North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory: North Ronaldsay Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 227 of 227 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 1 100.00 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 1 100.00 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 1 100.00 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 1 100.00 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 1 100.00 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 1 100.00 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1 100.00 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1 100.00 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1 100.00 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 1 100.00 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 1 100.00 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 1 100.00 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 1 100.00 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 1 100.00 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1 100.00 16 Pintail Anas acuta 1 100.00 17 Teal Anas crecca 1 100.00 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 1 100.00 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 1 100.00 20 Eider Somateria mollissima 1 100.00 21 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 1 100.00 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1 100.00 23 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 1 100.00 24 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 1 100.00 25 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 1 100.00 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 1 100.00 27 Goosander Mergus merganser 1 100.00 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 1 100.00 29 Quail Coturnix coturnix 1 100.00 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 1 100.00 31 Swift Apus apus 1 100.00 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 1 100.00 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 1 100.00 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 1 100.00 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 1 100.00 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1 100.00 37 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 1 100.00 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1 100.00 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 1 100.00 40 Corncrake Crex crex 1 100.00 41 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 1 100.00 42 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 1 100.00 43 Coot Fulica atra 1 100.00 44 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 1 100.00 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 1 100.00 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 1 100.00 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 100.00 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1 100.00 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 1 100.00 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 100.00 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1 100.00 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1 100.00 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 100.00 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 1 100.00 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 1 100.00 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1 100.00 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1 100.00 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1 100.00 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1 100.00 60 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1 100.00 61 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 100.00 62 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 100.00 63 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1 100.00 64 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1 100.00 65 Redshank Tringa totanus 1 100.00 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1 100.00 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1 100.00 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1 100.00 69 Knot Calidris canutus 1 100.00 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 1 100.00 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1 100.00 72 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 1 100.00 73 Sanderling Calidris alba 1 100.00 74 Dunlin Calidris alpina 1 100.00 75 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1 100.00 76 Little Stint Calidris minuta 1 100.00 77 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1 100.00 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1 100.00 79 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 1 100.00 80 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1 100.00 81 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 1 100.00 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 1 100.00 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 1 100.00 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1 100.00 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 1 100.00 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 1 100.00 87 Common Gull Larus canus 1 100.00 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1 100.00 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1 100.00 90 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1 100.00 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 1 100.00 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 1 100.00 93 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 1 100.00 94 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 1 100.00 95 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1 100.00 96 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 1 100.00 97 Puffin Fratercula arctica 1 100.00 98 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 1 100.00 99 Razorbill Alca torda 1 100.00 100 Little Auk Alle alle 1 100.00 101 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 1 100.00 102 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 1 100.00 103 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 1 100.00 104 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 1 100.00 105 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 1 100.00 106 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1 100.00 107 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 1 100.00 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 1 100.00 109 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 1 100.00 110 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 1 100.00 111 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1 100.00 112 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1 100.00 113 Gannet Morus bassanus 1 100.00 114 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 100.00 115 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 1 100.00 116 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 100.00 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1 100.00 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 100.00 119 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1 100.00 120 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 1 100.00 121 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 1 100.00 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 1 100.00 123 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 1 100.00 124 Buzzard Buteo buteo 1 100.00 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 1 100.00 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 1 100.00 127 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 1 100.00 128 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 1 100.00 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1 100.00 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 1 100.00 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 100.00 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 1 100.00 133 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1 100.00 134 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 1 100.00 135 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1 100.00 136 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 1 100.00 137 Rook Corvus frugilegus 1 100.00 138 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 1 100.00 139 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 1 100.00 140 Raven Corvus corax 1 100.00 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 1 100.00 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 1 100.00 143 Woodlark Lullula arborea 1 100.00 144 Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 100.00 145 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 1 100.00 146 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 1 100.00 147 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 1 100.00 148 Swallow Hirundo rustica 1 100.00 149 House Martin Delichon urbicum 1 100.00 150 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 100.00 151 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 1 100.00 152 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 1 100.00 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1 100.00 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 1 100.00 155 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 1 100.00 156 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 1 100.00 157 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 1 100.00 158 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 1 100.00 159 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 1 100.00 160 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1 100.00 161 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 1 100.00 162 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata 1 100.00 163 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 1 100.00 164 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 1 100.00 165 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata 1 100.00 166 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1 100.00 167 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 1 100.00 168 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 1 100.00 169 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 100.00 170 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 1 100.00 171 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 1 100.00 172 Whitethroat Curruca communis 1 100.00 173 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1 100.00 174 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 1 100.00 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1 100.00 176 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 1 100.00 177 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 1 100.00 178 Redwing Turdus iliacus 1 100.00 179 Blackbird Turdus merula 1 100.00 180 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 1 100.00 181 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 1 100.00 182 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1 100.00 183 Robin Erithacus rubecula 1 100.00 184 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1 100.00 185 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1 100.00 186 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 1 100.00 187 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 1 100.00 188 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 1 100.00 189 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 1 100.00 190 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 100.00 191 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1 100.00 192 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri 1 100.00 193 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 1 100.00 194 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 1 100.00 195 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 1 100.00 196 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 1 100.00 197 Dunnock Prunella modularis 1 100.00 198 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 100.00 199 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 1 100.00 200 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 1 100.00 201 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 1 100.00 202 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 1 100.00 203 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 1 100.00 204 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 100.00 205 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 1 100.00 206 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 1 100.00 207 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 1 100.00 208 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 1 100.00 209 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 100.00 210 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 1 100.00 211 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 1 100.00 212 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 1 100.00 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 1 100.00 214 Twite Linaria flavirostris 1 100.00 215 Linnet Linaria cannabina 1 100.00 216 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 100.00 217 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 1 100.00 218 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 1 100.00 219 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 1 100.00 220 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 1 100.00 221 Siskin Spinus spinus 1 100.00 222 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 1 100.00 223 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 1 100.00 224 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 1 100.00 225 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 1 100.00 226 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 1 100.00 227 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 1 100.00