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|
2022
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Cattle
Egret, Cetti's Warbler, Black-necked Grebe,
Rose-coloured Starling, Eurasian Crane,
American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser
Scaup.
|
2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
|
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/12/22
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
13
|
Sandyford
|
|
BB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/12/22
|
Common
Redpoll
|
2
|
Barclaugh
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lesser
Redpoll
|
40+
|
Barclaugh
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lesser
Redpoll
|
30+
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/22
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
9
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Redshank
|
102
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/22
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
10
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/22
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
BDK/PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
11
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
14
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/12/22
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
14
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/12/22
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
12
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/22
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
7
|
Ochiltree,
2 miles NE
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
608
|
Ochiltree,
2 miles NE
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
90
|
Crosshill
|
Flew
SW
|
MH
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
46
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
23
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/22
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
10
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
6
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Auchinleck
Estate
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
342
|
Ochiltree
|
Flying
NE
|
MH
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
11
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/22
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/12/22
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Prestwick
|
|
AF
|
|
|
Goosander
|
10
|
Kay
Park
|
5
mm/5 redheads
|
AF
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
8
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
AF
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
150
|
Maidens
|
|
AF
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
AF
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
12
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
55
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/22
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/22
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Caprington
GC
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
old swimming pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Eider
|
328
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
8
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
13
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
27
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/12/22
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
6
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/12/22
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
CH
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Barassie
|
on
beach/foreshore
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
Adult
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
41
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
15
|
House
of Water
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
4
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/22
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
|
IH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
6
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
DC
|
|
|
Brambling
|
2
|
Dalcairney/Bogton
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Dalcairney/Bogton
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Craigengillan
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Auchenroy
Farm
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Eglinton
CP
|
Male
on Lugton Water
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/22
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
221
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Male
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
GC
|
|
KM
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
5
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/22
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
114
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
30
|
West
Kilbridge-Ardrossan
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
West
Kilbridge-Ardrossan
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
6
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/22
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Prestwick
|
|
DR
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
242
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
JJ
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
JA
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
JA
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
JA
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
JA
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
25
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
JA
|
|
|
Eider
|
205
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
JA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
GC
|
|
PW/EC
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
GC
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brambling
|
6+
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Prestwick
|
|
JT
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
60
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
110
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
110
|
Barassie
|
|
EC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
EC
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
EC
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
GC
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
4
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/22
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Dalcairney/Bogton
Loch
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
12
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/22
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
5
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/22
|
Pochard
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
M
|
BB
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Fail
|
M
|
BB
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Fail
|
m
+ f
|
BB
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
18
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Dipple
|
m
+ f
|
HF
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
42
|
Shewalton
|
Flew
south
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BM
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
Ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/22
|
Black
Redstart
|
2
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Spotted
Redshank
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
Russian
albifrons
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Fail
|
M
|
BDK
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Fail
|
m
+ f
|
BDK
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Raven
|
57
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
438
|
House
of Drongan
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
27
|
Broomhill
fishery
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
18
|
Piperhill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
41
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/22
|
Spotted
Redshank
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
Russian
albifrons
|
BB/DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
22
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Twite
|
8
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
MB
|
|
|
Snipe
|
76
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/11/22
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
SB
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
Russian
albifrons
|
DC
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Dow's
Burn
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
6
|
Dow's
Burn
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Raven
|
44
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
41
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/11/22
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Yellow-legged
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Twite
|
11
|
Maidens
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Craufurdland
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Coylton
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Barony
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
329
|
Drongan
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Rock
Pipit
|
23
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/22
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
HA
|
|
|
Brambling
|
3
|
Dalcairney/Bogton
Loch
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Prestwick
GC
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
21
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
10
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
4
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
20+
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
27
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
19
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
11
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
5
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK/RL
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Newmilns
|
|
EG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/22
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Ad
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/22
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/22
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Ad
|
RHH
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
370
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/1hr
|
RHH
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KM
|
|
|
Eider
|
401
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/22
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
SW
|
|
|
Knot
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
2
ads, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/22
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Beith
|
|
SM
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/22
|
Waxwing
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
JI
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KM
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
SA
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
3
|
Dipple
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
5
|
Dipple
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
9
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/22
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
16
|
Craufurdland
|
Flew
SE
|
RL
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
CH
|
|
|
Pomarine
Skua
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/22
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
ad
male
|
HA
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Balkenna
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Balkenna
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Twite
|
23
|
Balkenna
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
SA
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Bogside/Irvine
harbour
|
|
SV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Crosbie
Chrurch, Troon
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/22
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
pr
|
MH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
6
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
9
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Raven
|
17
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Reed
Bunting
|
38
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
24
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
14
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated Diver
|
7
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Ballantrae-Lendalfoot
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Ad
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
11
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
109
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
Ad,
south beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
8
|
Dipple
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated Diver
|
7
|
Dipple
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Dipple
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
16
|
Dipple
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
SW
|
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
7
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
134
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/22
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL/PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AD
|
|
|
Wood
Pigeon
|
400
|
Pow
Burn
|
Flew
SE
|
PW
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
400
|
Pow
Burn
|
Flew
south
|
PW
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
500+
|
Loans
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
2
|
Loans
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
MMcG/SW
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Adult
|
IG
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
lagoon
|
|
MMcG/MH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Male
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
JM
|
|
|
Knot
|
37
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
7
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000+
|
Crosbie
Chrurch, Troon
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
16
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Blairbowie
|
3
mm
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
3
|
Deil's
Dyke
|
Flew
north
|
MH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
10
|
Deil's
Dyke
|
Flew
south
|
MH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
pr
|
MH
|
|
|
Ruff
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
6
|
Fail
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Lesser
Redpoll
|
31
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
RK/JP
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Turnberry
|
Female
|
DC
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1100
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
150
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
JP
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
2nd-w
|
JP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/11/22
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Symington
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
7
|
Barassie
|
5
ads, 2nd-w, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Gull
|
1600
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/22
|
Grey
Phalarope
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DG/DE
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
2
ads
|
GMcD
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
SO
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Maidens
|
juv
|
RHH
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
170
|
Maidens
|
170
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Redshank
|
110
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Gannet
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Ayr
Gorge SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Blairbowie
|
3
mm
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
RD
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK/PW
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
34
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
67
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Flew
north
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Kilwinning
Fire Station
|
|
RK/DE
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
1st-w
|
RK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Hunterston
|
2
x 2nd-w
|
RK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
4
|
Southannan
Sands
|
3
mm/1 f
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
6
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK/MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ardrossan
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Blairbowie
|
2
mm/1 f
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
149
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
700
|
Kileekie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/22
|
Goldeneye
|
27
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/22
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
RHH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
50
|
Fail
|
|
BDK/PW
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
5
|
Blairbowie
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
24
|
Fail
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
64
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
24
|
Blairbowie
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
DI
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
DI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
6
|
Shalloch
Park-Glendoune
|
|
SW
|
|
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
3
|
Hunterston
House
|
|
GMcD/EW/KM
|
|
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Fairlie
|
|
EW
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Gailes
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
juv
|
DGr
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
129
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
45
|
Fail
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
5
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
450
|
Kirkoswald
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
100
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
House
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
ad
|
HF
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
House
|
|
AB
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
3
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
146
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
5
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
20
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
juv
|
MH
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Barassie
|
3
ads, 2nd-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
18
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
11
|
Glendoune
House, Girvan
|
|
SW
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
HF/DE
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Fail
|
ad
|
DE
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
5
|
Barassie
|
ad
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
House
|
later
on Hunterston Sands
|
RK/MMcG
|
|
|
Little Egret
|
11
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
250+
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Ruff
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Garganey
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
4
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Fail
|
m
+ 2ff
|
RL
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
241
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Snipe
|
24
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
150+
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing/Fieldfare
|
100's
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
ad
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
House
|
|
JMcE
|
|
|
Lapland
Bunting
|
1
|
Royal
Troon GC
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
2
|
Royal
Troon GC
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
2
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
5
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK/JD
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JD
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
5
|
Pow
Burn
|
4
ads, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Troon,
south beach
|
ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/10/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
11
|
Glendoune
House, Girvan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
juv
|
MH
|
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Arctic
Skua
|
1
|
Portencross
|
Flew
south
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
9
|
Portencross
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
620
|
Maidens
|
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
1
|
Maidens
|
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Maidens
|
ad,
2nd-w
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Redshank
|
140
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Twite
|
5
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
11
|
Glendoune
House, Girvan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
House
|
|
LP
|
|
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
|
SMcM/TB
|
|
|
Ruff
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
29
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
250+
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
150+
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/22
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
9
|
Glendoune
House, Girvan
|
min
count
|
RHH
|
|
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
House
|
|
LMcD
|
|
|
! !
Cattle Egret
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
|
IH
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Ballantrae
|
|
DGa
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
480
|
Maidens
|
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
|
Gannet
|
53
|
Maidens
|
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
7
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
7
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
150+
|
Dunure
|
S/90m
|
HF
|
|
|
Gannet
|
50+
|
|
