Bob McMillan: Scotland Year List 2020 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 379 of 379 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 0 0 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 0 0 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 1 9 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 1 9 9 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 10 Garganey Spatula querquedula 2 18 11 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 2 18 13 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 14 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 15 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 16 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 17 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 0 0 18 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 19 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 9 20 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 4 36 22 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 23 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 24 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 25 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 26 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 2 18 28 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 30 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 3 27 31 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 1 9 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 4 36 33 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 34 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 1 9 36 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 38 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 39 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 40 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 0 0 41 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 42 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 43 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 44 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 45 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 46 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 47 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 48 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 49 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 50 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 6 54 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 53 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 0 0 54 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 55 Corncrake Crex crex 1 9 56 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 3 27 58 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 59 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 60 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 61 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 62 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 63 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 64 Crane Grus grus 0 0 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 0 0 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 0 0 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 0 0 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 0 0 70 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 9 71 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 9 72 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 9 73 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 74 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 3 27 76 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 77 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 78 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 79 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 80 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 81 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 82 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 0 0 83 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 84 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 85 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 0 0 87 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 88 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 89 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 90 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 0 0 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 9 93 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 1 9 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 2 18 95 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 96 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 97 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 98 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 0 0 99 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 2 18 100 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 101 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 102 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 1 9 103 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 104 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 105 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 0 0 106 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 107 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 108 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0 0 109 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 110 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 111 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 112 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 114 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 115 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 116 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 0 0 117 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 118 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 119 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 0 0 120 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 121 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 1 9 123 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 124 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 125 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 126 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 127 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 128 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 129 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 130 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 131 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 132 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 0 0 133 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 134 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 1 9 135 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 136 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 137 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 1 9 138 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 3 27 139 Little Auk Alle alle 2 18 140 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 141 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 142 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 1 9 143 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 144 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 145 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 146 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 2 18 147 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 148 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 2 18 149 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 3 27 150 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 0 0 151 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 9 152 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 153 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 154 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 0 0 155 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 156 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 157 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 0 0 158 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 0 0 159 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 160 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 161 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 162 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 163 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 164 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 165 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 166 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 0 0 167 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 168 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 169 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 170 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 0 0 171 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 172 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 3 27 173 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 174 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 175 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 0 0 176 Black Kite Milvus migrans 0 0 177 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 0 0 178 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 179 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 180 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 181 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 182 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 183 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 3 27 184 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 185 Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 9 186 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 187 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 6 54 188 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 189 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 190 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 0 0 191 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 192 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 0 0 193 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 4 36 194 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 195 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 196 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 0 0 197 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 198 Hobby Falco subbuteo 2 18 199 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 200 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 201 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 202 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 203 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 204 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 205 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 206 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 1 9 207 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 208 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 1 9 209 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 210 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 211 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1 9 212 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 213 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 214 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 215 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 216 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 0 0 217 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 218 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 2 18 219 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 220 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 221 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 222 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 223 Woodlark Lullula arborea 0 0 224 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 225 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 1 9 226 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 227 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 228 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 229 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 230 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 231 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 0 0 232 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 233 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 0 0 234 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 235 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 236 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 237 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 0 0 238 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 0 0 239 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 240 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 241 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 1 9 242 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 243 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 244 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 245 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 246 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 247 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 0 0 248 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 2 18 249 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 1 9 250 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 251 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 252 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 253 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 254 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 255 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 256 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 257 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 258 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 259 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 0 0 260 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 261 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 262 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 263 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 1 9 264 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 265 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 266 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 267 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 268 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 269 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 270 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 271 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 272 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 273 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 274 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 275 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 276 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 277 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 278 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 279 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 280 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 281 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 282 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 283 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 1 9 284 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 285 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 3 27 286 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 287 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 288 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 289 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 290 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 291 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 292 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 293 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 1 9 294 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 1 9 295 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 296 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 297 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 298 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 299 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 300 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 18 301 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 302 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 3 27 303 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 5 45 304 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 305 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 306 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 307 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 308 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 309 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 310 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 311 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 312 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 313 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 314 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 315 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 316 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 3 27 317 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 0 0 318 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 319 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 320 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 321 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 1 9 322 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 323 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 324 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 325 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 2 18 326 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 327 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 3 27 328 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 329 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 330 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 3 27 331 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 0 0 332 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 1 9 333 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 2 18 334 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 335 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 336 Serin Serinus serinus 0 0 337 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 338 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 339 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 340 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 341 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 342 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 343 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 0 0 344 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 345 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 346 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 347 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 348 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 349 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 350 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 351 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 352 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 353 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 354 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 355 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 356 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 357 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 358 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 359 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 360 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 361 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 362 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 363 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 364 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 365 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 366 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 367 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 368 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 369 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 370 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 371 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 372 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 373 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 374 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 375 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 376 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 377 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 378 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 379 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0