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confirmed as permanent records in the Ayrshire Bird
Report published by the SOC.
2017
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Bonaparte's
Gull, Spotted Crake, Red-backed Shrike,
Red-necked Phalarope, Eurasian Crane, Turtle
Dove, Grey-headed Wagtail, Great Egret,
Glossy Ibis, American Wigeon.
|
2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/12/17
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Imm
flew south
|
DGr
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Dunlin
|
85
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
14
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Brambling
|
2
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Ashgrove
Loch
|
Male
|
AN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/12/17
|
Twite
|
5
|
Largs
|
Noddsdale
Burn mouth
|
SMcM
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
300
|
West
Kilbride
|
Bushglen
Farm
|
SMcM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/17
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1930
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/17
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
47
|
Fail
(flash)
|
|
DGr
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Fail
(farm)
|
|
DGr
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Fail
(farm)
|
|
DGr
|
|
Redwing
|
60
|
Greenan
|
|
JMcP
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Greenan
|
|
JMcP
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Rozelle
|
|
JMcP
|
|
Sanderling
|
180
|
Ardeer/Stevenston
Pt
|
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/17
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Juv
|
BG
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
Juv
on Meadowhead pit
|
Gi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/17
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Juv
|
DGi
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
Juv
on Meadowhead pit
|
BG
|
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
south 09:25
|
DGi
|
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
north 11:40
|
DR
|
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
|
|
BG
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Blackcraig
Hill
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/17
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
Juv
on Meadowhead pit
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/17
|
Whooper
Swan
|
20+
|
Fail
|
|
AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/17
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Hunterston
|
|
RK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/17
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
DK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
Goldenberry
Farm
|
PMcE/RK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/17
|
Jack
Snipe
|
6
|
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool, Muirhead
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
19
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brambling
|
2
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/12/17
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Adult
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/12/17
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Adult
|
BDK/JC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Monkton
|
Flew
over
|
JC
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
JC
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
High
Greenan
|
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/17
|
!
American
Wigeon
|
1
|
Balkenna
|
Drake
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/17
|
!
American
Wigeon
|
1
|
Balkenna
|
Drake
|
RHH
|
|
Sanderling
|
1
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Dunure
|
At
castle
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/17
|
!
American
Wigeon
|
1
|
Balkenna
|
Drake
|
RHH
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Balkenna
|
|
DGi
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
DGi
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
DGi
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
360
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
DGi
|
|
Sanderling
|
1
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
DGi
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
10
|
Turnberry
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
2694
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
TC
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
40
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/17
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
SW
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
Twite
|
120
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
45
|
Doonfoot
|
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/17
|
"Blue"
Fulmar
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Dark
morph flew S
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/17
|
Pintail
|
1
|
SRUC
campus, Ayr
|
Drake
|
RH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/17
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/17
|
Woodcock
|
5
|
Rozelle
|
|
JR
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/17
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000+
|
Loans
|
|
SW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/17
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
ad
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DJ
|
|
Sanderling
|
100+
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DJ
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/17
|
!
Bonaparte's
Gull
|
1
ad
|
Largs
|
Noddsdale
Water mouth
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/17
|
!
Bonaparte's
Gull
|
1
ad
|
Largs
|
Noddsdale
Water mouth
|
BG/RBA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/17
|
Kittiwake
|
76
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south in 30 mins
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Woodcock
|
13
|
undisclosed
site
|
Flew
from roost site
|
SI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/17
|
Lesser
Whitethroat
|
1
|
Ayr
|
In
private garden
|
TC
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Loans
|
Ad
+ 2nd-w
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/17
|
Jack
Snipe
|
3
|
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool, Muirhead
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/17
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Fail
Loch
|
Adult
male
|
DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Saltcoats
|
|
BT
|
|
Twite
|
6
|
Saltcoats
|
|
BT
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Saltcoats
|
|
BT
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BT
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
1
|
Kay
Park, Kilmarnock
|
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/17
|
Sanderling
|
56
|
Stevenston
beach
|
|
BT
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
13
|
Saltcoats
harbour
|
|
BT
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BT
|
|
Twite
|
6
|
Stevenston
beach
|
|
BT
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
1
|
Kay
Park, Kilmarnock
|
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/17
|
!
Bonaparte's
Gull
|
1
ad
|
Largs
|
Noddsdale
Water mouth
|
AAM
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
ad
|
Largs
|
Noddsdale
Water mouth
|
AAM
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
harbour
|
Offshore
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
harbour
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/17
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Ballast
Bank, Troon
|
|
JM
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
83
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
At
dusk roost
|
RBA
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
930+
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Skylark
|
40+
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Curlew
|
134
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Dalmaca
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
160
|
Dalmaca
|
|
RHH
|
|
Canada
Goose
|
290+
|
Dalmaca
|
|
RHH
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/17
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
BT
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Juvenile
|
DJ
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
76
|
Fail
Loch
|
|
JM
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
200
|
Fail
Loch
|
|
JM
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
60
|
Dreghorn
|
Holmsford
Bridge
|
JM
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
17
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
Offshore
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/17
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
823
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
70+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Flew
over
|
JT
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
200+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Flew
over
|
JT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/17
|
Fieldfare
|
1500+
|
Mochrum
Hill
|
|
DS/GS
|
|
Goldeneye
|
7
|
Culzean
|
Swan
Pond
|
DS/GS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/17
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
1st-cy
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/17
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
harbour
|
light-bellied hrota
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/17
|
Pochard
|
15
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/17
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
SMcM
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
SMcM
|
|
Fieldfare
|
100's
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
SI
|
|
Redwing
|
100's
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
SI
|
|
Sanderling
|
60
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BT
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
14
|
Saltcoats
|
|
BT
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/17
|
Lapwing
|
380+
|
Bogside/Garnock
Estuary
|
|
SI
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/17
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Crossbill
|
30
|
Mochrum
Hill
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/17
|
Goosander
|
4
|
Auld
Brig, Ayr
|
|
AM
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Fieldfare
|
150
|
Busbiehead
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/17
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Herring
Gull [18T:C]
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Ringed
Troon juv 31.07.17
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/17
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
Wigeon
|
105
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
61
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/17
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Willow
Tit
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
Dalcairney
end
|
RHH
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Barnshean
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
30
|
Fail
|
|
AMD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/17
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
28
|
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool
|
BDK
|
|
Skylark
|
50
|
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool
|
BDK
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
8
|
Garnock
Estuary
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/17
|
Whooper
Swan
|
1
|
Belston
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Dalmaca
|
|
MH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Barbieston
|
|
MH
|
|
Greenshank
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/10/17
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
1
|
Drongan
|
Male,
Cloquhairnan
|
RHH
|
|
Redwing
|
400
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Fieldfare
|
1000
|
Ayr
|
Flew
over Masonhill
|
TC
|
|
Fieldfare
|
350
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Goldeneye
|
2
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/17
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
1
|
Drongan
|
Male,
Barbieston Farm
|
DG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/10/17
|
Goosander
|
9
|
River
Ayr, UWS campus
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/10/17
|
Whooper
Swan
|
47
|
Greenan
|
|
DK
|
|
Redwing
|
58
|
Ayr
|
Flew
over Masonhill
|
ATS/GS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/10/17
|
Brambling
|
4
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
TC
|
|
Wheatear
|
3
|
Maidens
|
Greenland
leucorhoa
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Redwing
|
28
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
20
|
Tarbolton
|
|
AM
|
|
Pochard
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
Male
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/10/17
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Female
|
TC
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
TC
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Kilmaurs
|
At
garden feeding station
|
RT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/10/17
|
Leach's
Petrel
|
2
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
Flew
north
|
GMcA
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
High
Greenan
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/10/17
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Ad
|
SB
|
|
Nuthatch
|
1
|
Tarbolton
|
|
AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/10/17
|
!
Yellow-browed
Warbler
|
1
|
Gailes
Marsh
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/10/17
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
3
|
High
Greenan
|
|
DK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/10/17
|
!
Yellow-browed
Warbler
|
1
|
Troon
|
North
Drive
|
BDK
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
10
|
Hunterston
|
|
DT
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
DT
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
DT
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
163
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Stinking
Rocks
|
|
DGr
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
11
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
JL
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
13
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Auk
spp.
|
200
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
Flew
S
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/10/17
|
Sabine's
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Juv
flew
S
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/2h
|
RHH
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
240
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/2h
|
RHH
|
|
Kittiwake
|
176
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/2h
|
RHH
|
|
Auk
spp.
|
450
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/2h
|
RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
1st-w
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/10/17
|
Brent
Goose
|
4
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
6
|
Maidens
|
Flew
N
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
5
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
3
|
Hunterston
|
|
DGr
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
5
|
Hunterston
|
|
DGr
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
65
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/10/17
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Greenland
leucorhoa
|
RHH
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
70
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
Kittiwake
|
40
|
Maidens
|
Flew
S/1h
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/10/17
|
Leach's
Petrel
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Offshore
|
BDK
|
|
Storm
Petrel
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Offshore
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Culzean
Bay
|
|
DA
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
9
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
23
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/10/17
|
Pomarine
Skua
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Offshore
|
BDK
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
PMcE
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
GMcA
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
157
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Gannet
|
66
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
34
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/10/17
|
Leach's
Petrel
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Offshore
|
BDK
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BG
|
|
Little
Stint
|
1
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BG
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
16
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Gannet
|
110
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/10/17
|
Little
Stint
|
1
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BG
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BG
|
|
Storm
Petrel
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Offshore
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
32
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Gannet
|
47
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
86
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/09/17
|
Little
Stint
|
3
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
AS/BDK
|
|
Ruff
|
15
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/09/17
|
!
Red-necked
Phalarope
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
BL/DMcB/SB
|
|
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
TC/SB
|
|
Little
Stint
|
3
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Gannet
|
146
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Eider
|
263
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/09/17
|
!
Red-necked
Phalarope
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
JT/JA/BA
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
JT
|
|
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
BP/HF
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
HF
|
|
Redwing
|
5
|
Trabboch
|
|
MH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/09/17
|
!
Red-necked
Phalarope
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
AS
|
|
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
TC/SM
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ardrossan
|
On
north beach
|
JN
|
|
Ruff
|
16
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
AS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/09/17
|
!
Red-necked
Phalarope
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
MH/DJ/RGV
|
|
Garganey
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RGV
|
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
TC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
TC
|
|
Puffin
|
6
|
Portencross
|
|
RH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
182
|
Drongan
|
Flew
SW
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/09/17
|
!
Red-backed
Shrike
|
1
|
Troon
|
E
side of harbour/Barassie
|
RK/BDK
|
|
!
Red-necked
Phalarope
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
DG
|
|
!
Turtle
Dove
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
SW
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
GB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
BMcM/CC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
SW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/09/17
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
LR
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
TR/AMD
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
7
|
Bogside/Lower
Garnock
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Bogside/Lower
Garnock
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Bogside/Lower
Garnock
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Ruff
|
3
|
Bogside/Lower
Garnock
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Bogside/Lower
Garnock
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Greenshank
|
4
|
Bogside/Lower
Garnock
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Goldfinch
|
200
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
IHL
|
|
427
individuals of 53 spp in 3h
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Spotted
Flycatcher
|
1
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
3
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Inc
singing bird
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
4
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Inc
singing bird
|
FSS
|
|
Meadow
Pipit
|
29
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Redpoll
|
8
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
2
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Bullfinch
|
6
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Pr
+ 4 juvs
|
FSS
|
|
Dipper
|
2
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water
|
FSS
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water
|
FSS
|
|
Grey
Wagtail
|
3
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water
|
FSS
|
|
Teal
|
5
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water marsh
|
FSS
|
|
Snipe
|
1
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water marsh
|
FSS
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
POD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
FSS
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
RGV/AS
|
|
541
individuals of 54 spp in 3h
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
103
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Mistle
Thrush
|
21
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Meadow
Pipit
|
44
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Skylark
|
7
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Redpoll
|
3
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
9
S
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Bullfinch
|
6
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Dipper
|
4
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
2
ad/2 imm Carmel Water
|
FSS
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water
|
FSS
|
|
Grey
Wagtail
|
2
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water
|
FSS
|
|
Teal
|
6
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
Carmel
Water marsh
|
FSS
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Doonfoot
|
|
IHL
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Doonfoot
|
|
IHL
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
IHL
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
nc
|
Doonfoot
|
Small
flocks flying south
|
IHL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
DMcB
|
|
739
individuals of 55 spp in 4h
|
Capringstone/Annick
W.
|
+
adjacent cyclepath
|
FSS
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
36
|
Capringstone
|
16
+ 20 flying E
|
FSS
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Teal
|
38
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Wigeon
|
9
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Canada
Goose
|
251
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Dipper
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
BDK/MH
|
|
1122
individuals of 59 spp in 6h
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
68
SE
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Dipper
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Swallow
|
117
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
House
Martin
|
30
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
2
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
9
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
12
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Buzzard
|
6
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Sparrowhawk
|
4
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Peregrine
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Kestrel
|
3
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
GMcA/RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/09/17
|
!
Spotted
Crake
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
In
lagoon
|
FMcC
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Knot
|
8
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Hooded
Crow
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
365
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Hunterston
|
Highthorn
Bridge pools
|
MMcG
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
Ruff
|
15
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
Wigeon
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/09/17
|
Grey
Phalarope
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Seawatch
09:30-14:00
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Seawatch
09:30-14:00
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
19
|
Maidens
|
Seawatch
09:30-14:00
|
RHH
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
400
|
Maidens
|
Seawatch
09:30-14:00
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Maidens
|
In
harbour
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Doonfoot
|
|
TR
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Turnberry
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/09/17
|
Ruff
|
4
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
13
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
75
|
Ballast
Bank, Troon
|
|
EF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/09/17
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
Highthorn
Bridge pools
|
SMcM
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
Highthorn
Bridge pools
|
SMcM
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
110
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/09/17
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
RK
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
Highthorn
Bridge pools
|
RK
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
11
|
Hunterston
|
Highthorn
Bridge pools
|
RK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/09/17
|
Ruff
|
2
|
Bogside/Garnock
Estuary
|
|
SI
|
|
Greenshank
|
16
|
Bogside/Garnock
Estuary
|
|
SI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/09/17
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
RGV
|
|
Lapwing
|
1130
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
RGV
|
|
Grey
Heron
|
25
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/09/17
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/09/17
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
300
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/08/17
|
Ruff
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
Shelduck
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
9
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
9
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Juvenile
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/08/17
|
Arctic
Skua
|
1
|
Irvine
|
Pale
morph flew south
|
GMcA
|
|
Whinchat
|
2
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/08/17
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Female
|
RT
|
|
Sanderling
|
10
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RT
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
11
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/08/17
|
Garganey
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
JMcA
|
|
Mandarin
Duck
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
JMcA
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
36
|
Maidens
|
|
CBL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/08/17
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Female
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/08/17
|
!
Grey-headed
Wagtail
|
1
|
Troon
south beach
|
thunbergi
|
GB
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Female
|
GB
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
33
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
GB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
GB
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Southannan
Sands
|
Hunterston
|
MMcG
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
Hunterston
|
MMcG
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Southannan
Sands
|
Hunterston
|
MMcG
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Highthorn
Bridge
|
Hunterston
|
MMcG
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/08/17
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Irvine
harbour
|
Adult
|
GMcA
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Hunterston
|
|
RH
|
|
Wheatear
|
5
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JA
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JA
|
|
Wheatear
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/08/17
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
42
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Dunlin
|
9
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Lapwing
|
28
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Dalmaca
|
|
MH
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
4
|
Dalmaca
|
|
MH
|
|
Dunlin
|
2
|
Dalmaca
|
|
MH
|
|
Lapwing
|
8
|
Dalmaca
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/08/17
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JA
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
44
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Dunlin
|
4
|
Fail,
Tarbolton
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
6
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/08/17
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Female
|
GB
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
13
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
GB
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
5
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/08/17
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Ardrossan-Brodick
ferry
|
10
mins off Ardrossan
|
JC
|
|
Balearic
Shearwater
|
1
|
Maidens
|
South
in 5h
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
2000
|
Maidens
|
South
in 5h
|
RHH/DG
|
|
European
Storm-petrel
|
1
|
Maidens
|
South
in 5h
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Great
Skua
|
3
|
Maidens
|
South
in 5h
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Kittiwake
|
200
|
Maidens
|
South
in 5h
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
South
in 5h
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH/DG
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
2000
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
north in 1h
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
30
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
north in 1h
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/08/17
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Broomhill
Fishery
|
Rankinston
|
EF
|
|
| |