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).
