Birdline Scotland Species List

Birdline Scotland aims to provide up to date information for all birdwatchers and features the best local sightings as well as rarities. It will not normally feature records of birds at sensitive sites or of rare breeding birds. Such species are designated as ABS in the following list, i.e. away from breeding sites only.

The following is a list of the sightings Birdline Scotland would be interested in hearing about.

All species considered by the BBRC, plus:

Red-throated Diver

coastal/passage counts plus all inland ABS

Black-throated Diver

coastal/passage counts plus all inland ABS

Great Northern Diver

coastal/passage counts plus all inland ABS

Red-necked Grebe

all

Slavonian Grebe

high counts in traditional areas, all elsewhere, ABS

Black-necked Grebe

breeding birds at RSPB Loch of Kinnordy plus all passage/winter records

Cory's Shearwater

all

Great Shearwater

all

Sooty Shearwater

all

Mediterranean Shearwater

all

Manx Shearwater

seawatching counts plus all inland

Storm Petrel

seawatching counts, all inland plus birds caught at tape-luring sessions

Leach's Petrel

all

Bittern

all

Little Egret

all

Purple Heron

all

White Stork

all

Spoonbill

all

Bewick's Swan

all

Whooper Swan

counts of 50+

Bean Goose

all

Eurasian White-fronted Goose

all

Greenland White-fronted Goose

birds in unusual places

Snow Goose

all except escapes or feral birds

Brent Goose

all

Ruddy Shelduck

all

Gadwall

high counts

Green-winged Teal

all

Pintail

high counts

Garganey

all

Shoveler

high counts

Mandarin

all

Red-crested Pochard

all

Ring-necked Duck

all

Ferruginous Duck

all

Scaup

counts of 50+, and all inland records

Common Scoter

all inland ABS

Black Scoter

all

Surf Scoter

all

Velvet Scoter

any in unusual areas, e.g. in Clyde area or Dumfries & Galloway, plus all inland records

Smew

all

Goosander

counts of 50+

Ruddy Duck

all

Honey Buzzard

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Red Kite

all wing-tagged birds away from known breeding and sites with tag details if possible (all information will be passed on quickly to the RSPB and will not necessarily be used on message)

White-tailed Eagle

all wing-tagged birds away from known breeding and sites with tag details if possible (all information will be passed on quickly to the RSPB and will not necessarily be used on message)

Marsh Harrier

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Montagu's Harrier

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Goshawk

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Rough-legged Buzzard

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Golden Eagle

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Osprey

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Hobby

migrants away from known or potential breeding sites only

Quail

all

Spotted Crake

all ABS

Corncrake

all ABS

Crane

all

Avocet

all

Stone-curlew

all

Little Ringed Plover

all ABS

Kentish Plover

all

Dotterel

all ABS

Knot

all inland

Sanderling

all inland

Little Stint

all

Temminck's Stint

all ABS

Pectoral Sandpiper

all

Curlew Sandpiper

all

Purple Sandpiper

all inland

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

all

Ruff

all ABS

Jack Snipe

locally significant counts

Black-tailed Godwit

all ABS

Bar-tailed Godwit

all inland

Whimbrel

all ABS

Spotted Redshank

all

Greenshank

all ABS

Green Sandpiper

all

Wood Sandpiper

all ABS

Common Sandpiper

all in winter

Turnstone

all inland

Red-necked Phalarope

all ABS

Grey Phalarope

all

Pomarine Skua

all

Arctic Skua

all in winter and inland, and seawatching counts

Long-tailed Skua

all

Great Skua

all in winter and inland, and seawatching counts

Mediterranean Gull

all

Little Gull

all

Sabine's Gull

all

Ring-billed Gull

all

Kumlien's Gull

all

Yellow-legged (Herring) Gull

all

Iceland Gull

all

Glaucous Gull

all

Sandwich Tern

all in winter and inland

Roseate Tern

all ABS

Common Tern

all in winter

Arctic Tern

all in winter and inland

Little Tern

all in winter and inland

Black Tern

all

Guillemot

all inland

Razorbill

all inland

Black Guillemot

all E coast, high counts in the SW

Little Auk

all

Puffin

all inland

Turtle Dove

all

Ring-necked Parakeet

all

Little Owl

all ABS

Nightjar

all ABS

Bee-eater

all

Hoopoe

all

Wryneck

all ABS

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

all

Short-toed Lark

all

Woodlark

all

Shore Lark

all

Richard's Pipit

all

Tawny Pipit

all

Water Pipit

all

Yellow Wagtail

passage birds and all continental races

Waxwing

all

Black-bellied Dipper

all

Nightingale

all

Bluethroat

all

Black Redstart

all

Siberian Stonechat

all

Cetti's Warbler

all

Savi's Warbler

all

Aquatic Warbler

all

Marsh Warbler

all

Reed Warbler

all

Icterine Warbler

all

Melodious Warbler

all

Dartford Warbler

all

Barred Warbler

all

Pallas's Warbler

all

Yellow-browed Warbler

all

Firecrest

all

Red-breasted Flycatcher

all

Bearded Tit

all ABS

Long-tailed Tit

all in northern and western isles

Marsh Tit

all ABS

Willow Tit

all ABS

Coal Tit

all in northern and western isles

Blue Tit

all in northern and western isles

Great Tit

all in northern and western isles

Nuthatch

all

Golden Oriole

all

Red-backed Shrike

all ABS

Great Grey Shrike

all

Woodchat Shrike

all

Chough

all ABS

Brambling

counts of 30-50+

Serin

all

Twite

counts of 30-50+

Scarlet Rosefinch

all ABS

Hawfinch

all

Lapland Bunting

all

Snow Bunting

locally high or significant counts

Cirl Bunting

all

Ortolan Bunting

all

Little Bunting

all

and also:
Early or late dates for migrants
Falls of common migrants on the coast
Seawatching counts
Seabirds inland, e.g. Gannet, Shag, Eider, Long-tailed Duck, auks etc
Any bird in unusual areas

and anything else you feel may be of interest.
e.g. records of unusual cetaceans and butterflies are regularly featured.