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Report published by the SOC.
2020
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Spotted
Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Cory's Shearwater,
Pectoral Sandpiper, Ring-necked Duck, Great
Egret, Rose-coloured Starling, Green-winged
Teal.
|
2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/12/20
|
Whooper
Swan
|
2
|
High
Greenan
|
|
RGV
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Culzean
CP
|
|
RHH
|
|
Gadwall
|
3
|
Culzean
CP
|
2mm/f
on Swan Pond
|
RHH
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
38
|
Culzean
CP
|
Swan
Pond
|
RHH
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
23
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
Goldeneye
|
13
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
2000+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
500
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Goosander
|
5
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
50+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Wigeon
|
55
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Ruddy
Shelduck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
72
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
7
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
JT
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
5
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
JT
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/20
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DGr
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
2
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DGr
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
36
|
Croyburnfoot
|
|
RHH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Female
|
SB
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
DE
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
13
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
DE
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Fail
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
7
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
at east end
|
RGV/PW
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Female
|
RGV/RHH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Juv/f
flew N
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
at east end
|
RHH
|
|
Ruddy
Shelduck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Estuary
|
|
PM
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
ads
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Fieldfare
|
60
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Redwing
|
30
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Greenfinch
|
30+
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Bullfinch
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
TC
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S
|
RHH
|
|
Fulmar
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
ads
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
St.
Fillan's Well, Largs
|
|
AH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/12/20
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
7
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Ardmillan
|
Male
|
BB
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Craigens
Wood
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Craigens
Wood
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Piperhill
(no. 1 void)
|
Male
|
BG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Piperhill
(no. 1 void)
|
|
BG
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Piperhill
(no. 1 void)
|
Male
|
MH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Piperhill
(no. 1 void)
|
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
4
|
Hunterston
|
|
BB
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
8
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Ardrossan
|
Male
|
RK
|
|
Eider
|
241
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/20
|
! Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Piperhill
(no. 1 void)
|
Male
|
MH
|
|
Kittiwake
|
129
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 1h
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
ads
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
27
|
Fail
|
|
AM
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
350
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Turnstone
|
40
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/20
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
HF
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/12/20
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
BG
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
DE
|
|
Gadwall
|
8
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GD
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SO
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
16
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
Crossbill
|
2
|
Rozelle
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/12/20
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
Juvenile
|
PW/BDK/DE
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/20
|
Pochard
|
1
|
Glenbuck
Loch
|
Male
|
MH
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
1500
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/20
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
11
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
21
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/20
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
BG
|
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Culzean
|
Swan
Pond
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
20
|
Broomhill
|
|
MH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Nith
Valley
|
|
MH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
162
|
House
of Drongan
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/20
|
Crossbill
|
12
|
Rozelle
|
|
DE
|
|
Pintail
|
6
|
Hunterston
|
3
mm, 3 ff
|
RK
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK
|
|
Dunlin
|
171
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK
|
|
Wigeon
|
451
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK
|
|
Teal
|
231
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
RK
|
|
Wigeon
|
210
|
Fairlie
|
|
RK
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Fairlie
|
|
RK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Newton
shore
|
Adult
|
JT
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Newton
shore
|
|
JT
|
|
Knot
|
200
|
Newton
shore
|
|
TC
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
1500
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/20
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
SB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/20
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Ardmillan
|
Female
|
BB
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
4
|
Newton
shore
|
|
JT
|
|
Knot
|
50+
|
Newton
shore
|
|
JT
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
45+
|
Newton
shore
|
|
JT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/20
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
GD
|
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Portencross
|
f/1st-w
|
MS
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Male
|
GD
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GD
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
4
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
3
|
Dipple
|
inc
Ad male
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
14
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
11
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Goldeneye
|
15
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
21
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Water
Rail
|
4
|
Trabboch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/20
|
Common
Scoter
|
17
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
21
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
Twite
|
30
|
Girvan
Mains
|
|
RHH
|
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Kirkoswald-Dailly
|
|
RHH
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Fail
|
Female
|
SB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
DL
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
1000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
SA
|
|
Curlew
|
42
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/20
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SO
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
1000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper Swan
|
18
|
Broomhill
fishery
|
|
DG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/20
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BB
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
1
|
Ardrossan
|
feeders
in private garden
|
SMcM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/20
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Portencross
|
f/1st-w
|
BG
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Troon
|
1st-w,
south beach dunes
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
Goldeneye
|
19
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
Redshank
|
94
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/20
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Portencross
|
f/1st-w
|
GD
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Troon
|
1st-w,
south beach dunes
|
DE
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
ads
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Kirkoswald
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/20
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
TB/KS
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Troon
|
1st-w,
south beach dunes
|
BDK
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
PW
|
|
Goldeneye
|
13
|
Doonfoot
|
|
PW
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Culzean
|
Male
+ female
|
ER
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
1000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/11/20
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
PW
|
|
Curlew
|
60
|
Loans
|
|
PW/BDK
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
2000
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Snipe
|
19
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/11/20
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
M
|
AF
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
Ring-necked
Parakeet
|
3
|
Fenwick
|
|
SW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/20
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Troon
|
1st-w,
south beach dunes
|
PW
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Croy
|
Rancleugh
Burn
|
RHH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Piperhill
(no.1 void)
|
1st-w
|
MH
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
57+
|
Ballantrae-Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
36
|
Ballantrae-Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
17
|
Ballantrae-Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
23
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Ochiltree
|
|
MH
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
5
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SO
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
252
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Goldeneye
|
4
|
Shewalton
pit
|
Meadowhead
Road
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/20
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Male
|
RGV
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Male
|
SB
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
15
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
15
|
Eglinton
Loch
|
|
RD
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
River
Nith floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
JG
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/20
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Troon
|
|
SB
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Prestwick
|
|
DE
|
|
Twite
|
18
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
23
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Dipple
|
Male
+ female
|
DGr
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
17
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
17
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
21
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
25
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Skelmorlie
|
|
IA
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
2
|
Fail
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
DE
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
22
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
SB
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
SB
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
1
|
Gailes
|
|
BG
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Gailes
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/20
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
RD
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Curlew
|
43
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/20
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Juv
|
BG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Kay
Park pond
|
Male
+ female
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/20
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Kay
Park pond
|
Male
+ female
|
AF
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Girvan
|
Male
|
JS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/20
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Juv
|
DE
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
f
+ 1st-w
|
BDK/DE
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Kay
Park pond
|
Male
+ female
|
AF
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Marr
College
|
Adults
|
DE
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
PW
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
2000
|
Fail
|
|
PW
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Fail
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/20
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Juv
|
BG
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Juv
|
BDK/DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Fail
|
Male
+ female
|
DGr
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
10
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
2100
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Wigeon
|
180+
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/20
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Kay
Park pond
|
Male
+ female
|
AF
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
1st-w
|
MH
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Troon
|
old
swimming pool
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/20
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Juv
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kay
Park pond
|
1st-w
|
JI
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
32
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Meigle
Bay
|
|
AB
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
19
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
4
|
Kilmaurs
|
feeders
in private garden
|
RT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/20
|
Brambling
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
MH
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
EB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/20
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
40+
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
218
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
7
|
Prestwick
|
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Kay
Park pond
|
Male
+ female
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/20
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Kay
Park pond
|
Male
+ female
|
AF
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Little
Egret
|
5
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Fieldfare
|
40+
|
Hunterston
|
|
GD
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
Male
|
GD
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Oldhall
Ponds
|
|
RH
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
north
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
11
|
Blairbowie
|
Adults
|
RHH
|
|
Wigeon
|
101
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Muirhead,
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/20
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
5
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Pintail
|
3
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
m/2ff
|
MMcG
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
f
|
MMcG
|
|
Goldeneye
|
6
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Twite
|
4
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Greenfinch
|
12
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Hunterston
power station
|
plus
3 Barnacle X Canada
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hawking
Craig
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Hunterston
Lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Greenshank
|
30
|
Hunterston
Lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Grebe
|
10
|
Hunterston
Lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
7
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
21
|
Fail
|
|
LP
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
1
|
Kilmaurs
|
feeders
in private garden
|
RT
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/20
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Shewalton
Moss
|
|
GS
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
146
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pools
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/20
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Fail
|
Male
|
DE
|
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/20
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PH
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/20
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Ad
|
TB
|
|
Crossbill
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
DE
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
25
|
Newton-Prestwick
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
4
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
Juv
|
RHH
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/20
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Overcairn,
New Cumnock
|
Juv
|
MH
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Muirhead,
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
183
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/20
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
2
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
39
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
13
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
13
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Ballantrae
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Portencross
|
|
DO
|
|
Scaup
|
2
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/11/20
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
1
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
4
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Twite
|
8
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
10
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pools
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
54
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Great
Northern
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
Snipe
|
70
|
Stevenston
LNR
|
|
TB
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
3
|
Stevenston
LNR
|
|
TB
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
31
|
Crossraguel
|
|
RHH
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Blairbowie
|
Male
|
RHH
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
Female/juv
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/20
|
Pochard
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
Male
|
MH
|
|
Gadwall
|
3
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
11
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/20
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
7
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
4
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
1
|
Largs
|
|
RH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
BB
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
400
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/20
|
Little
Egret
|
10
|
Hunterston
|
|
SK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/20
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Saltcoats
|
|
PMcE
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
19
|
Loans
|
Flew
over
|
PMcE
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
18
|
Saltcoats
|
Flew
south
|
PMcE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/20
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/20
|
Snow
Bunting
|
4
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Kittiwake
|
140
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
2
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH/DGr
|
|
Knot
|
300
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
MH
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Flew
south
|
MH
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Flew
south
|
MH
|
|
Grey
Partridge
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/20
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/20
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/20
|
Knot
|
100
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
160
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
100+
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/20
|
Grey
Phalarope
|
1
|
Troon
|
Feeding
on south beach
|
AM
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000
|
Monktonhill
Farm
|
|
SMcM
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Monktonhill
Farm
|
|
SMcM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/10/20
|
Leach's
Petrel
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Troon
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
DGr
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Troon
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
DGr
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
|
juv
Greenland
flavirostris
|
DGr
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
5
|
Martnaham
|
|
DGr
|
|
Reed
Bunting
|
32
|
Martnaham
|
|
DGr
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
40+
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1600
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Fieldfare
|
60
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Redwing
|
20
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Twite
|
2
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
adult
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/20
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Maidens
|
juv
flew south
|
RHH
|
|
Gannet
|
140
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1500
|
Fail
|
|
RGV
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
RGV
|
|
Ruddy
Shelduck
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/10/20
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Cronberry
|
|
MH
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
|
juv
Greenland
flavirostris
|
BG
|
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Dumfries
House
|
|
BP
|
|
House
Martin
|
2
|
Dumfries
House
|
|
BP
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Blairbowie
|
Male
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
30+
|
Kileekie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Crossbill
|
3
|
Shewalton
Wood
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/10/20
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Auk
spp. (mostly R/bills)
|
350+
|
Maidens
|
Flew
N in 30 mins
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1500
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/10/20
|
! Spotted
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/10/20
|
! Spotted
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
RGV
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
8
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Oldhall
Ponds
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/10/20
|
! Spotted
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Croy
|
Rancleugh
Burn
|
HF/DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
12
|
Croy
|
|
BDK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Croy
|
1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
221
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Muirhead,
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/10/20
|
! Spotted
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Croy
|
First
Ayrshire record
|
HF
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
11
|
Dipple
|
|
DE
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Sandyford
|
|
DJ
|
|
Swallow
|
7
|
Annabank
|
|
AJ
|
|
Little
Egret
|
6
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
Knot
|
20
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/10/20
|
Fieldfare
|
15
|
Fail
|
|
SB
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Adult
|
JC
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/10/20
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
275
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Fieldfare
|
200
|
Skares
|
|
DE
|
|
Fieldfare
|
8
|
Crossands
|
|
MH
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
juv/f
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Blairbowie
|
Male
|
RHH
|
|
Fieldfare
|
4
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/10/20
|
Fieldfare
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/10/20
|
Swallow
|
5
|
Collennan
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/10/20
|
Redwing
|
9
|
Barony
pit
|
|
DGr
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
17
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/10/20
|
Swallow
|
4
|
Annabank
|
|
AJ
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
3
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Goldeneye
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Little
Grebe
|
12
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
14
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
11
|
Overcairn,
Nith Valley
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/10/20
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Ashgrove
Loch
|
Female
|
MS
|
|
Little
Egret
|
4
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/10/20
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Cumnock
|
|
JJ
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
4
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
SB
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchentiber
|
Ringtail
|
SB
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
3
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
Fulmar
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
Gannet
|
210
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
Kittiwake
|
131
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
Auk
spp. (mostly R/bills)
|
770
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S in 2 hr
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/10/20
|
Golden
Plover
|
123
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
32
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
| |