Stephen Welch: Lothian Year List 2011 BOU, Self-found records Record(s) 1 to 159 of 159 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 21/12/2011 Harelaw 59 (!) with Greylag, accepted by LBRC 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 17/11/2011 Gosford Bay/Seton Offshore 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 09/01/2011 Fenton Barns 133 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 17/07/2011 East Fortune ponds Eclipse drake, presumed same as last year 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Pintail Anas acuta 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18 Scaup Aythya marila 12/02/2011 Chapel ad f 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 21 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 22 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 23 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 26/05/2011 Longniddry 30 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2011 King's Buildings 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 13/08/2011 Auldhame juv, then N 35 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 37 Coot Fulica atra 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 39 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 40 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 28/10/2011 Seton Burn ad-win 41 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 42 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 46 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 47 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/04/2011 Longniddry Nocturnal migrant over 23:32hrs 48 Curlew Numenius arquata 49 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 50 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/01/2011 Butterdean 4 51 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/04/2011 Cockenzie shore 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 54 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/08/2011 East Fortune ponds 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 56 Knot Calidris canutus 57 Ruff Calidris pugnax 58 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/10/2011 Aberlady 2 in from west 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 61 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 62 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 07/10/2011 Port Seton Dip feeding and swooping around, generally some distance offshore 63 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 12/05/2011 Port Seton 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 12/05/2011 Port Seton 65 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 18/03/2011 Seton Burn ad on shore at dusk 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 28/08/2011 Cockenzie ad W 67 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 68 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 19/10/2011 Cockenzie juv W 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 29/01/2011 Seton Sands 2 ad-win, one with right leg red darvic, 7P8? 71 Common Gull Larus canus 72 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 75 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 22/10/2011 Dunbar ad N mid-afternoon 76 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 11/09/2011 Port Seton dark-phase W 77 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 07/10/2011 Port Seton W past, c. 14:00hrs, direct comparison with much sleighter dark Arctic 78 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 05/06/2011 Seafield Strongly N 79 Puffin Fratercula arctica 14/05/2011 Craigleith and surroundings Vast numbers, a cloud of them behind Craigleith 80 Razorbill Alca torda 81 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 82 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 83 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 04/11/2011 Ferny Ness 84 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 85 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 13/09/2011 Cockenzie W 86 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 22/05/2011 Gullane Bay At least 57 heading into the Forth in an hour, some perhaps on Fife side but a few closer in. 87 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/02/2011 Bass Rock 170+ 88 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 89 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 90 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 92 Buzzard Buteo buteo 93 Barn Owl Tyto alba 22/01/2011 Garleton Hills 94 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 26/10/2011 Longniddry NE over 95 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 96 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14/01/2011 Seton shore 97 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 98 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 99 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/12/2011 Rattlebags f 100 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 27/02/2011 101 Jay Garrulus glandarius 102 Magpie Pica pica 103 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 104 Rook Corvus frugilegus 105 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 106 Raven Corvus corax 26/02/2011 107 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 23/01/2011 Gullane Bents 108 Coal Tit Periparus ater 109 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 110 Great Tit Parus major 111 Skylark Alauda arvensis 112 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/04/2011 Longniddry beach 7 west in 90 mins 113 Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2011 Longniddry Low west over house 114 House Martin Delichon urbicum 23/04/2011 Blindwells MTS 115 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 116 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 10/04/2011 Bankton 117 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 26/03/2011 Spittal 118 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/04/2011 Blindwells 119 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 19/04/2011 Blindwells 120 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 121 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/07/2011 Burdiehouse pr 122 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2011 Craigy Hill, Garleton Singing male 123 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2011 Blindwells Singing male, fresh arrival 124 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 125 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 126 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/10/2011 Gosford 2 or 3 127 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 128 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 129 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 130 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 131 Redwing Turdus iliacus 132 Blackbird Turdus merula 133 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 134 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 23/07/2011 Binning Wood 135 Robin Erithacus rubecula 136 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 31/08/2011 Blindwells 137 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15/10/2011 Ferny Ness 138 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 03/04/2011 Blindwells 3m,f 139 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 140 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 141 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 142 Dunnock Prunella modularis 143 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 144 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 145 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 146 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 20/04/2011 Blindwells Heard amongst 50+ Mipits 147 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 148 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 149 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 09/01/2011 Chester's Hill, 16 150 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 151 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 152 Linnet Linaria cannabina 153 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 14/01/2011 Butterdean Amongst 150+ redpolls 154 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 155 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 156 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 157 Siskin Spinus spinus 158 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 159 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus