collieston 20 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/02/2024 21 Smew Mergellus albellus 24/02/2024 Cambusmore 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 23 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/02/2024 24 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 21/04/2024 Earlsburn 25 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 05/05/2024 Amulree 26 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/02/2024 Skinflats 27 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16/01/2024 28 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/05/2024 Amulree 29 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2024 Skinflats 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2024 Earlsburn 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Feral 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/02/2024 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Coot Fulica atra 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 24/02/2024 Cambusmore 39 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 02/02/2024 40 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 08/02/2024 Kinneil 41 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/04/2024 Upper forth 42 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 02/02/2024 43 Curlew Numenius arquata 44 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 08/02/2024 Kinneil 45 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 08/02/2024 Kinneil 46 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 16/02/2024 47 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 21/04/2024 Earlsburn 48 Redshank Tringa totanus 08/02/2024 Kinneil 49 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 08/02/2024 Kinneil 50 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 08/02/2024 Kinneil 51 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 19/04/2024 Ballachulish 52 Knot Calidris canutus 08/02/2024 Kinneil 53 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/02/2024 Kinneil 54 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/05/2024 Skinflats 55 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/03/2024 Collieston 56 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 57 Common Gull Larus canus 58 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 05/05/2024 Glen turret 59 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 60 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 08/02/2024 Kinneil 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 24/01/2024 Plean 62 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 19/04/2024 Ballachulish 63 Razorbill Alca torda 29/04/2024 Dunoon 64 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 26/03/2024 Collieston 65 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 26/03/2024 Collieston 66 Gannet Morus bassanus 29/04/2024 Dunoon 67 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 68 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19/04/2024 Ballachulish 69 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 25/01/2024 Higgins neuk 70 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 71 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/04/2024 Earlsburn 72 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 73 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 12/01/2024 North Third 74 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/02/2024 Carsebreck 75 Red Kite Milvus milvus 76 Buzzard Buteo buteo 77 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 31/03/2024 Cambusbarron 78 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 27/01/2024 Glasgow 79 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 80 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/02/2024 81 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 26/01/2024 Kelvindale glasgow 12 at canal 82 Jay Garrulus glandarius 83 Magpie Pica pica 84 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 85 Rook Corvus frugilegus 86 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 87 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 19/04/2024 Ballachulish 88 Raven Corvus corax 89 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 90 Coal Tit Periparus ater 91 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 92 Great Tit Parus major 93 Skylark Alauda arvensis 16/02/2024 94 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 95 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2024 Stirling 96 House Martin Delichon urbicum 26/04/2024 Skinflats 97 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 98 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2024 Glasgow 99 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2024 Stirling 100 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 26/04/2024 Skinflats 101 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/05/2024 Skinflats 102 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2024 Skinflats 103 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/04/2024 Glasgow 104 Whitethroat Curruca communis 03/05/2024 Skinflats 105 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 106 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 107 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 108 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 109 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 110 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 111 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 112 Redwing Turdus iliacus 113 Blackbird Turdus merula 114 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 115 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 05/05/2024 Glen turret 116 Robin Erithacus rubecula 117 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/05/2024 Muthill 118 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/05/2024 Amulree 119 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/02/2024 120 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/2024 Earlsburn 121 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 122 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 123 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 124 Dunnock Prunella modularis 125 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 27/01/2024 126 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 127 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16/02/2024 128 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 19/04/2024 Argyll 129 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/02/2024 Powfoulis 130 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 131 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11/04/2024 Cambusbarron 132 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/02/2024 Holmehill 133 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 134 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 29/01/2024 135 Twite Linaria flavirostris 05/05/2024 Glen turret 136 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/02/2024 137 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 138 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 139 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 140 Siskin Spinus spinus 141 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 142 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 143 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 23/02/2024 Kilwinning Ayrshire