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Date |
Species |
Count |
Location |
Details |
Obs |
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December |
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31/12/16 |
Brent Goose |
17 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Pintail |
1 |
Mochrum Loch |
Male |
RHH |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
950+ |
Drongan |
Fields NE of Carston Farm |
DGr |
|
|
Gadwall |
1 |
Trabboch |
Male |
DGr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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30/12/16 |
Gannet |
1 |
Maidens |
Juvenile flew north |
DGr |
|
|
Brent Goose |
17 |
Maidens |
|
DGr |
|
|
Goldeneye |
38 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
DGr |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
45 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
DGr |
|
|
Pintail |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
Female |
DGr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/16 |
Waxwing |
62 |
Maybole |
Alloway Road |
SB |
|
|
Waxwing |
88 |
Prestwick |
Afton Avenue |
SB |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Southannan Sands |
|
MMcG |
|
|
Kingfisher |
1 |
Irvine Beach Park |
Magnum pond |
GMcC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/16 |
Black Guillemot |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
|
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
57 |
Ayr |
Heathfield Road |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/12/16 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Fairlie |
|
McM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/12/16 |
Glaucous Gull |
1 |
Lendalfoot |
juvenile |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/16 |
Brent Goose |
21 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/16 |
Brambling |
1 |
Crosshill |
Male |
RHH |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
1 |
Shieldhill Farm |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/16 |
Pink-footed Goose |
324 |
Drongan |
North of Treesmax Bridge |
MH |
|
|
White-fronted Goose |
4 |
Drongan |
albifrons |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/16 |
Waxwing |
18 |
Kilmarnock |
Asda, Queen's Drive |
VW |
|
|
Waxwing |
12 |
Stevenston |
Path behind New Street |
IH |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Greenan |
|
BL |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Fairlie |
Present since 4-Dec |
AMcK |
|
|
Brent Goose |
22 |
Maidens |
Flew south |
RHH |
|
|
Gannet |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/12/16 |
Water Pipit |
2 |
Pow Burn |
Beach at mouth |
RHH |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/12/16 |
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Martnaham Loch |
At eastern end |
DGr |
|
|
Waxwing |
37+ |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/16 |
Waxwing |
60 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
BG |
|
|
Water Pipit |
2 |
Pow Burn |
Beach at mouth |
BG |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Dalgarven Mill |
River Garnock |
JMcL |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
3 |
Dipple |
|
RHH |
|
|
Twite |
200 |
Girvan Mains |
|
RHH |
|
|
Merlin |
1 |
Girvan |
Imm male |
RHH |
|
|
Short-eared Owl |
2 |
Bogside |
|
ST |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/16 |
Waxwing |
40 |
Dalry |
At the PS |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
25 |
Kilmarnock |
Laigh Kirk, Bank Street |
RW |
|
|
Water Pipit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
Slaphouse Burn |
DGr |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Garnock Floods |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/16 |
Little Egret |
2 |
Bogside |
|
AF |
|
|
Greenshank |
6 |
Fairlie |
|
AMcK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/12/16 |
Waxwing |
75 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
JT |
|
|
Water Pipit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
Slaphouse Burn mouth |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/12/16 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Fairlie |
|
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
50+ |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
DK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/16 |
Water Pipit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
Slaphouse Burn mouth |
BG |
|
|
Water Pipit |
1 |
Pow Burn |
At burn mouth |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
75 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
BG |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
BT |
|
|
Brent Goose |
21 |
Maidens |
|
AB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/16 |
Water Pipit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
Slaphouse Burn mouth |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
21 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Refound 18-Dec, Barr Loch |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Portencross |
|
JC |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
3 |
Doonfoot |
Flew south |
RGV |
|
|
Grey Plover |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Scaup |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Greenshank |
4 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
White-fronted Goose |
2 ad |
Martnaham Loch |
Greenland flavirostris |
RHH |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
8 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Goosander |
8 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
3 |
Martnaham Loch |
|
RHH |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
1 |
Ladyton Loch |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/16 |
Goosander |
19 |
Kilmarnock |
Kay Park pond |
AF |
|
|
Waxwing |
50 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/16 |
Waxwing |
50 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
JT |
|
|
Waxwing |
11 |
Kilmarnock |
B&Q/Asda, Queen's Drive |
AS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/16 |
Waxwing |
11 |
Kilmarnock |
B&Q/Asda, Queen's Drive |
AM |
|
|
Waxwing |
30+ |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
JT |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Fairlie |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/16 |
Waxwing |
11 |
Kilmarnock |
B&Q/Asda, Queen's Drive |
RW |
|
|
Waxwing |
13 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
BDK/RT |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Pow Burn |
Offshore |
GMcA |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Water Pipit |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
DGi |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Fairlie |
|
ID/AMcK |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
RHH |
|
|
Waxwing |
44 |
Saltcoats |
High Road |
DJ |
|
|
Waxwing |
7 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Fairlie |
|
AMcK |
|
|
Waxwing |
45 |
Saltcoats |
High Road |
TB |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
49 |
Broomfield Fishery |
|
DGr |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
16 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
BT |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
3 |
Stevenston Point |
|
BT |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
10 |
Stevenston Point |
|
BT |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
2 |
Stevenston Point |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
2 |
Troon |
St. Meddans |
BDK |
|
|
Waxwing |
25 |
Littlemill, Rankinston |
|
BT |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Ochiltree |
|
MR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/16 |
Long-tailed Duck |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Grey Plover |
9 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Grey Plover |
9 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
27 |
Ayr |
Strathayr |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
11 |
Ardrossan |
Montfode Drive |
RK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
23 |
Ayr |
Longlands Park/Taybank Dr |
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
1 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
TR |
|
|
Tree Sparrow |
4 |
Greenan |
|
TR |
|
|
Grey Plover |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
TR |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
TR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
|
DMcB |
|
|
Waxwing |
7 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
DGr/JT |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
6 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
21 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
17 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
12 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Little Auk |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
|
per RHH |
|
|
Waxwing |
20 |
Dalry |
|
AMcK |
|
|
Waxwing |
1 |
Troon |
|
BT |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
6 |
Newton shore-Pow Burn |
All 1st-w/female type |
RHH |
|
|
Common Scoter |
11 |
Newton shore-Pow Burn |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
9 |
Newton shore-Pow Burn |
|
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
12 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
BDK |
|
|
Snow Bunting |
9 |
Barassie |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Waxwing |
18 |
Ayr |
Burn's Cottage |
per RHH |
|
|
Short-eared Owl |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
per RHH |
|
|
Golden Plover |
97 |
Troon harbour |
Ballast Bank |
JA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/16 |
Waxwing |
6 |
Ayr |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/16 |
Slavonian Grebe |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Common Scoter |
5 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
12 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
4 |
Barassie |
3 x ads + 2nd-w |
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
18 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
3 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/16 |
Waxwing |
27 |
Ayr |
Mill Brae car park |
per JT |
|
|
Brent Goose |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/16 |
Tree Sparrow |
14 |
Troon-Loans |
|
BDK |
|
|
Jack Snipe |
2 |
Muirhead, Troon |
|
BDK |
|
|
Snipe |
40 |
Muirhead, Troon |
|
BDK |
|
|
Pink-footed Goose |
40 |
Loans |
|
BDK |
|
|
Tree Sparrow |
3 |
Kilmaurs |
|
RT |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
21 |
Saltcoats |
|
BT |
|
|
Grey Plover |
5 |
Bogside |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/16 |
Sanderling |
70 |
Troon |
South Beach |
JA |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flew north |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake |
KD |
|
|
Grey Plover |
12 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake (of unknown origin) |
MMcG |
|
|
Waxwing |
1 |
Ardrossan |
Montfode Drive |
SMcM |
|
|
Grey Plover |
3 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake (of unknown origin) |
RGV/MMcG |
|
|
Waxwing |
14 |
Symington |
|
BG |
|
|
Waxwing |
4 |
Prestwick |
Biggart Hospital |
per RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
Kilbirnie Loch |
Drake (of unknown origin) |
BDK/RGV |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
2 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Hen Harrier |
1 |
Ashgrove Loch |
Ringtail |
GMcA |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
13 |
Capringstone |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Capringstone |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Garnock Floods |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Little Egret |
2 |
Fairlie |
|
AMcK |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
1 |
Newton shore |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/16 |
Brent Goose |
11 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Gannet |
5 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-throated Diver |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Brent Goose |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Grey Plover |
9 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/16 |
Swallow |
1 |
Saltcoats harbour |
|
BS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/11/16 |
Hen Harrier |
1 |
Bogside |
|
BT |
|
|
Short-eared Owl |
2 |
Bogside |
|
BT |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
5 |
Ayr harbour |
|
TC |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
19 |
Broomhill fishery pond |
|
EF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/16 |
Velvet Scoter |
1 |
Maidens |
|
BT |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Maidens |
|
BT |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
6 |
Maidens |
|
BT |
|
|
Purple Sandpiper |
9 |
Saltcoats |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/16 |
Rose-coloured Starling |
1 |
Largs |
Juvenile in private garden |
BMcD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/16 |
Rose-coloured Starling |
1 |
Largs |
Juvenile in private garden |
BMcD |
|
|
Brambling |
3 |
Stair-Mauchine |
200 metres east of the inn |
MH |
|
|
Velvet Scoter |
2 |
Maidens |
2 imms |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
11 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Gannet |
25+ |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Swallow |
2 |
Prestwick GC |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/16 |
Velvet Scoter |
2 |
Maidens |
|
BMcD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/16 |
Velvet Scoter |
2 |
Maidens |
2 imms |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
15 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/16 |
Velvet Scoter |
2 |
Maidens |
2 imms |
RHH |
|
|
Brent Goose |
15 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Knot |
2 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Little Egret |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BT |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
8 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
BT |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
BT |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/16 |
Siberian Chiffchaff |
1 |
Hunterston Sands |
Labelled 'probable' |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/10/16 |
Pintail |
1 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
RHH |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
31 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
3 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
RHH |
|
|
Swallow |
4 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
RHH |
|
|
Velvet Scoter |
2 |
Maidens |
2 imms |
TC |
|
|
Brent Goose |
15 |
Maidens |
|
TC |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
25 |
Maidens |
|
TC |
|
|
Golden Plover |
200 |
Maidens |
|
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/16 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
PMcE |
|
|
Barnacle Goose |
32 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
PMcE |
|
|
Twite |
60 |
Hunterston Sands |
|
PMcE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/16 |
Rose-coloured Starling |
1 |
Hunterston Sands |
Juvenile reported |
JS |
|
|
Swallow |
4 |
Saltcoats |
Flew south |
PMcE |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/16 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Hunterston Sands |
Calling from Big Wood |
BG |
|
|
Woodcock |
1 |
Hunterston Sands |
Big Wood |
BG |
|
|
Brambling |
2 |
Loch Doon |
Near the dam |
RHH |
|
|
Fieldfare |
550 |
Loch Doon |
|
RHH |
|
|
Woodcock |
1 |
Loch Doon |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
15 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
BT |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
2 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
BT |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Pow Burn |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/10/16 |
Common Scoter |
66+ |
Doonfoot |
Flying around offshore |
RHH |
|
|
Razorbill |
c2000 |
Doonfoot |
2000+ Auks, mostly R/bills |
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
9 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
5 |
Doonfoot |
|
TC |
|
|
Brent Goose |
10 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied |
RHH |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
9 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/10/16 |
Brambling |
1 |
Tarryholme, Irvine |
|
AS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/10/16 |
Hen Harrier |
1 |
Shewalton Moss |
Ringtail |
AS |
|
|
Brent Goose |
10 |
Maidens |
Pale-bellied |
AB |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
9 |
Doonfoot |
|
AB |
|
|
Greenshank |
8 |
Doonfoot |
|
AB |
|
|
Wheatear |
1 |
Greenan |
|
AB |
|
|
Knot |
3 |
Greenan |
|
AB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/10/16 |
Velvet Scoter |
6 |
Prestwick |
|
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/10/16 |
Grey Plover |
4 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Knot |
8 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Greenshank |
3 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/10/16 |
Hen Harrier |
1 |
Garnock Lagoons |
|
BT |
|
|
Golden Plover |
81 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Grey Plover |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Common Scoter |
10 |
Maidens |
Flew south |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/10/16 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Barony Pit |
|
MH |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
12 |
Adamhill, Tarbolton |
|
AMD |
|
|
Whooper Swan |
13 |
Fail, Tarbolton |
|
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/10/16 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Dean Castle Country Park |
|
SI |
|
|
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Barony Pit |
|
MH |
|
|
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Greenan |
|
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/10/16 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Mark, Glen App |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/10/16 |
Red Kite |
1 |
Hunterston Cliffs |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/10/16 |
Wheatear |
2 |
Croy |
|
LD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/10/16 |
Barnacle Goose |
30 |
Irvine harbour |
|
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/10/16 |
Swallow |
1 |
Afton Reservoir |
|
RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/10/16 |
Black-throated Diver |
6 |
Turnberry Point |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/09/16 |
Lapland Bunting |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Pomarine Skua |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flew north |
BDK |
|
|
Common Scoter |
12 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/09/16 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
DGr/BDK |
|
|
Leach's Petrel |
2 |
Troon harbour |
|
DGr/BDK |
|
|
Pomarine Skua |
2 |
Troon harbour |
|
DGr/BDK |
|
|
Great Skua |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
DGr/BDK |
|
|
Red Kite |
1 |
Hollybush |
|
MH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Dalmaca |
|
MH |
|
|
Greenshank |
10 |
Doonfoot |
|
SB |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
15 |
Maidens |
Flew south in 1 hr |
RHH |
|
|
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Maidens |
Flew south |
RHH |
|
|
Merlin |
1 |
Maidens |
Flew south 08:45 |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/09/16 |
Osprey |
1 |
Catrine |
Flew south 16:20 |
VW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/09/16 |
Red-throated Diver |
49 |
Maidens |
South in 2 hrs |
RHH |
|
|
Grey Plover |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
4 |
Maidens |
|
RHH |
|
|
Grey Plover |
4 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-throated Diver |
8 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Scaup |
9 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Velvet Scoter |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|
JBD |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
16 |
Capringstone |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/09/16 |
Brent Goose |
1 |
Meikle Craigs-Pow Burn |
Flew south |
GB |
|
|
Grey Plover |
1 |
Meikle Craigs-Pow Burn |
|
GB |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Meikle Craigs-Pow Burn |
|
GB |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Meikle Craigs-Pow Burn |
|
GB |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Ardeer beach |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/09/16 |
Leach's Petrel |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Prestwick |
Juvenile |
BG |
|
|
Long-tailed Duck |
1 |
Stevenston Point |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/09/16 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
27 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Pintail |
7 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Red-breasted Merganser |
21 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
2 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/09/16 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Scaup |
4 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
BG |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Capringstone |
|
BT |
|
|
Little Stint |
2 |
Hunterston |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/09/16 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Greenshank |
10 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/09/16 |
Purple Sandpiper |
1 |
Ardrossan |
200m S of ferry terminal |
DH |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
2 |
Hunterston |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/09/16 |
Willow Warbler |
1 |
Garnock Floods |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/09/16 |
Yellow Wagtail |
1 |
Pow Burn |
Briefly at burn mouth |
GB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/09/16 |
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
7 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RGV |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Maidens |
|
RGV |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
50 |
Maidens |
|
RGV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/09/16 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
12 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/09/16 |
Leach's Petrel |
1 |
Troon harbour |
South at 06:45 |
BDK |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
136 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Gannet |
1416 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
16 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
171 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/09/16 |
Sandwich Tern |
116 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
2 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
9 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Little Stint |
1 |
Hunterston |
|
TB |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Hunterston |
|
TB |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Hunterston |
|
TB |
|
|
Greenshank |
2 |
Hunterston |
|
TB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/09/16 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
6 |
Hunterston |
|
MMcG |
|
|
Little Stint |
1 |
Hunterston |
|
MMcG |
|
|
Knot |
2 |
Hunterston |
|
MMcG |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Hunterston |
|
MMcG |
|
|
Twite |
2 |
Hunterston |
|
MMcG |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
3 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Greenshank |
5 |
Doonfoot |
|
RGV |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Maidens |
|
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/09/16 |
Manx Shearwater |
1900 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Gannet |
1400 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Common Scoter |
6 |
Troon harbour |
All drakes |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/09/16 |
Black Tern |
1 |
Troon harbour |
South at 12:29 |
BDK |
|
|
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Troon harbour |
South at 16:05 |
BDK |
|
|
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Troon harbour |
At 15:05 |
BDK |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
1694 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Gannet |
901 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/09/16 |
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
DJ |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
DJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/09/16 |
Balearic Shearwater |
2 |
Saltcoats |
|
BT |
|
|
Osprey |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
Present for eighth day |
BT |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/09/16 |
Osprey |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
Present for seventh day |
GMcA |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/09/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
21 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Osprey |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
Present for sixth day |
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
BT |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/09/16 |
Balearic Shearwater |
2 |
Turnberry Point |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Osprey |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Bogside |
|
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
27 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
63 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Barassie |
Adult |
BDK |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Garnock Floods |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/09/16 |
Osprey |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
Present for third day |
GMcA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/08/16 |
Pomarine Skua |
1 |
Pow Burn |
At mouth of burn |
TC |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
TC |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
2 |
Bogside |
2 juveniles |
BG |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/08/16 |
Yellow-legged Gull |
1 |
Maidens |
Adult |
RGV |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
10 |
Bogside |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Pintail |
1 |
Bogside |
Eclipse male |
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
7 |
Capringstone |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/08/16 |
Ruff |
1 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Sanderling |
8 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
4 |
Turnberry Bay |
|
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
300 |
Turnberry Bay |
Offshore |
RHH |
|
|
Green Sandpiper |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Water Rail |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Greenshank |
4 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/08/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
4 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
7 |
Barassie |
|
BDK |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Greenshank |
3 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
2 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
Water Rail |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
JMcP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/08/16 |
Osprey |
1 |
Shieldhill Farm |
|
BT |
|
|
Sanderling |
100 |
Stevenston Point |
|
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/08/16 |
Osprey |
1 |
Shieldhill Farm |
|
BT |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Greenshank |
5 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
Goosander |
59 |
Doonfoot |
|
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/08/16 |
Osprey |
1 |
Shieldhill Farm |
|
BT |
|
|
Knot |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
TR |
|
|
Knot |
3 |
Bogside |
|
MP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/08/16 |
Green Sandpiper |
1 |
Bogside/upper Garnock |
|
TB |
|
|
Greenshank |
13 |
Bogside/upper Garnock |
|
TB |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
22 |
Bogside/Irvine harbour |
|
BT |
|
|
Goosander |
30 |
Bogside/Irvine harbour |
|
MP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/08/16 |
Ruff |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
HM |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
14 |
Doonfoot |
|
HM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/08/16 |
Marsh Harrier |
1 |
Bogside |
Sub-ad male, 11:30-12:15 |
RHH |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
BT |
|
|
Ruff |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/08/16 |
Spotted Redshank |
1 |
Doonfoot |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/08/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
21 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
2 |
Pow Burn |
|
GB |
|
|
Greenshank |
1 |
Capringstone |
|
DMcB |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/08/16 |
Greenshank |
4 |
Doonfoot |
|
TC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/08/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Kay Park |
Adult at the pond |
AF |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/08/16 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock Estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/08/16 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
2 |
Troon harbour |
Flew north |
BDK |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
600 |
Troon harbour |
Flew north |
BDK |
|
|
Mediterranean Gull |
4 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
8 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Knot |
4 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Arctic Skua |
1 |
Maidens |
Flew south |
RHH |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
650+ |
Maidens |
Flew south |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/08/16 |
Storm Petrel |
2 |
Troon harbour |
Flew south |
BDK |
|
|
Great Skua |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
1000 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/08/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
22 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Sanderling |
8 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
RHH |
|
|
Great Skua |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
Flew north |
RHH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/08/16 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Ardeer/old ICI plant |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/08/16 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
350 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/08/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
8 |
Meikle Craigs |
5 ads/2 x 2nd-cy/1 juv |
GB |
|
|
Common Scoter |
1 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Shag |
45 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Sandwich Tern |
17 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
Manx Shearwater |
350 |
Troon harbour |
|
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/08/16 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Curlew Sandpiper |
2 |
Bogside/Garnock |
2 juvs |
GMcA |
|
|
Bar-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Whimbrel |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock |
|
GMcA |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/08/16 |
Honey Buzzard |
1 |
Troon |
Flew south at 15:15 |
BDK |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/07/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
11 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/07/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
15 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Arctic Tern |
2 |
Meikle Craigs |
|
GB |
|
|
Sanderling |
58 |
Pow Burn |
|
GB |
|
|
Black-tailed Godwit |
1 |
Pow Burn |
|
GB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/07/16 |
Mediterranean Gull |
1 |
Bogside/Garnock estuary |
|
BT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/07/16 |
Great Northern Diver |
1 |
Irvine harbour mouth |
|