Lesser Scaup, Blyth’s Reed Warbler and Citrine Wagtail were added to the SBRC list, being no longer assessed by BBRC.

Aquatic Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Red-throated Pipit and Rustic Bunting were removed from the SBRC list, being now assessed by BBRC.

White-billed Diver remains on the SBRC list, but with local assessment in Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.

Olive-backed Pipit remains on the SBRC list, but with local assessment in Shetland, Fair Isle and Orkney.

All these changes are from 1 January 2015.

  • EGYPTIAN GOOSE
  • FERRUGINOUS DUCK
  • LESSER SCAUP
  • WHITE-BILLED DIVER§
  • CORY’S SHEARWATER
  • GREAT SHEARWATER††
  • WILSON’S PETREL
  • NIGHT-HERON
  • CATTLE EGRET
  • PURPLE HERON
  • GLOSSY IBIS
  • BLACK KITE
  • MONTAGU’S HARRIER
  • 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
  • BLYTH’S REED WARBLER
  • MARSH WARBLER†
  • NIGHTINGALE (megarhynchos)†*
  • CITRINE WAGTAIL
  • OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT†
  • SERIN
  • (COUES’S) ARCTIC REDPOLL (exilipes)†*
  • SCOTTISH CROSSBILL**
  • PARROT CROSSBILL**
  • CIRL BUNTING
  • ORTOLAN 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).

§ Records of this species may be assessed locally in Shetland and 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).

** Considered by SBRC if outside core range (see Identification of Scottish and Parrot Crossbills).