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|
2021
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Pallas's
Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Spotted Sandpiper,
Lesser Scaup, Black-necked Grebe, Great
Egret, Hobby, Temminck's Stint, Rose-coloured
Starling, Eurasian Crane, Turtle Dove, Ring-necked
Duck, Green-winged Teal.
|
2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
|
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
|
December
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/12/21
|
!
Lesser Scaup
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
Ad
m
|
HF/RHH/DGr
|
|
|
!
Black-necked Grebe
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juv
|
DJ
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
5
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Craig
Tara sewage plant
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
River
Irvine, Dreghorn
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
12
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
40
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Siskin
|
98
|
Fullarton/Lochgreen
GC
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Prestwick
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/12/21
|
!
Lesser Scaup
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
Adult
male
|
MH
|
|
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Craig
Tara sewage plant
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Craig
Tara sewage plant
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Common
Chiffchaff
|
2
|
Craig
Tara sewage plant
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
2
ads, 1st-w
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
Male
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
c40
|
Heathfield,
Ayr
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
56
|
Hunterston
|
|
FD
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
14
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
34
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
JM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/12/21
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Craig
Tara sewage plant
|
tristis
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/12/21
|
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrs rec -30th day
|
JM
|
|
|
Siberian
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Craig
Tara sewage plant
|
|
DG
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ER
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
AF/BDK/RL
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
2
|
Bogside
|
Ringtails
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL/BDK
|
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
8
|
Ardeer,
ICI ponds
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
5
|
Ardeer,
ICI ponds
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/12/21
|
!
Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Ad
male
|
SB
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Imm/f
|
SB
|
|
|
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
|
MS
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
c50
|
Hunterston
|
|
AH
|
|
|
Curlew
|
200
|
Hunterston
|
|
AH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/12/21
|
!
Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Ad
male
|
DGr
|
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
160+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Teal
|
70+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
50+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
6
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
5
|
Nith
floodplain
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
11
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
17
|
Nith
floodplain
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/12/21
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Doonfoot
|
4
ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
231
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/12/21
|
!
Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Ad
male
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Green
Woodpecker
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
Heard
|
BDK
|
|
|
Siskin
|
13
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
2
|
Fail
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
DE
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
5
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
70+
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Curlew
|
18
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
63
|
Portencross
|
|
PS
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Portencross
|
|
AD
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
78
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/12/21
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
ER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/12/21
|
!
Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Ad
male
|
DGr
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Juv
|
DGr
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
2
ads, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
71
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
5
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
ER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/12/21
|
!
Ring-necked
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Ad
male
|
DGr
|
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
140+
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
MN
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Ardmillan
|
Female
|
BB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
2
ads, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
7
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/12/21
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Dipple
|
imm/ff
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
7
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Dipple
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
15
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
inc 7 juv
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Imm/f
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
JG
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
156
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mallard
|
105
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/12/21
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mallard
|
91
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
27
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/12/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
42
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
126
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Curlew
|
47
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
202
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/12/21
|
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrs rec - 16th day
|
BDK/RK/RL
|
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
2nd-w
|
DC
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
157
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
149
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
60
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
5
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
26
|
Saltcoats
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Saltcoats
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
3
|
Southannan
Sands
|
2
mm/1 f
|
ZB
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goosander
|
10
|
Kay
Park
|
6
mm/4 redheads
|
AF
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
13
|
Culzean
CP
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/12/21
|
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrs rec - 15th day
|
AR/RHH/BDK
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
55+
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
7
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Water
Rail
|
2
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
|
AR
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
8
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
6
|
Ardeer,
ICI ponds
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
40+
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
30+
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
Ad
|
DC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
Ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
16
|
Ardeer
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/12/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
60+
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Flew
south
|
DGr
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Adult
|
DGr
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Irvine,
Magnum Pool
|
|
SD
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
Ads
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/12/21
|
!
!
Pallas's Warbler
|
1
|
Auchinleck
House
|
First
Ayrs rec - 2nd day
|
MH
et al
|
|
|
Starling
|
300
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/12/21
|
!
!
Pallas's Warbler
|
1
|
Auchinleck
House
|
First
Ayrshire record
|
GT
|
|
|
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrs rec - 11th day
|
HF
|
|
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Monktonhill
Farm
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
2
ads, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Siskin
|
22
|
Fullarton
Woods
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/12/21
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
GG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Redshank
|
75
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/12/21
|
Goosander
|
12
|
Kay
Park
|
6
mm/6 readheads
|
AF
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
1st-w
|
DGr
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
JG
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
71
|
Barassie
|
Stinking
Rocks
|
BDK
|
|
|
Starling
|
500
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
5
|
Barnshean
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/12/21
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
2nd-w
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
13
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
E
of Hunterston House
|
RGV/MMcG
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
145
|
Hunterston
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Curlew
|
225
|
Hunterston
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
120
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
40
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
4
|
Southannan
Sands
|
Male
|
ZB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
12
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
SW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Eider
|
200
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
200
|
Troon
harb/Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Redshank
|
61
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
31
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
43
|
Stevenston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Slaphouse
Burn
|
|
MH/DI
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/12/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Newton
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/12/21
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Meigle
|
|
NH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/12/21
|
!
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrshire record
|
DGr
|
|
|
Great
Grey Shrike
|
1
|
Benbeoch
|
|
CR
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
MY
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
53
|
Barassie
|
Stinking
Rocks
|
BDK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
100
|
Troon
|
|
SV
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
SV
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
SV
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
100
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
SV
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
SV
|
|
|
Twite
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
SV
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Newton
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Prestwick
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/12/21
|
!
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrshire record
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Portencross
|
|
SV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/12/21
|
!
!
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrshire record
|
DJ/DGr
et al
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
MN
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/12/21
|
! !
Cetti's Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
recreation pond
|
First
Ayrshire record
|
IH
|
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DI
|
|
|
Grey
Partridge
|
5
|
Girvan
Mains
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
JM
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
41
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
5
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
116
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
62
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
46
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Grebe
|
7
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
141
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Twite
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/12/21
|
Brent
Goose
|
13
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
inc 6 juv
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
9
|
Caringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
371
|
Caringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Teal
|
64
|
Caringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
300
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
118
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/11/21
|
Gadwall
|
10
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
151
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Mute
Swan
|
34
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/11/21
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/11/21
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
30+
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
CT
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
SM
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
SM
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
SM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/11/21
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
2
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DI
|
|
|
Goosander
|
5
|
River
Ayr, Ayr town centre
|
|
SH
|
|
|
Goosander
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
SH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/11/21
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/11/21
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
SW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/11/21
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Culzean
CP
|
Pair
|
DC
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
1
|
Culzean
CP
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Siskin
|
65
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
MB
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
7
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/11/21
|
Pochard
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
Male
|
MH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Barassie
|
Adults
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
130+
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/11/21
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
RL
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
PR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/11/21
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
MY
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Gailes
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
JM
|
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Stinking
Rocks
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
GC
|
|
CT
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
2
|
Auchenharvie
GC
|
|
CT
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
74
|
Gailes-Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/11/21
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Doonfoot
|
|
BS
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/11/21
|
Brambling
|
25
|
Loch
Doon
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Red
Kite
|
1
|
Loch
Doon
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Seamill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Jackdaw
|
2
|
Seamill
|
Possible
Nordic monedula
|
RHH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
1
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/11/21
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
138
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
61
|
Gailes
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Lesser
Redpoll
|
16
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Siskin
|
31
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
56
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
49
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/11/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Irvine
beach
|
adj
to W. Gailes GC
|
HF
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
10
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
inc 6 juv
|
RHH
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
70+
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Gannet
|
7
|
Maidens
|
S/30m
|
RHH
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
65
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/11/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Irvine
beach
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Dunure
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Ardeer
ICI pools
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
4
|
Ardeer
ICI pools
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
30+
|
Irvine
beach park
|
|
PB
|
|
|
Goosander
|
7
|
Kay
Park
|
3
mm/4 readheads
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/11/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Irvine
beach
|
|
BS
|
|
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
19
|
Ballantrae-Kennedy's
Pass
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
14
|
Ballantrae-Kennedy's
Pass
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
15
|
Ballantrae-Kennedy's
Pass
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Gannet
|
20
|
Ballantrae-Kennedy's
Pass
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
GD
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
GD
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GD
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GD
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
10
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare/Redwing
|
300+
|
Craigie
|
|
AM
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/11/21
|
Jack
Snipe
|
3
|
Seamill
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
7
|
Troon
|
7
adults
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Curlew
|
50+
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
150+
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
200+
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Teal
|
50+
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
54
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
45
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/11/21
|
Lesser
Redpoll
|
17
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Oldhall
Ponds SWT
|
|
AG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
LC
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
MC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/11/21
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
HF
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
24
|
Nith
floodplain
|
inc
2 juvs
|
JM
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Broomhill
|
inc
2 juvs
|
JM
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
1
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Great
Crested Grebe
|
1
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
12
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
48
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/11/21
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
9
|
Barassie
|
6
ad, 2 x 2nd-w, 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/11/21
|
Snow
Bunting
|
1
|
Bogton
Loch
|
Flew
over
|
JM
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Ad
|
DE
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
3
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Redwing
|
36
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
58
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/11/21
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
44
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
32
|
Pow
Burn
|
Later
flew towards Troon
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
120
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
183
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Teal
|
116
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
205
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
31
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/11/21
|
Redwing
|
92
|
Caprington
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/11/21
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
272
|
Maidens
|
|
DGr/RHH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
106
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
103
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Ruddy
Shelduck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/11/21
|
Little
Auk
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Adult
|
ZB
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
84
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
100+
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Adult
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
49
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Hunterston-Fairlie
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
6
|
Hunterston-Fairlie
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
100
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
70
|
Sandyford
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Redwing
|
16
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
23
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Curlew
|
25
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/11/21
|
Water
Pipit
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Pink-footed Goose
|
5000
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Ross's
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
HF/DGr
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
200
|
Fail
|
|
BDK/DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Portencross
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
93
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/11/21
|
Great Egret
|
1
|
St.
Quivox
|
Flew
SE
|
MH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
280
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
53
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
113
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Curlew
|
93
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
31
|
Craigdow
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
300+
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
5
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000+
|
Loans
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
150+
|
Loans
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/11/21
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
Flats
|
|
AR
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
2
|
Bogside
Flats
|
Ringtails
|
RL/AR
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
10
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
AR
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Dalvennan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Redwing
|
60+
|
Dalvennan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
40
|
Fail
|
Inc
7 juvs
|
RHH
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
194
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Barassie
|
Adults
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
MC
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Male
|
MC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Redwing
|
20
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
30+
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Snipe
|
10
|
Bogside
Flats
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/11/21
|
Little
Auk
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/10/21
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
6
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
19
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Fail
|
Female
|
RL
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
150+
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/10/21
|
Brambling
|
3
|
Crosshill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Brambling
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
8
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Redwing
|
15
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
50
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
11+
|
Fail
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
263
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Fail
|
Female
|
DGr
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
51
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Mallard
|
200+
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Teal
|
535
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mallard
|
138
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
74
|
Blairbowie
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
JM
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Bogside
|
Ringtail
|
AL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/10/21
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Adult
|
HF
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
500+
|
Loans
|
|
SW
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Loans
|
|
SW
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
3
|
Loans
|
|
SW
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
60
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
16+
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
100+
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/10/21
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Stinking
Rocks
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Eider
|
172
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
93
|
Stevenston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
82
|
Stevenston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
48
|
Stevenston
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
94
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Bogside/Garnock
estuary
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
6
|
Barassie
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
Twite
|
8
|
Barassie
|
|
ZB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/10/21
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
| |
