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2023
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| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
|
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/23
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
ZB/AAM/JM
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
20
|
Maidens
|
19 hrota,
1 bernicla
|
ZB
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ladykirk
Burn, Sandyford
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/23
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
NCN7
Prestwick Airport
|
|
NM
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
12
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Eider
|
439
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/23
|
Waxwing
|
16
|
Prestwick
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Ayr
Gorge
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/23
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Commmon
Scoter
|
50+
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Knot
|
11
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/23
|
Waxwing
|
14
|
Prestwick
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
50+
|
Prestwick
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot-Craig
Tara
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Doonfoot-Craig
Tara
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Doonfoot-Craig
Tara
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach dunes
|
Male
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
253
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Tit
|
23
|
Fullarton
Woods
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/23
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
7
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
f/1st-w
|
AR
|
|
|
White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Hunterston,
Gulls Walk
|
Adult
|
AR
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Chapeldonan
|
Male
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Dipple
|
Imm
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
28
|
Dipple
|
|
HH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
11
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
11
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
262
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
36
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
6
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
2
ff
|
MMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/23
|
Pintail
|
5
|
Southannan
Sands
|
1
m/4 ff
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
9
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
450
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
2nd-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
297
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
23
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/23
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
11
|
Skeldon
Mill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
6
|
Dalrymple
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
16
|
Broomhill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Moorhen
|
31
|
Belston
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Jackdaw
|
2300
|
Auchinleck
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/23
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DG
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
20
|
Dunure
|
|
PH
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
12
|
Ayr
|
|
CCM
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
42
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
261
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
32
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
87
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
31
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
55
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
19
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Fairlie
Moor
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Fairlie
Moor
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Blackkcap
|
1
|
Beith
|
Male
|
MMcH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/23
|
Waxwing
|
2
|
Prestwick
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bullfinch
|
11
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
16
|
Maidens
|
15 hrota,
1 bernicla
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
17
|
Curragh
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barony
old pumping station, Lugar Water
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
35
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
80
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Female
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
62
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
Pond
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
Pond
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/11/23
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
lagoon
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
100
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Knot
|
45
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
95
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
94
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
12
|
Bogside
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
11
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
97
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
KR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/11/23
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
7
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
28
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
2
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
Male
|
HF
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
85
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
29
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/23
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
3
|
Barassie
|
3
ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
13
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
35
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
21
|
Croy
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/23
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
353
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
8
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Riccarton
Moss
|
|
A247
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
5
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Pintail
|
4
|
Southannan
Sands
|
1
m/3 ff
|
ZB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
8
|
Prestwick,
Shaws Road
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
Twite
|
5
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
13
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/23
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
Male
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
19
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
4
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Grebe
|
39
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Grey
Heron
|
46
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
372
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
43
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/23
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
190
|
Stevenston
beach
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
13
|
Stevenstson
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenstson
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/23
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
JB
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
JB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/23
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
40
|
Ayr,
Mill Brae car park
|
|
AMcC
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
24
|
Ayr,
John Street
|
|
AMcC
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
30
|
Prestwick,
East Road
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
12
|
Ardrossan,
Dalry Road
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
f/1st-w
|
AR
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
17
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
16
|
Irvine
harbour
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
12
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
12
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
417
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
354
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Curlew
|
142
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Hunterston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BDK/BZ/AB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Fairlie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Fail
|
Adult
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
75
|
Kilmarnock,
Queen's Drive
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
20
|
Ayr,
Castlehill Road
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
14
|
Maidens
|
13 hrota,
1 bernicla
|
RHH
|
|
|
Twite
|
6
|
Saltcoats,
A
|
|
A
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
167
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
100
|
Kilmarnock,
Queen's Drive
|
|
SN
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
12
|
Stevenston,
Dubbs Road
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
Yacht Haven
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Fail
|
2nd-w
|
DC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
200
|
Ayr,
Mill Brae car park
|
|
JT
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
14
|
Prestwick,
Adamton Rd
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
13
|
Irvine,
Rivergate centre
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
12
|
Ayr
cemetery
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
10
|
Troon,
Craigend Road
|
|
DG
|
|
|
White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Dundonald
Woods
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
MM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
400+
|
Ayr,
Mill Brae car park
|
|
GM
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
70+
|
Prestwick,
East Road
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
25
|
Prestwick
GC
|
|
SM
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
10
|
Troon
cemetery
|
|
JG
|
|
|
Little
Stint
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
JJ/MMcG
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
210
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
22
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/23
|
Green-winged
Teal
|
1
|
Fail
|
Male
|
BDK/PW
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
100
|
Ayr,
John Street
|
|
JMcG
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
70+
|
Ayr,
Mill Brae car park
|
|
McC/DC
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
8
|
Prestwick,
East Road
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
6
|
Hunterston
|
|
SK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Twite
|
12
|
Doonfoot
lagoon
|
|
DC
|
|
|
White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
17
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
3
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
14
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-br
Merganser
|
26
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
147
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Teal
|
276
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Commmon
Gull
|
567
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/23
|
Green-winged
Teal
|
1
|
Fail
|
Male
|
DC/DGr
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
150
|
Prestwick,
East Road
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
19
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
100+
|
Prestwick,
Outdale Ave
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
A
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
100+
|
Prestwick,
Outdale Ave
|
|
DG
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
15
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
70+
|
Saltcoats,
High Road
|
|
DGr/PW
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
30
|
Irvine,
Kilwinning Road
|
|
RD/JJ
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Male
|
RL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Enterkine,
River Ayr
|
|
GM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
34
|
Saltcoats,
High Road
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
12
|
Irvine,
Rivergate centre
|
|
WH
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Irvine,
Fullarton Sreet
|
|
CDC
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Blackneuk
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Woodlands
Bay
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Ardmillan
|
Female
|
BB
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
40
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DO
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
40+
|
Srevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Crested Grebe
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
258
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
20
|
Saltcoats,
High Road
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Yellow-legged
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
3
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Snipe
|
53
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
16
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
3
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
2
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
JG
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
122
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
14
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota (9
juvs)
|
RHH
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
5
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
54
|
North
Mains
|
inc
14 juvs
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
400
|
North
Mains
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
6
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon,
Dundonald Road
|
|
MF
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Male
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Knot
|
15
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/23
|
Little
Egret
|
5
|
Troon
harbourI
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
4
|
Croy
|
|
CDCA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/23
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
1
|
Knoweside
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
80
|
Knoweside
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
6
|
Irvine,
Riverside Hotel
|
|
JM
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
2
|
Prestwick,
East Road
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
7
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
7
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
22
|
Irvine,
Riverside Hotel
|
|
SW
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
5
|
Prestwick,
Indale Avenue
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
190
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
29
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Irvine,
Kilwinning Rd
|
|
DE/JJ/BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
23
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
4
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
283
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
1
m/1 f
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
DL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
DL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/23
|
Waxwing
|
5
|
Irvine,
Kilwinning Rd
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Crosbie
Churchyard, Troon
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
17
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
6
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Male
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Gooose
|
900
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
8
|
Bogside
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Bogside
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Bogside
|
1
m/2 ff
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
2nd-w
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
22
|
Barassie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK/DE
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
Ad
|
BDK/DE
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
15
|
Ayr
|
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/23
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Ballantrae
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Saltcoats
|
private
garden
|
SM
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
9
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Gooose
|
160
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/23
|
Fieldfare
|
150+
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
70+
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
RL
|
|
|
Yellowhammer
|
10
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
RL
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
RL
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
122
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
RL
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Fail
|
Ad
+ 2nd-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/23
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Dundonald
Woods
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
in
off the sea
|
RK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Largs
|
Male
in garden
|
RH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Gannet
|
11
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/23
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
12
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
8+
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
6
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
38
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
JG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/23
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
9
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
110
|
Hallowshean
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
80
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
12
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Teal
|
150+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Barassie
|
dark-bellied bernicla
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
37
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Ad
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SB/DC/RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC/RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL/DC
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
56
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
126
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/23
|
Great
Egret
|
1
|
Saltcoats
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
DL
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DL
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DL
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Barassie
|
dark-bellied bernicla
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
23
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
269
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
25
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
90
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
12
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/10/23
|
!
Turtle
Dove
|
1
|
Barmill
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Barmill
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
Female
+ juv
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
420
|
Pow
Burn
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Saltcoats
|
|
DL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/23
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
17
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
137
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
ABarassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/23
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Male
at lagoon
|
SB
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
in
off the sea
|
DE
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
2
|
Maidens
|
Flew
north
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
3
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Gannet
|
90+
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
220
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
18
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/23
|
!
Turtle
Dove
|
1
|
Barmill
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
3
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
7
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
6
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Reed
Bunting
|
13
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/10/23
|
!
Turtle
Dove
|
1
|
Barmill
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Male
|
DE
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
juv
at mouth
|
DE
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
Male
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
120+
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Teal
|
43
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
60+
|
Garnock
East
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
30+
|
Garnock
East
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Ardeer
ICI pools
|
m
+ f
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
18
|
Ardeer
ICI pools
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Barassie
|
dark-bellied bernicla
|
BDK/PW
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK/PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
18
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
5
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/23
|
!
Turtle
Dove
|
1
|
Barmill
|
|
DO/DE
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Prestwick
GC
|
|
MY
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
16
|
Maidens
|
| |
