Paul Gay: North Ronaldsay Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 234 of 234 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 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Scaup Aythya marila 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Quail Coturnix coturnix 28 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 04/10/2023 Lurand, North Ronaldsay 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 37 Corncrake Crex crex 38 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 39 Coot Fulica atra 40 Crane Grus grus 17/05/2024 North Ronaldsay 41 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 42 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 43 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 44 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 45 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 46 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 47 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 48 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 49 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 50 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 51 Curlew Numenius arquata 52 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 53 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 54 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/09/2022 Ancum, North Ronaldsay 55 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 57 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 58 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 59 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 60 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 66 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 67 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 68 Knot Calidris canutus 69 Ruff Calidris pugnax 70 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 71 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 72 Sanderling Calidris alba 73 Dunlin Calidris alpina 74 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 75 Little Stint Calidris minuta 76 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 78 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 81 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 82 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 83 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 84 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 85 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 86 Common Gull Larus canus 87 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 88 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 89 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 91 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 92 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 97 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 98 Razorbill Alca torda 99 Little Auk Alle alle 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 17/04/2024 North Ronaldsay 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 106 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 107 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 108 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 109 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 114 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 119 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 121 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 122 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 124 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 125 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 126 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 128 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 129 Merlin Falco columbarius 130 Hobby Falco subbuteo 131 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 132 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 133 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 134 Magpie Pica pica 17/05/2024 North Ronaldsay 135 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 136 Rook Corvus frugilegus 137 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 138 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 139 Raven Corvus corax 140 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 141 Coal Tit Periparus ater 142 Woodlark Lullula arborea 143 Skylark Alauda arvensis 144 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 145 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 147 Swallow Hirundo rustica 148 House Martin Delichon urbicum 149 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 150 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 151 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 152 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 153 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 154 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 157 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 158 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 159 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 160 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 161 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 162 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 163 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 164 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 165 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 166 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 167 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 168 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 169 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 170 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 171 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 172 Whitethroat Curruca communis 173 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 174 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 175 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 176 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 177 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 178 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 179 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 180 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 181 Redwing Turdus iliacus 182 Blackbird Turdus merula 183 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 02/10/2022 North Ronaldsay 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 185 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 188 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 17/05/2024 North Ronaldsay 189 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 190 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 08/10/2018 North Ronaldsay 191 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 192 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 193 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 02/06/2023 North Ronaldsay 194 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 195 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 198 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 04/10/2023 North Ronaldsay 199 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 200 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 201 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 206 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 207 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 208 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 209 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 210 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 211 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 212 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 04/10/2023 North Ronaldsay 213 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 04/10/2023 North Ronaldsay 214 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 215 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 216 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 217 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 218 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 219 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 220 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 221 Twite Linaria flavirostris 222 Linnet Linaria cannabina 223 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 224 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 225 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 226 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 227 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 228 Siskin Spinus spinus 229 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 230 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 231 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 232 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 233 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 04/10/2023 North Ronaldsay 234 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus