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Report published by the SOC.
|
2018
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Eastern
Black Redstart, Kumlien's Gull, Grey-headed
Wagtail, Rose-coloured Starling, Spoonbill,
Sabine's Gull, Grey Phalarope, American
Wigeon.
|
2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
|
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/12/18
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
IH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
14
|
Garnock
East Ponds
|
|
IH
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/18
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
SC/DJ
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
ringtail
|
DJ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
ringtail
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Alloway
disused railway
|
|
JC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/12/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Rock
Pipit
|
14
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
38
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Twite
|
42
|
Balkenna-Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/18
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
IH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Garnock
East Ponds
|
|
IH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
15
|
Portencross
|
|
GB
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
80
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
GB
|
|
|
Scaup
|
2
|
Auchenharvie
GC pond
|
|
GB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/18
|
Waxwing
|
12
|
St.
Quivox
|
Hannah
Research Inst.
|
MH
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Dean
Castle Country Park
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Twite
|
3
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/18
|
Gadwall
|
13
|
Garnock
East Ponds
|
|
IH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/12/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
2nd-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/12/18
|
Hen
Harrier
|
2
|
Bogside
|
Male
+ ringtail
|
DE
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/18
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Maidens
|
dark-bellied
bernicla
|
DGr
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/12/18
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/18
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
adult
|
SB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/18
|
Twite
|
33
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
adults
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/18
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
119
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
NZ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/18
|
Waxwing
|
20
|
Irvine
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
south
of, on breakwater
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Heads
of Ayr
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
RPL
|
|
|
Twite
|
2
|
Ayr
harbour
|
south
of, on beach
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
11
|
Girvan-Turnberry
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Girvan-Turnberry
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
BL
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Heads
of Ayr
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Hunterston
lagoon
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/18
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
13
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
ringtail
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/18
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Brambling
|
15+
|
Rottenyard
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/18
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
NG
|
|
|
Hooded
Crow
|
1
|
Carbellow
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/18
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JD
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Dalmellington
|
|
RW
|
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
TW
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
ringtail
|
TW
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
HF
|
|
|
Little
Auk
|
2
|
Maidens
|
on
sea, S of harbour
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Maidens
|
flew
north
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
3000
|
Loans
|
|
TC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
14
|
Troon
|
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
DJ
|
|
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
flew
north
|
DGr
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
150
|
Troon
|
Ballast
Bank
|
JA/BA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BMcM
|
|
|
Waxwing
|
10+
|
Stevenston
|
B&Q
car park
|
BG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
JJS
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
DGr
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
3
|
Prestwick
Bay
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
8+
|
Kilmaurs
|
in
private gardeb
|
RT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/18
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/18
|
Chaffinch/Brambling
|
30+
|
Rottenyard
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Cumnock
|
|
JJ
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Airds
Moss
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
21
|
Broomhill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Nith
Valley
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Snipe
|
40+
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
JMcP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/18
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Hogston
Farm, Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
9
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/18
|
Whooper
Swan
|
42
|
Enoch
Farm, Girvan
|
|
GMcW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/18
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Blairbowie
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/18
|
!
Eastern Black Redstart
|
1
|
Hogston
Farm, Maidens
|
possible
- phoenicuroides
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brambling
|
3
|
Brackenhill
Farm
|
Ochiltree
|
MH
|
|
|
Ring-necked
Parakeet
|
4
|
Kilmarnock
|
|
SP
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
74
|
Fail
|
|
TC
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000
|
Fail
|
|
TC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/18
|
Jack
Snipe
|
3
|
Muirhead,
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/18
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
5
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/18
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
off
Maryborough Road
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Grey
Partridge
|
1
|
Coylton
|
High
Park farm
|
MH
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
3
|
Coylton
|
Broad
Wood
|
MH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/11/18
|
Waxwing
|
2
|
Girvan
|
|
MM
|
|
|
Knot
|
9
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
CB
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
174
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
200+
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
DGr
|
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
450
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
10
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
760
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/18
|
House
Martin
|
1
|
Ayr
|
south
over Low Green
|
DR
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
4
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
female
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/18
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Snipe
|
50+
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Troon
|
Ballast
Bank
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/18
|
Swift
sp.
|
1
|
Fairlie
Moor
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
JD
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
JD
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
6
|
Troon
|
Ballast
Bank
|
JD
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/11/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
adult
flew south
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Fairlie
|
|
DG
|
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Morriston
Farm
|
flew
south-east
|
RHH
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
North
Mains Farm
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
77
|
North
Mains Farm
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
4
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/18
|
Gadwall
|
3
|
Rozelle
|
males
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/18
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1160
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
14
|
Piperhill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/18
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Maidens
|
on
foreshore
|
RHH
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
30+
|
Maidens
|
north
of village
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Maidens
|
north
of village
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
4
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/18
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Broomhill
fishery
|
|
EF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/18
|
Whooper
Swan
|
99
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
150+
|
Prestwick
|
|
AS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/18
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
21
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
13
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
15+
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/18
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Littlemill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
41
|
Fail
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
15
|
Nith
Valley
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Seamill
|
Flew
south
|
PMcE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/10/18
|
Greylag/Pink-footed
|
3000+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Mixed
goose flock
|
DGr
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/18
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Ayr
|
Flew
south, Seafield
|
DR/MR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/18
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Hooded
Crow
|
1
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
89
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
38
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
187
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Yellowhammer
|
17
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Skylark
|
185
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Bullfinch
|
12
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Redwing
|
255
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
163
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Crossbill
|
2
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Kingfisher
|
1
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
47
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
60
|
Busbiehill
|
|
FSS
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Hunterston
|
below
wind farm
|
PMcE
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
40
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Greylag
Goose
|
250
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGi/DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
2000
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
17
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brambling
|
2
|
Fail
|
near
Barmuir
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
34
|
Munnoch
Reservoir
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Greenan
|
|
PP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/18
|
Kittiwake
|
122
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
|
Guillemot/Razorbill
|
330
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Peregrine
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/18
|
Lapwing
|
90
|
Fail
|
|
AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/10/18
|
Brambling
|
2
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
92
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
70
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
24
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Redwing
|
503
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
236
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
7
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Skylark
|
72
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Rozelle
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/10/18
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
TB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
ICI
Ardeer
|
|
CB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/10/18
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
KD
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
TC
|
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/10/18
|
Whooper
Swan
|
89
|
Fail
|
|
TC
|
|
|
Bullfinch
|
6
|
Loans
|
|
SW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/10/18
|
Whooper
Swan
|
26
|
Doonfoot
|
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
light-bellied hrota
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
JMcP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/10/18
|
Fieldfare
|
150
|
Ashgrove
Loch
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Redwing
|
c35
|
Ashgrove
Loch
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
1
|
Drongan
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
53
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/10/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/10/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
4
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Straid
Farm
|
JJ
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
54
|
Fail
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Wheatear
|
5
|
Seamil
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
300
|
Loans
|
|
TC/SW
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Rozelle
|
|
FW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/10/18
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
1st-w
|
Hunterston
|
|
PMcE
|
|
|
Twite
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
Ballast
Bank
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
41
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
NW
|
BDK
|
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Dalmaca
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
120
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
20
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Skylark
|
25
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
100
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Water
Rail
|
5
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/10/18
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/10/18
|
Redwing
|
1
|
Largs
|
#nocmig
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Coylton
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1st-w
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Maidens
|
juvs
|
RHH
|
|
|
House
Martin
|
6
|
Kirkmichael
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/10/18
|
Pintail
|
4
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
7
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Teal
|
300
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
2
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/10/18
|
Redwing
|
1
|
Saltcoats
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
AB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
700
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
88
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
7
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Swallow
|
24
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/10/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
ad
|
Dean
Park, Kilmarnock
|
Playing
fields, Dean Road
|
RW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/10/18
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
85
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
11
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/10/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2nd-w
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
12
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
in
lagoon
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
10
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/09/18
|
Sabine's
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Maidens
harbour
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Fali
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
50
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/09/18
|
Brent
Goose
|
7
|
Troon
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Knot
|
84
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/09/18
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
42
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/09/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/09/18
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Fail
|
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/09/18
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/09/18
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3-4
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/09/18
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
65
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
68
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
12
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/09/18
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
CT/BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Knot
|
10
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
Ruff
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
DJ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/09/18
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Ad
|
KH
|
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Ad
|
KH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/09/18
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Ad
|
BG
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/09/18
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
10
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/09/18
|
Grey
Phalarope
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
180+
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Swift
|
1
|
Brisbane
Glen
|
|
RH
|
|
|
Knot
|
12
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
71
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/09/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
38
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
35
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Folly
Pond, Eglinton CP
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/09/18
|
Swift
|
1
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
|
CT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/09/18
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Bogside/Irvine
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Juvenile
|
BG
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
beach
|
2nd-w
|
BG
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
SR
|
|
|
Knot
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
68
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/09/18
|
Garganey
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Pintail
|
3
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/09/18
|
Little
Tern
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Juvenile
flew S
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/09/18
|
Pintail
|
4
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/09/18
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
Ruff
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
AB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/09/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Juvenile
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/09/18
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
12
|
Balkenna-Milton
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Maidens
|
Juveniles
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/09/18
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Loch
Doon
|
Juvenile
flew S
|
RHH
|
|
|
Ruff
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Knot
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
36
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/09/18
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
2nd-w
over Muirhead
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/09/18
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pintail
|
3
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Stint
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BG
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Female
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Swift
|
1
|
Dalry
|
|
BT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/09/18
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Garnock
Lagoons
|
Immature
|
TB
|
|
|
Ruff
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Snipe
|
73
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/08/18
|
Little
Stint
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/08/18
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Ardeer
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
5
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
4
ads + juv
|
RHH
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
80
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
35+
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
2
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/08/18
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Hunterston
|
|
PMcE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/08/18
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Ardeer
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Knot
|
8
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
10
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
40
|
Dipple-Milton
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
210
|
Milton
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Maidens
|
Juveniles
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/08/18
|
Knot
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Twite
|
2
|
Hunterston
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Hunterston
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
House
Martin
|
500+
|
Hunterston
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Swallow
|
200+
|
Hunterston
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/08/18
|
Little
Ringed Plover
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juvenile
|
DGr/MH
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
AH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
12
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
GB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
GB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/08/18
|
Little
Ringed Plover
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juvenile
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/08/18
|
Little
Ringed Plover
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juvenile
|
RHH
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
JT
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BT
|
|
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Belston
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
2nd-w,
2 juvs
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/08/18
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Belston
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
33
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
37
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
140
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
85
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
84
|
Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/08/18
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
12
|
Uppper
Garnock estuary
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Uppper
Garnock estuary
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
600
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
33
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/08/18
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/08/18
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
10
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/08/18
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
Adult
|
MMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/08/18
|
Little
Ringed Plover
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juvenile
|
JT
|
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
3
|
Irvine
Bay
|
From
harbour mouth
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Hollybush
|
|
LR
|
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/08/18
|
Little
Ringed Plover
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juvenile
|
MH
|
|
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
500
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
290+
|
Milton
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
240
|
Milton
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
10
|
Milton
Burn
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Tern
|
1
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
50
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/08/18
|
Little
Ringed Plover
|
1
|
Martnaham
| |
