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2015 Rarity/Scarcity highlights: Glossy Ibis, Blue-headed Wagtail, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Leach's Petrel, Balearic Shearwater, Lesser Scaup, Wryneck, Bean Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull. |
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Date |
Species |
Count |
Location |
Details |
Obs |
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December |
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29/12/15 |
Slavonian Grebe |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
. |
BirdGuides |
|
|
Brent Goose |
9 |
Maidens |
. |
AB |
|
|
Greenshank |
5 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
. |
IH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/15 |
Slavonian Grebe |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
. |
DGr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/15 |
Black Redstart |
1 |
Ayr harbour |
South wall |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/15 |
Gannet |
1 |
Maidens |
adult |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
9 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
7 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
2 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/15 |
Gannet |
1 |
Maidens |
adult |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
9 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/15 |
Greenshank |
4 |
Doonfoot |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
8 |
Blairbowie |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/15 |
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Doonfoot |
1st-winter |
SB |
|
|
Common Scoter |
2 |
Doonfoot |
. |
SB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/15 |
Brent Goose |
10 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Goldeneye |
16 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Gannet |
1 |
Maidens |
juvenile |
RHH |
|
|
Gannet |
1 |
Troon |
juvenile |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/15 |
Pink-footed Goose |
450 |
Loans |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/15 |
Brambling |
2 |
Maidens |
Maize field at north end |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
9 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/15 |
Black Redstart |
1 |
Ayr harbour |
Road end of south pier |
RGV |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
3 |
Girvan Mains-Dipple |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
15 |
Girvan Mains-Dipple |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
15 |
Girvan Mains-Dipple |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Twite |
250 |
Chapeldonan |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/15 |
Great Northern Diver |
8 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
9 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
10 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Blackcap |
1 |
Troon |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
. |
DGr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
. |
AB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
. |
SC |
|
|
Little Auk |
1 |
Maidens |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
. |
SC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
. |
BirdGuides |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
. |
JC |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
7 |
Loans |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
300 |
Loans |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
1 |
Loans |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
14 |
Blairbowie |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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November |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
. |
BDK/DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
. |
RW |
|
|
Short-eared Owl |
1 |
Bogside |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/15 |
Black Redstart |
1 |
Ayr harbour |
1st-w on rocks beside pier |
BirdGuides |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
Offshore |
GMcA |
|
|
Knot |
8 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/15 |
Black Redstart |
1 |
Ayr harbour |
. |
DGr |
|
|
Short-eared Owl |
1 |
Powburn |
. |
BirdGuides |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
19 |
Blairbowie |
. |
TC |
|
|
Brent Goose |
9 |
Maidens |
. |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/15 |
Short-eared Owl |
2 |
Cronberry |
Along old railway cutting |
SW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/15 |
Leach's Petrel |
1 |
Newton shore |
. |
JT |
|
|
Brambling |
2 |
Kilwinning |
. |
GMacD |
|
|
Golden Plover |
250+ |
Newton shore |
. |
JT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/15 |
Sanderling |
12 |
Barassie |
. |
AS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/15 |
Whooper Swan |
11 |
Masonhill, Ayr |
Flying over |
GS/TS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/15 |
White-fronted Goose |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
. |
JT |
|
|
Twite |
8 |
Noddsdale, Largs |
. |
RvdS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Saltcoats harbour |
. |
BirdGuides |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/15 |
Grey Phalarope |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flying south 15:52h |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/15 |
Whooper Swan |
22 |
Fail Loch, Tarbolton |
Flying south |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/15 |
Willow Warbler |
1 |
Garnock Floods |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/15 |
Whooper Swan |
33 |
Troon |
Flying south |
JA |
|
|
Willow Warbler |
1 |
Garnock Floods |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/15 |
Short-eared Owl |
1 |
Prestwick GC |
. |
DCR |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
24 |
Troon |
Flying south |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/15 |
White-fronted Goose |
1 |
Doonfoot |
Flying south |
RHH |
|
|
Pintail |
3 |
Doonfoot |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Doonfoot |
2nd-w |
SB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/15 |
Greenshank |
11 |
Hunterston |
Flying south |
GMcD |
|
|
Goldeneye |
17 |
Bogton Loch |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC 08:46 |
DJ |
|
|
Migrant Hawker |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC |
FSS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands Bowling Club |
DJ |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
5 |
Turnberry Bay |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
14 |
Turnberry Bay |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Merlin |
1 |
Maidens |
Flying south over sea |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
4 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC/PS area |
DJ |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
3 |
Maidens |
Offshore |
RHH |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
23 |
Maidens |
Flying south |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC/PS area |
DJ |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
8 |
Kirkland Farm |
Wth 400 Greylags |
SMcM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC/PS area |
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC/PS area |
DJ |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
1 |
Blairbowie |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC/PS area |
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/10/15 |
Glossy Ibis |
1 |
Kilwinning |
Blacklands BC/PS area |
DJ |
|
|
Brent Goose |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/10/15 |
Common Scoter |
2 |
Irvine |
Flying north |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/10/15 |
Fieldfare |
152 |
Irvine |
Flying north |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/10/15 |
Whooper Swan |
2 |
Capringstone |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
3 |
Capringstone |
. |
GMcA/DMcB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/10/15 |
Redwing |
120 |
Martnaham Loch |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
24 |
Tarbolton |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
3 |
Doonfoot |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/10/15 |
Red-throated Diver |
6 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside/Irvine harbour |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/10/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Troon south beach |
Adult flew north |
BDK |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
2nd-winter |
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Redwing |
150 |
Kirkoswald |
. |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
3 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Loans |
Adult + 1st-w |
BDK |
|
|
Willow Warbler |
1 |
Troon |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/10/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
3 |
Troon harbour |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Brent Goose |
1 |
Barassie |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
BDK |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
22 |
Loans |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
3 |
Capringstone |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
3 |
Capringstone |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/10/15 |
Merlin |
1 |
Dundonald |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
2 |
Irvine harbour |
M + F |
GMcA |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
15 |
Upper Garnock Estuary |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
Redwing |
100 |
ICI magazines, Irvine |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/10/15 |
Knot |
70 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Brent Goose |
1 |
Barassie |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
16 |
Loans |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/10/15 |
Pink-footed Goose |
13 |
Loans |
. |
BDK |
|
|
White-fronted Goose |
2 |
Loans |
Greenland race (flavirostris) |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/10/15 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Eglinton Loch |
. |
GMcA |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
. |
DG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/10/15 |
Whooper Swan |
7 |
Dalmaca |
. |
MH |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
21 |
Ochiltree |
Flying west |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/10/15 |
White-fronted Goose |
7 |
Ochiltree |
Flying south |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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September |
|
|
|
|
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30/09/15 |
Redwing |
3 |
Ayr |
. |
DG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/09/15 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
CM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/09/15 |
Knot |
13 |
Troon harbour |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Merlin |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Juvenile |
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/09/15 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
AF |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
AF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/09/15 |
Pintail |
2 |
Doonfoot |
Two males |
RGV |
|
|
Greenshank |
5 |
Doonfoot |
. |
RGV |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
RGV |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/09/15 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
Two males |
IH |
|
|
Greenshank |
11 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
. |
IH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Martnaham Loch |
. |
JT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/09/15 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
AS |
|
|
Shoveler |
1 |
Ardeer recreation pond |
. |
IH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/09/15 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
JMcP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/09/15 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Doonfoot |
. |
JMcP/VR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/09/15 |
Yellow Wagtail |
1 |
Dundonald Camp |
1st-winter |
GMcA |
|
|
Siskin |
100 |
Stevenston Point |
c100 flew south |
PMcE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/09/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
12 |
Meikle Craigs |
. |
RGV |
|
|
Sanderling |
2 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RGV |
|
|
Greenshank |
3 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
RGV |
|
|
Knot |
30 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
AS |
|
|
Red-breasted Merganser |
50 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
AS |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
AS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/09/15 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
. |
IH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/09/15 |
Swift |
2 |
Stevenston |
. |
PMcE |
|
|
Knot |
24 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/09/15 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
. |
IH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/09/15 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/08/15 |
Sandwich Tern |
90 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Knot |
8 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Turnstone |
30 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Ringed Plover |
200 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Greenshank |
11 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Snipe |
21 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Dunlin |
150 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/08/15 |
Sanderling |
45 |
Stevenston Point |
|
SMcM |
|
|
Little Stint |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Sanderling |
4 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Ringed Plover |
100 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Ruff |
4 |
Loans |
|
BDK |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
119 |
Barassie |
|
DMcB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/08/15 |
Goosander |
64 |
Doonfoot |
|
TS/GS |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
TS/GS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/08/15 |
Knot |
4 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
7 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/08/15 |
Osprey |
2 |
Loch Doon |
Two fledged juvs from nest |
RHH |
|
|
Red Kite |
1 |
Dalmellington |
|
LF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/08/15 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Barassie |
One flew north |
BDK |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Barassie |
. |
BDK |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
19 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Greenshank |
14 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
6 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Snipe |
24 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Lapwing |
196 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Goosander |
36 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Redshank |
83 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Little Grebe |
5 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Dunlin |
21 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Wigeon |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
IH |
|
|
Tufted Duck |
b/7 |
Garnock East ponds |
Female with brood of 7 |
IH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/08/15 |
Whimbrel |
1 |
Bennane Head |
|
KB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/08/15 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
57 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Dipple-Balkenna |
|
RHH |
|
|
Ringed Plover |
170 |
Dipple-Balkenna |
|
RHH |
|
|
Dunlin |
80 |
Dipple-Balkenna |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/08/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
20 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Barassie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Barassie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Barassie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/08/15 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Dundonald Camp |
|
BDK |
|
|
Mandarin Duck |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/08/15 |
Bee-eater |
1 |
Ardeer dunes |
|
TB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/08/15 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Grey Plover |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Goosander |
90 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
6 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/08/15 |
Black Redstart |
1 |
Collennan |
Juvenile |
BDK |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Gailes Marsh |
|
JW |
|
|
Goosander |
76 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
2500+ |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/08/15 |
Mandarin Duck |
1 |
Capringstone |
Eclipse m - unknown origin |
BDK |
|
|
Ruff |
4 |
Capringstone |
|
BDK |
|
|
Green Sandpiper |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
BDK |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Capringstone |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/08/15 |
Mandarin Duck |
1 |
Capringstone |
Eclipse m - unknown origin |
GMcA |
|
|
Knot |
4 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Goosander |
71 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/08/15 |
Ruff |
3 |
Capringstone |
|
DMcB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/08/15 |
Ruff |
2 |
Capringstone |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/08/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
32 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Sanderling |
45 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
6 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/08/15 |
Goosander |
7 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
8 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/08/15 |
Cuckoo |
1 |
Glen App |
|
RHH |
|
|
Crossbill |
5 |
Glen App |
|
RHH |
|
|
Goosander |
54 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
7 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-breasted Merganser |
29 |
Dipple |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/07/15 |
Greenshank |
1 |
Collennan Reservoir |
|
BDK |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Collennan Reservoir |
|
BDK |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Loans |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/07/15 |
Manx Shearwater |
500 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/07/15 |
Whimbrel |
500 |
Troon |
South Beach |
RHH |
|
|
Goosander |
54 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
6 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Dunlin |
63 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/07/15 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/07/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
24 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JT |
|
|
Little Tern |
5 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JT |
|
|
Sanderling |
98 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JT |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
2 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JT |
|
|
Knot |
2 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JT |
|
|
Knot |
4 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
2 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
Flew south |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/07/15 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Maidens |
Flew south 10:35 |
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
1400 |
Maidens |
Flew south 10:00-11:00 |
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
3 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/07/15 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north 07:30-10:00 |
GMcA |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north 07:30-10:00 |
GMcA |
|
|
Puffin |
3 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north 07:30-10:00 |
GMcA |
|
|
Fulmar |
2 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north 07:30-10:00 |
GMcA |
|
|
Goosander |
54 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
6 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
8 |
Barassie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
320 |
Maidens |
Flew south 09:00-10:00 |
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
6 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Sanderling |
9 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/07/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
21 |
Meikle Craigs |
6 ads, 9 x 1st-s, 6 x 2nd-s |
GMcA |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
20 |
Meikle Craigs |
Inc 4 juvs |
GMcA |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
4 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Common Tern |
2 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Sanderling |
6 |
Meikle Craigs |
In breeding plumage |
GMcA |
|
|
Common Scoter |
4 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Common Tern |
2 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/07/15 |
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
1st-s |
BDK |
|
|
Black Guillemot |
14 |
Troon harbour |
|
JD |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
120 |
Barassie |
Stinking Rock |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/07/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
25+ |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
10+ |
Meikle Craigs |
|
JMcP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/07/15 |
Red-throated Diver |
2 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/07/15 |
Wood Sandpiper |
1 |
Ardeer quarry |
|
IH |
|
|
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
1st-s |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/07/15 |
Wood Sandpiper |
1 |
Ardeer quarry |
|
BDK/GMcD |
|
|
Tufted Duck |
3 |
Ardeer quarry |
f + b/2 |
GMcD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/07/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
5 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RGV |
|
|
Wood Sandpiper |
1 |
Ardeer quarry |
|
IH |
|
|
Mute Swan |
7 |
Garnock Floods |
pr + b/4 |
BDK |
|
|
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
1821 |
Loans |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/07/15 |
Mediterranean Gull |
28-33 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH/BDK |
|
|
Little Tern |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Ringed Plover |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
Leucisitic individual |
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
15 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/07/15 |
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
1st-s |
RHH |
|
|
Common Tern |
2 |
Troon harbour |
2 ads |
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Barassie |
Adult |
RHH |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
50 |
Barassie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/07/15 |
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
1st-s |
GMcD |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
4 |
Barassie |
|
GMcD |
|
|
Water Rail |
1 |
Tarryholme, Irvine |
Calling |
AS |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Goosander |
47 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
5 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/07/15 |
Red Kite |
1 |
Stewarton |
Over B769, 2 miles west |
PMcE |
|
|
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
1st-s |
AMD |
|
|
Goosander |
8 |
Doonfoot |
f + b/7 |
RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/07/15 |
Twite |
7 |
Ballantrae |
Along coast, south of |
RHH |
|
|
Swift |
40+ |
Ballantrae |
Along coast, south o |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/06/15 |
Common Tern |
1 |
Hhunterston |
|
SOC |
|
|
Mute Swan |
10 |
Auchenharvie |
pr + b/8 |
AMD |
|
|
Mute Swan |
8 |
Ardeer |
pr + b/6 |
AMD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/06/15 |
Goosander |
9 |
Auchencruive |
f + b/8 |
TC |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/06/15 |
Mute Swan |
12 |
Belston Loch |
pr + b/10 |
AMD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/06/15 |
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Troon harbour |
1st-s |
AMD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/06/15 |
House Martin |
43 |
Ochiltree |
43 occupied nests |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/06/15 |
White-billed Diver |
1 |
Troon (offshore) |
At sea |
PS |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
50 |
Clydeport Hunterston |
25 nesting pairs |
RHH |
|
|
Great Crested Grebe |
4 |
Shewalton sandpit |
pr + b/2 |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/06/15 |
Red-necked Phalarope |
1 |
Dalmaca |
Female on farm pool |
DGi |
|
|
Wryneck |
1 |
Knockdolian |
Possible heard |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/06/15 |
Osprey |
2 |
Loch Doon |
Pair present at nest |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/06/15 |
Pomarine Skua |
1 |
Saltcoats |
Between 06:00-06:30 |
GMcA |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Saltcoats |
Between 06:00-06:30 |
GMcA |
|
|
Great Skua |
1 |
Saltcoats |
Between 06:00-06:30 |
GMcA |
|
|
Puffin |
5+ |
Saltcoats |
Between 06:00-06:30 |
GMcA |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
2 |
Saltcoats |
Between 06:00-06:30 |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/05/15 |
Great Skua |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
Flew north 09:00-12:00 |
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
Flew north 09:00-12:00 |
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
6 |
Stevenston Point |
Flew north 09:00-12:00 |
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
Flew north 09:00-12:00 |
RHH |
|
|
Gannet |
200 |
Saltcoats |
|
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/05/15 |
Little Egret |
2 |
Ardrossan |
Flew to North Shore |
SMcM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/05/15 |
Little Tern |
2 |
Saltcoats harbour |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/05/15 |
Osprey |
2 |
Loch Doon |
Pair present at nest |
TC |
|
|
Cuckoo |
3 |
Loch Doon |
Singing males |
TC |
|
|
Cuckoo |
2 |
Loch Riecawr |
Singing males |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/05/15 |
Dotterel |
1 |
Blackcraig Hill |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/05/15 |
Long-tailed Skua |
4 |
Saltcoats |
Between 12:00-14:00 |
RW |
|
|
Great Skua |
2 |
Saltcoats |
Between 12:00-14:00 |
RW |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Saltcoats |
Between 12:00-14:00 |
RW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/05/15 |
Garganey |
1 |
Doonfoot |
Male |
SOC |
|
|
Nuthatch |
1 |
Tour Wood, Kilmaurs |
|
RT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/05/15 |
Whimbrel |
2 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
JT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/05/15 |
Pomarine Skua |
2 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Great Skua |
2 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Whimbrel |
7 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
14 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Common Scoter |
6 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/05/15 |
Cuckoo |
1 |
Rankinston |
Singing male |
JC |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
3 |
Saltcoats harbour |
|
DJ |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Saltcoats harbour |
|
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/05/15 |
Pomarine Skua |
84 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
20 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Great Skua |
10 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Common Scoter |
14 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Whimbrel |
3 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
8 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
3 |
Saltcoats |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Whimbrel |
47 |
Munnoch Reservoir |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Puffin |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Great Skua |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
Greenland leucorhoa |
GMcA |
|
|
Swift |
2 |
Rankinston |
|
JC |
|
|
Wood Warbler |
1 |
Collennan Reservoir |
|
BDK |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
2 |
Balkenna |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
1 |
Turnberry Point |
|
RHH |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Maidens-Turnberry |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Balkenna |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
2 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/05/15 |
Wood Warbler |
1 |
Collennan Reservoir |
Singing male |
TB |
|
|
Cuckoo |
1 |
Ayr, Hilltop Place |
Singing male |
TS/GS |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
FSS |
|
|
Wheatear |
22 |
Busbiehill-Southhook Fm |
|
FSS |
|
|
Willow Warbler |
50 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Blackcap |
18 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Yellowhammer |
17 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Chiffchaff |
11 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Bullfinch |
7 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Pairs |
FSS |
|
|
Whitethroat |
7 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Sedge Warbler |
5 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Skylark |
4 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Reed Bunting |
4 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Stock Dove |
4 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Pairs |
FSS |
|
|
Linnet |
3 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Tree Sparrow |
2 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Pairs |
FSS |
|
|
Garden Warbler |
2 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
2 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Singing males |
FSS |
|
|
Grey Partridge |
2 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Pair |
FSS |
|
|
Goosander |
1 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Pair |
FSS |
|
|
Lesser Redpoll |
1 |
Kilmarnock-Irvine/NCR-73 |
Pair |
FSS |
|
|
Skylark |
6 |
Pow Burn |
Pairs |
JA |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Wheatear |
3 |
Maidens |
Greenland leucorhoa |
RHH |
|
|
White Wagtail |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Maidens |
2 x 1st-s |
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrelll |
5 |
Stevenston Point |
|
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/05/15 |
Red Kite |
1 |
Kennedy's Pass |
|
JD |
|
|
Swift |
2 |
Cumnock |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/05/15 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
4 |
Drumellan |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/15 |
Spotted Flycatcher |
2 |
Rozelle |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/05/15 |
Whimbrel |
2 |
Troon |
|
BDK |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
11 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
4 |
Garnock Lagoons |
Singing males |
JMcP |
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
1 |
Garnock Lagoons |
Singing male |
JMcP |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
3 |
Garnock Lagoons |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Drumellan |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Blairbowie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
3 |
Ardeer/Todhill |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
3+ |
Ardeer/Todhill |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Garden Warbler |
1 |
Ardeer/Todhill |
Singing male |
RHH |
|
|
Sanderling |
79 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Wheatear |
4 |
Garnock Floods |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Water Rail |
3 |
ICI lagoons |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/04/15 |
Lesser Scaup |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
18 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Dalmaca |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
21 |
Bracken Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
4 |
Bracken Bay |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
White Wagtail |
18 |
Bracken Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/04/15 |
Yellow Wagtail |
1 |
Ardeer rec pond |
|
IH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/04/15 |
Osprey |
1 |
Loch Doon |
|
TC |
|
|
Cuckoo |
1 |
Loch Riecawr |
|
TC |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
2 |
Loch Doon |
|
TC |
|
|
Stonechat |
3 prs |
Loch Doon |
|
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/04/15 |
Arctic Tern |
1 |
Saltcoats |
|
SOC |
|
|
Little Gull |
1 |
Stinking Rocks |
1st-w |
BDK |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
5 |
Stinking Rocks |
|
BDK |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
11 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Cuckoo |
1 |
Dundonald Camp |
|
BDK |
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
1 |
Croy Bay |
|
SOC |
|
|
Hooded Crow |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/04/15 |
Whimbrel |
3 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Wheatear |
3 |
Maidens |
Greenland leucorhoa |
RHH |
|
|
White Wagtail |
10 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/04/15 |
Whinchat |
1 |
Loch Doon |
Male |
JMcP |
|
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
1 |
Ardeer Fen |
|
SOC |
|
|
Whitethroat |
1 |
Finnarty Bay |
|
SOC |
|
|
Cuckoo |
2 |
Kelburn |
Singing males |
CM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/04/15 |
Willow Tit |
Pr |
Bogton Loch |
|
RW |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
160 |
Bogton Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Osprey |
1 |
Loch Doon |
Female |
RHH |
|
|
Cuckoo |
2 |
Brisbane Glen |
|
RH |
|
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
1 |
Brisbane Glen |
Singing male |
RH |
|
|
Whinchat |
1 |
Brisbane Glen |
|
RH |
|
|
Whitethroat |
1 |
Todhill comm woodland |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/04/15 |
Whinchat |
1 |
Dundonald Camp |
|
SOC |
|
|
Nuthatch |
3 |
Ness Glen |
|
RT/HM |
|
|
Cuckoo |
1 |
Ness Glen |
Singing male |
RT/HM |
|
|
Grasshopper Warbler |
1 |
Ness Glen |
Singing male |
RT/HM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/04/15 |
Redstart |
4 |
Ness Glen |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Tree Pipit |
1 |
Ness Glen |
Singing male |
RHH |
|
|
Whinchat |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
per RHH |
|
|
Crossbill |
25 |
Craigmalloch |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/04/15 |
Grasshopper Warbler |
1 |
Shewalton |
Singing male |
JD |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
3 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Sedge Warbler |
1 |
Trabboch Loch |
Singing male |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/04/15 |
Grasshopper Warbler |
1 |
Garnock East |
|
IH |
|
|
Sedge Warbler |
2 |
Garnock East |
Singing males |
IH |
|
|
Whimbrel |
2 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
SOC |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Saltcoats |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/04/15 |
Grasshopper Warbler |
1 |
Bogside |
|
SOC |
|
|
Sedge Warbler |
2 |
Bogside |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/04/15 |
Whimbrel |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/04/15 |
Lesser Scaup |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
1st-w male |
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Wheatear |
10 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
White Wagtail |
15 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
15 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
RHH |
|
|
Common Sandpiper |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
SOC |
|
|
Tree Pipit |
1 |
Loch Doon |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/04/15 |
Common Sandpiper |
1 |
Galston Loch |
|
SOC |
|
|
House Martin |
2 |
Shewalton |
|
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/04/15 |
Ring Ouzel |
1 |
Loudoun Hill |
Male |
SOC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/04/15 |
Blue-headed Wagtail |
1 |
Maidens |
Motacilla flava flava |
RHH |
|
|
White Wagtail |
31+ |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
2 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
2 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
15 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
150 |
Irvine Bay |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Common Scoter |
26 |
Irvine Bay |
Flew north |
GMcA |
|
|
Blackcap |
1 |
Rozelle |
Singing male |
RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/04/15 |
Sandwich Tern |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/04/15 |
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Saltcoats |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Swallow |
1 |
Saltcoats |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Little Gull |
1 |
Ardeer quarry |
|
ST |
|
|
Osprey |
1 |
Loch Doon |
Male returned yesterday |
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/04/15 |
Swallow |
1 |
Dalry |
|
SOC |
|
|
Chiffchaff |
5 |
Turnberry GC |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Willow Warbler |
2 |
Turnberry GC |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
330 |
Turnberry GC |
Flew north in two groups |
RHH |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Maidens |
Male |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
15 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
RHH |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
14 |
Ashgrove Loch |
|
ST |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/04/15 |
Swallow |
2 |
Minishant |
|
AP |
|
|
Swallow |
2 |
Stevenston |
|
PMcE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/04/15 |
Swallow |
2 |
Dipple |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
3 |
Dipple |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Dipple |
Female |
JMcP |
|
|
Sanderling |
10 |
Dipple |
|
JMcP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/04/15 |
Little Gull |
1 |
Shewalton |
1st-w |
BDK |
|
|
Iceland Gull |
1 |
Shewalton |
Adult |
BDK |
|
|
Chiffchaff |
5 |
Shewalton |
Singing males |
DK |
|
|
Swallow |
1 |
Mainholm |
|
SOC |
|
|
Barn Owl |
1 |
Kilmarnock, Western Rd |
|
DMcB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/04/15 |
Sandwich Tern |
1 |
Irvine harbour |
|
SOC |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
22 |
Ballantrae Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Chiffchaff |
3 |
Glen App |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Chiffchaff |
2 |
Knockdolian |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Chiffchaff |
1 |
Balnowlart |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Nuthatch |
1 |
Dalreoch |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
Nuthatch |
1 |
Oaknowe |
Singing males |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/15 |
Black-throated Diver |
35 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Grey Partridge |
Pr |
Dipple |
|
RHH |
|
|
Ring-billed Gull |
1 |
Barassie |
1st-w |
BDK |
|
|
Yellow-legged Gull |
1 |
Shewalton |
Adult |
BDK |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Barassie |
1st-w |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/03/15 |
Whooper Swan |
15 |
Drybridge |
|
JA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/03/15 |
Manx Shearwater |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
50 |
Munnoch |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Greylag Goose |
300 |
Munnoch |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Lesser Scaup |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
1st-w male |
RGV |
|
|
Great Crested Grebe |
3 prs |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RGV |
|
|
Gadwall |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH/RGV |
|
|
Brent Goose |
14 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied race (hrota) |
RHH |
|
|
Merlin |
1 |
Ayr |
Male |
RHH |
|
|
Greylag/Pink-f Goose |
700 |
Fegus Loch farm |
|
TC |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
7 |
Drongan |
|
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/03/15 |
Lesser Scaup |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
1st-w male |
RHH |
|
|
Little Gull |
1 |
Shewalton |
1st-w |
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
3 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
1 |
Blairbowie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
170 |
Blairbowie |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greylag Goose |
420 |
Blairbowie |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/03/15 |
Long-tailed Duck |
3 |
Irvine Bay |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Common Scoter |
36 |
Irvine Bay |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
7 |
Irvine Bay |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
Male |
GMcA |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Pow Burn |
Male |
JA |
|
|
Goosander |
Pr |
Pow Burn |
|
JA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/03/15 |
Lesser Scaup |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
1st-w male |
DGr/MH |
|
|
Sand Martin |
10 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
DGr |
|
|
Bean Goose |
2 |
Martnaham Loch |
Taiga fabalis |
MH |
|
|
Greylag/Pink-f Goose |
641 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/03/15 |
Nuthatch |
5 |
Dumfries Estate |
Singing males |
MH |
|
|
Dipper |
2 prs |
Dumfries Estate |
|
MH |
|
|
Goosander |
2 prs |
Dumfries Estate |
|
MH |
|
|