SBRC List 2010
American Golden Plover and Ring-billed Gull were removed from the SBRC List on 1st January 2010. In addition, records of Great Shearwater for the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) may now be assessed locally, although it remains on the SBRC List for all other areas.
- FERRUGINOUS DUCK
- WHITE-BILLED DIVER
- CORY'S SHEARWATER
- GREAT SHEARWATER††
- WILSON'S PETREL
- NIGHT-HERON
- CATTLE EGRET
- GREAT WHITE EGRET
- PURPLE HERON
- BLACK KITE
- MONTAGU'S HARRIER
- ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD
- RED-FOOTED FALCON
- STONE-CURLEW
- KENTISH PLOVER
- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
- YELLOW-LEGGED GULL
- CASPIAN GULL
- WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN
- ALPINE SWIFT
- LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
- WOODCHAT SHRIKE
- SHORT-TOED LARK†
- WOODLARK
- RED-RUMPED SWALLOW
- CETTI'S WARBLER
- GREENISH WARBLER†
- RADDE'S WARBLER
- DUSKY WARBLER†
- DARTFORD WARBLER
- SUBALPINE WARBLER (cantillans)†*
- MELODIOUS WARBLER
- AQUATIC WARBLER
- MARSH WARBLER†
- NIGHTINGALE (megarhynchos)†*
- TAWNY PIPIT
- RED-THROATED PIPIT†
- WATER PIPIT
- SERIN
- (COUES'S) ARCTIC REDPOLL (exilipes)†*
- PARROT CROSSBILL
- CIRL BUNTING
- ORTOLAN BUNTING†
- RUSTIC BUNTING†
- LITTLE BUNTING†
- † Records of these species may be assessed locally in Shetland, Fair Isle and Orkney.
- †† Records of this species may be assessed locally in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles).
- * Only this subspecies (or birds not identified to any particular subspecies) is considered by SBRC or local committees. Other subspecies are assessed by British Birds Records Committee (BBRC).
Descriptions of all the above species should be submitted to SBRC unless indicated otherwise. Local Bird Reports will only include records if they have been accepted by either SBRC or a local records committee. Assessment of a record can only be carried out by a committee if a full written description is provided by the observer. Forms for this purpose are available online or from the local recorder. These should be submitted by the observer to the Local Recorder in the first instance.
Descriptions of all the above species should be submitted to SBRC unless indicated otherwise. Assessment of a record can only be carried out by a committee if a full written description is provided by the observer, along with photographic evidence if available. Click here to download a form for this purpose. Descriptions should be submitted by the observer to the Local Recorder in the first instance, who will pass them on to SBRC.
Local assessment species
The following species have been delegated from SBRC to local assessment. Where no local committee exists, or no clear decision can be reached at a local level, SBRC will be happy to consider these records.
- American Wigeon
- Green-winged Teal
- Ring-necked Duck
- Surf Scoter (female only)
- Balearic Shearwater
- Little Egret
- White Stork
- Honey-buzzard
- Hobby
- Crane
- Little Ringed Plover
- American Golden Plover
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sabine's Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Bee-eater
- Firecrest
- Pallas's Warbler
- Barred Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Rose-coloured Starling
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Richard's Pipit
- Common Rosefinch
Pre-1950 records
All 'new' pre-1950 records of species appearing on the BBRC List require to be accepted by SBRC.
Subspecies recorded in Scotland on 20 or fewer occasions
All records of subspecies recorded in Scotland on twenty or fewer occasions should be examined by either BBRC or SBRC.
| Snow Goose | (Greater) | Anser caerulescens atlanticus |
| Brent Goose | (Black) | Branta bernicla nigricans* |
| Cormorant | (Continental) | Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis |
| Eider | (Northern) | Somateria mollissima borealis* |
| Red-necked Grebe | (American) | Podiceps grisegena holboellii |
| Black-tailed Godwit | (Continental) | Limosa limosa limosa |
| Whimbrel | (Hudsonian) | Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus* |
| Little Auk | (Franz Josef Land) | Alle alle polaris |
| Barn Owl | (Dark-breasted) | Tyto alba guttata* |
| Subalpine Warbler | (Eastern) | Sylvia cantillans albistriata* |
| Nightingale | (Eastern) | Luscinia megarhynchos golzii* |
| Yellow Wagtail | (Black-headed) | Motacilla flava feldegg* |
| Yellow Wagtail | (Eastern Blue-headed) | Motacilla flava simillima* |
| Yellowhammer | (Continental) | Emberiza citrinella citrinella |
* Records of these subspecies are examined by BBRC. Records of all others should be submitted to SBRC.
New taxa for the Scottish List
All potential new taxa for the Scottish List require to be accepted by either BBRC (and BOURC if new for Britain) or SBRC. The Secretary of SBRC can advise Local Recorders/observers of the correct procedure for each particular taxon involved.