North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory: North Ronaldsay Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 354 of 354 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 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 0 0 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 0 0 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 0 0 10 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 0 0 12 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 13 American Wigeon Mareca americana 0 0 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 15 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 16 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 17 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 0 0 19 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 0 0 21 Scaup Aythya marila 0 0 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 0 0 23 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 26 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 27 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 28 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 29 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 0 0 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 0 0 34 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 0 0 35 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 0 0 36 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 37 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 38 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 39 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 40 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 0 0 41 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 0 0 42 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 43 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 44 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 45 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 0 0 46 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 47 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 48 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 49 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 50 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 51 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 52 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 53 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 54 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 55 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 56 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 57 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 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 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 0 0 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 0 0 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 0 0 69 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 0 0 70 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 0 0 71 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 0 0 72 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 0 0 73 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 74 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 0 0 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 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 83 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 0 0 84 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 85 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 86 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 87 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 0 0 88 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 89 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 90 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 91 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 92 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 93 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 94 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 95 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 96 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 97 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 0 0 98 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 99 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 100 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 101 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 102 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 103 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 0 0 104 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 105 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 0 0 106 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 107 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0 0 108 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 109 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 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 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 123 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 124 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 125 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 126 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 0 0 128 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 129 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 0 0 130 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 131 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 132 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 133 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 0 0 134 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 135 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 0 0 136 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 137 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 138 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 139 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 140 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 141 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 142 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 143 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 144 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 145 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 0 0 146 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 147 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 148 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 0 0 149 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 150 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 151 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 0 0 152 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 0 0 153 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 154 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 155 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 156 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 157 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 158 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 0 0 159 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 160 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 161 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 0 0 162 Great White Egret Ardea alba 0 0 163 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 164 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 165 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 166 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 0 0 167 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 168 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 169 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 170 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 0 0 171 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 172 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 0 0 173 Black Kite Milvus migrans 0 0 174 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 0 0 175 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 176 Barn Owl Tyto alba 0 0 177 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 178 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 179 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 180 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 181 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 182 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 0 0 183 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 184 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 185 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 0 0 186 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 187 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 188 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 0 0 189 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 0 0 190 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 191 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 192 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 193 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 0 0 194 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 195 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 196 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 197 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 198 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 199 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 200 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 201 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 202 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 203 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 204 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 205 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 206 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 207 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 208 Jay Garrulus glandarius 0 0 209 Magpie Pica pica 0 0 210 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 211 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 0 0 212 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 213 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 214 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 215 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 216 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 0 0 217 Great Tit Parus major 0 0 218 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 219 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 220 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 221 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 222 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 223 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 224 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 225 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 226 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 0 0 227 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 228 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 0 0 229 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 0 0 230 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 231 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 232 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 233 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 0 0 234 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 0 0 235 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 236 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 237 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 238 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 239 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 240 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 241 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 242 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 243 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 244 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 245 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 246 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 247 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 248 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 249 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 250 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 251 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 252 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 253 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 254 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 255 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 256 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 257 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 258 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 259 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 260 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 261 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 262 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 263 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 0 0 264 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 265 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 266 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 0 0 267 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 268 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 269 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 270 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 271 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 272 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 273 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 274 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 275 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 276 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 277 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 278 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 279 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 280 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 281 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 282 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 0 0 283 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 284 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 285 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 286 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 287 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 288 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 289 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 290 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 291 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 292 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 293 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 294 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 295 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 0 0 296 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 297 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 298 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 299 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 300 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 301 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 302 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 303 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 304 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 0 0 305 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 306 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 307 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 308 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 0 0 309 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 0 0 310 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 311 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 312 Serin Serinus serinus 0 0 313 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 0 0 314 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 315 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 316 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 317 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 318 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 319 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 320 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 321 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 322 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 323 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 324 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 325 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 326 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 327 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 328 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 329 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 330 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 331 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 332 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 333 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 334 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 335 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 336 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 337 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 338 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 339 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 340 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 341 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 342 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 343 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 344 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 345 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 346 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 347 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 348 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 349 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 350 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 351 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 352 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 353 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 354 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0