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subject to acceptance by ABRC, SBRC, etc, before being
confirmed as permanent records in the Ayrshire Bird
Report published by the SOC.
2019
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Chough,
White-billed Diver, White-rumped Sandpiper,
Lesser Yellowlegs, Rose-coloured Starling,
Great Egret, White-tailed Eagle, Grey Phalarope,
Leach's Petrel.
|
2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 |
2015
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/12/19
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
FSS
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
FSS
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Pow
Burn
|
Flew
north
|
FSS
|
|
Wigeon
|
184
|
Pow
Burn
|
at
mouth
|
FSS
|
|
Skylark
|
200
|
Monkton
|
|
FSS
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Troon
|
female
|
FSS
|
|
Knot
|
370
|
Troon
|
|
FSS
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
18
|
Troon
|
|
FSS
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
137
|
Troon
|
|
FSS
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
FSS
|
|
Shag
|
44
|
Troon
|
|
FSS
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
FSS
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Barassie
|
female
|
FSS
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
12
|
Gailes
|
|
FSS
|
|
Curlew
|
108
|
Laigh
Hillhouse, Barassie
|
|
FSS
|
|
Knot
|
222
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
FSS
|
|
Waxwing
|
19
|
Saltcoats
|
Barnet
Court
|
TB
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
13
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
SM
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
31
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
16
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
9
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
23
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
DGr
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
3
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Lendalfoot-Girvan
|
|
RGV
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
35
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/12/19
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
North
Craig Reservoir
|
|
FSS
|
|
Snipe
|
12
|
North
Craig Reservoir
|
|
FSS
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Kay
Park, Kilmarnock
|
adult
|
FSS
|
|
Goosander
|
8
|
Kay
Park, Kilmarnock
|
|
FSS
|
|
Water
Rail
|
1
|
Ladyton
Loch
|
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
31
|
Loudoun
Kirk sluices
|
|
FSS
|
|
Fieldfare
|
160
|
Milton
Farm
|
|
FSS
|
|
Redwing
|
160
|
Milton
Farm
|
|
FSS
|
|
Fieldfare
|
325
|
Greenside
|
Flew
north
|
FSS
|
|
Waxwing
|
15
|
Gailes
|
at
golf driving range
|
HF
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
400
|
Hunterston
|
|
AS
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
AS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/19
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Corsehill
Mount, Dreghorn
|
female
|
FSS
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
adult
|
FSS
|
|
Goosander
|
3
|
River
Irvine, Dreghorn
|
readheads
|
FSS
|
|
Gadwall
|
pr
|
Shewalton
|
Meadowhead
Rd pit
|
FSS
|
|
Great
Black-backed Gull
|
71
|
Shewalton
|
Meadowhead
Rd pit
|
FSS
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
near
burn at hotel
|
FSS
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
|
|
DGr
|
|
Gadwall
|
pr
|
Shewalton
|
Meadowhead
Rd pit
|
DGr
|
|
Knot
|
450+
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
DGr
|
|
Dunlin
|
250+
|
Troon,
harbour car park
|
|
DGr
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
DB
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/19
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
270
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Fieldfare
|
284
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Redwing
|
163
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Stock
Dove
|
27
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
25
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
16
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Bullfinch
|
10
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Goosander
|
2
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Kilmarnock-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/19
|
Fieldfare
|
115
|
Crosshouse
Hospital
|
Flew
north
|
FSS
|
|
Redwing
|
130
|
Crosshouse
Hospital
|
Flew
north
|
FSS
|
|
Fieldfare
|
40
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
|
FSS
|
|
Redwing
|
90
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
|
FSS
|
|
Stock
Dove
|
17
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
|
FSS
|
|
Jay
|
3
|
Knockentiber
Viaduct
|
|
FSS
|
|
Siskin
|
12
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Fieldfare
|
40
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Redwing
|
49
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
adult
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/12/19
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
AU
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/19
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DE
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
GD
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/19
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
BG
|
|
Goosander
|
8
|
Kay
Park, Kilmarnock
|
|
TC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
EB
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
EB
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
EB
|
|
Greenfinch
|
20
|
Doonfoot
|
|
EB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/19
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
Waxwing
|
15
|
Irvine
|
Riverside
Lodge Hotel
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
RK
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
JC
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RT
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RT
|
|
Red-b
Merganser
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RT
|
|
Knot
|
16
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/12/19
|
Greenfinch
|
50+
|
Hunterston
|
|
PMcE
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
PMcE
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AB/PMcE
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Newton
Shore
|
male
|
JT
|
|
Knot
|
150
|
Newton
Shore
|
|
JT
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
10
|
Newton
Shore
|
|
JT
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Newton
Shore
|
|
JT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/12/19
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/19
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/19
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Gypsy
Pool, Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/19
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
hrota
4 ads/8 juvs
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/12/19
|
Waxwing
|
8
|
Stevenston
|
|
AU
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
92
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/12/19
|
Waxwing
|
4
|
Stevenston
|
|
PMcE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/19
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
adults
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/19
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
DGa
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
adults
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/19
|
!
Green-winged Teal
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
male
|
SB
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/19
|
!
Green-winged Teal
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
male
|
DGr
|
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
DGa
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
PS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/19
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
11
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
4
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Greenan
|
|
RGV
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
RGV
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
ringtail
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/19
|
Golden Plover
|
71
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/12/19
|
Water Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
BG
|
|
Mediterranean Gull
|
1
|
Gypsy
Pool, Troon
|
adult
|
BDK
|
|
Fieldfare
|
67
|
Collennan
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/19
|
Knot
|
421
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/19
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/19
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
|
St.
Meddans Street
|
XR
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
1st-w
|
BG
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
adult
|
BG
|
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
|
St.
Meddans Street
|
XR
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Troon
|
adult
|
TC
|
|
Knot
|
162
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Twite
|
200
|
Girvan
Mains
|
|
BG
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
30
|
Kirkoswald
|
|
GMcW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/19
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
|
St.
Meddans Street
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/19
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
|
St.
Meddans Street
|
DGr/GC
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
GC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
AU
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
male
|
SW
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
8
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RGV
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
3
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Fieldfare
|
127
|
Collennan
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
8
|
Drybridge
|
|
JA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/11/19
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
|
St.
Meddans Street
|
MF
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BG
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Gogo
Glen
|
|
GC
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
adult
|
BB
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
20
|
Troon
|
|
JA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/11/19
|
Waxwing
|
1
|
Troon
|
St.
Meddans Street
|
MF
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
female
|
RGV
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
adult
|
MB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/19
|
Snow
Bunting
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
10
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
House
Martin
|
1
|
Saltcoats
|
|
ZB
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Skares-Garlaff
|
|
MH
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Little
Creoch-Fordmouth
|
adult
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/19
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/19
|
Marsh
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross,
1 km west
|
juvenile
|
MH
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross,
1 km west
|
ringtail
|
MH
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
36
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
160
|
Troon
|
|
MP
|
|
Knot
|
110
|
Troon
|
|
MP
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
8
|
Blairbowie
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
EM
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Galston
|
|
EM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/19
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
CK
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
CK
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
8
|
Blairbowie
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
BG
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
adult
|
MH
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
7
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
5
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Troon
|
juv/female
|
MP
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
MP
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
249
|
Troon
|
|
MP
|
|
Knot
|
92
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
193
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
154
|
Loans
|
|
MP
|
|
Snipe
|
35
|
Loans
|
|
MP
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/19
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
BG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
9
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
61
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
MP
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
24
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
MP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/19
|
Merlin
|
2
|
Thirdpart,
Portencross
|
female
|
PMcE
|
|
Redwing
|
200+
|
Thirdpart,
Portencross
|
female
|
PMcE
|
|
Fieldfare
|
34
|
Thirdpart,
Portencross
|
female
|
PMcE
|
|
Skylark
|
50+
|
Thirdpart,
Portencross
|
female
|
PMcE
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
10
|
Kilmaurs
|
in
private garden
|
RT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/19
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
adult
|
RHT/MP
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
ringtail
|
RHT
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
8
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
MP
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BL
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SA
|
|
Sanderling
|
17
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
32
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/19
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
adult
|
MH
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Ochiltree
|
|
MR
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MP
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Broomhill
fishery
|
|
EF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/19
|
Golden
Plover
|
143
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
5
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcKSD
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Girvan
|
Male
in private garden
|
GMcW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/19
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
SMcM
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
male
|
DE
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Barony
|
|
MR
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/19
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/19
|
!
Green-winged Teal
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DGr
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
BG
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
IH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
IH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
173
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Curlew
|
43
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Lapwing
|
214
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Gypsy
Pool, Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/19
|
!
Green-winged Teal
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
BG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
11
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AR
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AR
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AR
|
|
Sanderling
|
80
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
IH
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
4
|
Troon
|
south
bay
|
AR
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
24
|
Troon
|
south
bay
|
AR
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
27
|
Troon
|
|
AR
|
|
Knot
|
110+
|
Troon
|
|
AR
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
26
|
Troon
|
|
AR
|
|
Dunlin
|
200+
|
Troon
|
|
AR
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
64
|
Troon
|
|
AR
|
|
Turnstone
|
50+
|
Troon
|
|
AR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/19
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
12
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/19
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Twite
|
70
|
Bogside
|
Flew
to Ardeer shore
|
GMcA
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Fieldfare
|
173
|
Collennan
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/19
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
5
|
Prestwick
|
|
BG
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
2000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Gypsy
Pool, Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/19
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Bogton
Moss
|
|
IHL
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
723
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
56
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Curlew
|
67
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/19
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
316
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
68
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
17
|
Troon
|
flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/19
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
TB
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stinking
Rocks, Barassie
|
|
DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
20
|
Stinking
Rocks, Barassie
|
|
DGr
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
2
|
Stinking
Rocks, Barassie
|
|
DGr
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Stinking
Rocks, Barassie
|
|
DGr
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
29
|
Ballast
Bank, Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
486
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
DGr
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
10
|
Prestwick
|
|
DH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
2
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
7
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/19
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
40
|
Heathfield
|
old
runways
|
RC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/19
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
SB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
SB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
DE/AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/11/19
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
6
|
Turnberry
Bay
|
|
BG
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
14
|
Turnberry
Bay
|
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
2
|
Gypsy
Pool, Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/19
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Hooded
Crow
|
1
|
Gypsy
Pool, Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
300
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Twite
|
2
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/19
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
GC
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
GC
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
GC
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
GC
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1500
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
102
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Greenan
|
juv
light-bellied hrota
|
DMcG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Greenan-Heads
of Ayr
|
|
DMcG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/19
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BG
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
opposite
Marine Hotel
|
BG
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGi
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGi
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
7
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGi
|
|
Knot
|
300
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGi
|
|
Sanderling
|
80
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGi
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1500
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
86
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Lapwing
|
82
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/19
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
HRG
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
ringtail
|
HRG
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Auchincross
|
|
HRG
|
|
Lapwing
|
100
|
Auchincross
|
|
HRG
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
opposite
Marine Hotel
|
BG
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/19
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/19
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
opposite
Marine Hotel
|
XR
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/19
|
Green
Woodpecker
|
1
|
Ness
Glen
|
|
RHH
|
|
Grey
Phalarope
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BG
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
opposite
Marine Hotel
|
ZB
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK/RW
|
|
Knot
|
404+
|
Troon
|
|
ZB
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
240+
|
Troon
|
|
ZB
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
3000
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Ardrossan
|
in
marina
|
CT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/19
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
opposite
Marine Hotel
|
DE/RHH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
RW
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
RHH
|
|
Fieldfare
|
1000's
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/10/19
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
opposite
Marine Hotel
|
DGr
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
23
|
Doonfoor
|
|
XR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/19
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
male
|
MH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
|
MH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Fieldfare
|
300
|
Meigle
|
|
AB
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/10/19
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
Sands
|
|
AMcK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
300
|
Fail
|
|
HG
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
32
|
Fail
|
|
HG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/10/19
|
!
Chough
|
1
|
Turnberry
|
at
lighthouse
|
AS
|
|
Knot
|
80
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DH
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
adult
|
DH/MH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Mansfield
Road
|
MH
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Lochside
Hotel
|
MH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
|
|
CT
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
72
|
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
BF
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Adult
at Auchincross
|
BF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
CMcI
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Fail
|
adults
|
CMcI
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
2
|
Dalleagles
|
ringtails
|
HF
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
ringtails
|
HF
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Dalgig
|
adult
|
RHH
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
50
|
Blackcraig
Hill
|
Flew
north-west
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
GMcA/HF
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
20
|
Fail
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Fieldfare
|
nc
|
Fail
|
"hundreds"
|
HF
|
|
Redwing
|
nc
|
Fail
|
"hundreds"
|
HF
|
|
Green
Woodpecker
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
CM
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Turnberry
Bay
|
juv
off Milton Burn
|
RHH
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Turnberry
Bay
|
Milton
Burn
|
RHH
|
|
Fieldfare
|
150
|
Dailly
|
Wallacetown
|
RHH
|
|
Redwing
|
100+
|
Dailly
|
Wallacetown
|
RHH
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
Dalgig
|
adult
|
DGr/MH
|
|
Fieldfare
|
nc
|
Dalgig
|
"hundreds"
|
DGr
|
|
Redwing
|
nc
|
Dalgig
|
"hundreds"
|
DGr
|
|
Fieldfare
|
200+
|
Ochiltree
|
Flew
north
|
MH
|
|
Snipe
|
28
|
Troon
|
Gypsy
Pool
|
BDK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
BE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
RGV/GB
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Adult
at Auchincross
|
GB
|
|
Canada
Goose
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
"small
race" at Auchincross
|
GB
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Ringtail
at Auchincross
|
GB
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
ad
male
|
SW
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Dipple
|
juv
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
4
|
Fairlie
|
|
CT
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Fairlie
|
|
CT
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Loans
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
BG
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Adult
at Auchincross
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
ZB/CH
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
ZB/AF
|
|
Snow
Goose
|
1
|
New
Cumnock
|
Adult
at Auchincross
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Fail
|
1st-w
|
GMcA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/10/19
|
!
White-rumped
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DC/DGi
|
|
Knot
|
10
|
Troon
harbour
|
Ballast
Bank
|
JA/BA
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
196
|
Troon
harbour
|
Ballast
Bank
|
JA/BA
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
110
|
Troon
harbour
|
Ballast
Bank
|
JA/BA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/10/19
|
Grey
Plover
|
2
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Wigeon
|
1100
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Greenshank
|
8
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
952
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Curlew
|
151
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
RHH
|
|
Pochard
|
1
|
Martnaham
|
male
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
15
|
Doonfoot
|
|
JA/BA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/10/19
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Loans
|
ad
|
BDK
|
|
Rock
Pipit
|
21
|
Waterside-Seamill
|
|
PMcE
|
|
Turnstone
|
95
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/10/19
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
587
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/10/19
|
Sand
Martin
|
2
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
House
Martin
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
15
|
Huntertson
|
|
AU
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Bogside/Garnock
|
|
IH
|
|
Greenshank
|
11
|
Bogside/Garnock
|
|
IH
|
|
Greenshank
|
11
|
Bogside/Garnock
|
|
IH
|
|
Gadwall
|
5
|
Garnock
East ponds
|
|
IH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/10/19
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
42
|
Portencross
|
Ardneil
Farm
|
MMcG
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
ads
|
GMcA
|
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
GMcA
|
|
Swift
sp.
|
1
|
Stevenston
|
|
MMcG
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/10/19
|
!Yellow-browed
Warbler
|
1
|
Marr
College, Troon
|
at
car park
|
BG
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/10/19
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
31
|
Portencross
|
Ardneil
Farm
|
MMcG
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
40
|
Fail
|
Flew
NW
|
TC
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
200+
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
TC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/10/19
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Saltcoats
|
|
KR
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Saltcoats
|
|
KR
|
|
Knot
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KR
|
|
Sanderling
|
36
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KR
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KR
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
LH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/10/19
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
male
|
SW
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Water
Rail
|
4
|
Trabboch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
8
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
Yellowhammer
|
15
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/10/19
|
Redwing
|
15
|
Capringstone
|
First
of the autumn
|
RW
|
|
Redwing
|
10
|
Crosshill
|
First
of the autumn
|
RHH
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
ad
|
SB
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
ad
|
SB
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
ad
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/10/19
|
!
Lesser Yellowlegs
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
juv
- 3rd Ayrshire record
|
JC
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
ad
|
CH
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Bogside
racecourse
|
female
|
GMcA
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
20
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Dipple-Balkenna
|
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
harbour
|
|
RHH
|
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Garnock
East ponds
|
|
IH
|
|
Shoveler
|
4
|
Garnock
East ponds
|
|
IH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/10/19
|
!
Lesser Yellowlegs
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
juv
- 3rd Ayrshire record
|
GMcA
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
ad
|
ZB
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
ZB
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
ZB
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
125
|
Fail
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/10/19
|
!
Lesser Yellowlegs
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
juv
- 3rd Ayrshire record
|
DGi
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
AR
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
30
|
Bogside/Irvine
harbour
|
|
DJ
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Bogside/Irvine
harbour
|
|
DJ
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
25+
|
Hunterston
|
flew
over
|
ZB
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
Black
Guillemot
|
14
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
ZB
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
2nd-w
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Swallow
|
7
|
Maybole
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/09/19
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Maidens
|
adult
|
DGr
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
41
|
Doonfoot
|
in
off the sea
|
DGr
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
adult
|
DGr
|
|
Greenshank
|
4
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DGr
|
| |