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2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
July
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/07/22
|
Knot
|
6
|
Maidens
|
|
HF
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
1200
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/07/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/07/22
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs-Pow Burn
|
|
AF
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
18
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Inc
4 juvs
|
BDK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Garnock Floods
SWT
|
|
DR
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sanderling
|
18
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BDK
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
35
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
BDK
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/07/22
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
DR
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon,
south beach
|
|
DR
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
12
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
Inc
3 juvs
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/07/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/07/22
|
Arctic
Skua
|
2
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
6
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Kennedy's
Pass
|
|
EB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/07/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
13
|
Barassie
|
10
ads, 2 x 2nd-s, 1st-s
|
BDK
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
HF
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Auchincross
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/07/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/07/22
|
Swift
|
45+
|
Dalricket-Dalgig
|
|
RHH
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
12
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
DE
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/07/22
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/07/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
4
|
Saltcoats
|
3
x 2nd-s, Ad
|
RK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/07/22
|
Arctic
Skua
|
3
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
MH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/07/22
|
Quail
|
3
|
Fail/Boghead
Farm
|
Singing
males
|
AF
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
DR
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
20+
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
HF
|
|
Common
Tern
|
2
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
HF
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
HF
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/07/22
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
f
+ b/3
|
MH
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
House
Martin
|
25
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/07/22
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
Common
Tern
|
1
|
Bogside
Flats
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/07/22
|
Quail
|
1-2
|
Fail
|
Singing
males
|
RHH
|
|
Sanderling
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
286
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/07/22
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/07/22
|
Quail
|
1
|
Fail
|
Singing
male
|
BB
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
DE/AB
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/07/22
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
317
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Dunure
|
Flew
north
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/07/22
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
DG
|
|
Swift
|
20
|
Auchincruive
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/06/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/06/22
|
Common
Scoter
|
4
|
Barassie-Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/06/22
|
Quail
|
1
|
Bardarroch
Farm
|
Singing
male
|
MH
|
|
Osprey
|
1
|
Upper
Garnock estuary
|
|
TB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/06/22
|
Common
Scoter
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
4
|
Barassie
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/06/22
|
Arctic
Tern
|
10
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
Sanderling
|
2
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/06/22
|
Quail
|
1
|
Fail
|
Singing
male
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/06/22
|
Sanderling
|
14
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
Common
Tern
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/06/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1st-s
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/06/22
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/06/22
|
Storm
Petrel
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/06/22
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1st-s
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/06/22
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/06/22
|
Redstart
|
5
|
Glen
Afton
|
5
singing mm
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/06/22
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Girvan
|
Flew
SW
|
GMcW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/06/22
|
Reed
Warbler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
Singing
male
|
BDK/RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/06/22
|
Reed
Warbler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods
|
Singing
male
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/06/22
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KS
|
|
Sanderling
|
26
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/05/22
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/05/22
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
LXH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/05/22
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/05/22
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Lady
Isle
|
Female
|
DGr
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Lady
Isle
|
|
DGr
|
|
Puffin
|
2
|
Lady
Isle
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/05/22
|
Pied
Flycatcher
|
2
|
Craigengillan
|
First
of the year
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/05/22
|
Knot
|
6
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/05/22
|
Grey
Phalarope
|
1
|
Meikle
Craigs
|
F
in breeding plumage
|
DE
|
|
Swift
|
20
|
New
Farm Loch
|
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/05/22
|
Arctic
Skua
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Puffin
|
6
|
Troon
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Gannet
|
61
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/05/22
|
! Spotted
Flycatcher
|
1
|
Glen
Afton
|
First
of the year
|
HF
|
|
Pomarine
Skua
|
2
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Puffin
|
2
|
Troon
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/05/22
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Gailes
Marsh SWT
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/05/22
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Ballast
Bank
|
1st-s
|
BDK
|
|
Goldeneye
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Puffin
|
3
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Troon
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Arctic
Skua
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Puffin
|
7
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Swift
|
3
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/05/22
|
Swift
|
2
|
Ayr
|
|
AMcC
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
AF
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
1
|
Turnberry
Point
|
Flew
north
|
DGr
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Turnberry
Point
|
Flew
north
|
DGr
|
|
Puffin
|
6
|
Turnberry
Point
|
Flew
north
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/05/22
|
Swift
|
6
|
New
Farm Loch
|
|
AF
|
|
Swift
|
2
|
Cumnock
|
|
DCK
|
|
Swift
|
2
|
Kilwinning
|
|
JC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/05/22
|
Swift
|
4
|
New
Farm Loch
|
|
AF
|
|
Swift
|
3
|
Saltcoats
|
|
PMcE
|
|
Swift
|
2
|
Girvan
|
|
GMcW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/05/22
|
! Swift
|
1
|
Irvine
|
First
of the year
|
GMcA
|
|
! Swift
|
1
|
Dalrymple
|
First
of the year
|
PC
|
|
! Swift
|
1
|
Crookedholm
|
First
of the year
|
BBB
|
|
! Swift
|
2
|
Culzean
|
First
of the year
|
CS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/05/22
|
! Wood
Warbler
|
1
|
Kilwinning
|
First
of the year
|
DL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/05/22
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
Garden
Warbler
|
3
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
3
singing male
|
RL
|
|
Whitethroat
|
7
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
7
singing male
|
RL
|
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
5
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
5
singing male
|
RL
|
|
Garden
Warbler
|
1
|
Caprickhill
|
Singing
male
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/05/22
|
Garganey
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
Male
|
AF
|
|
! Pomarine
Skua
|
2
|
Dunure
|
First
of the year
|
HF
|
|
Arctic
Skua
|
2
|
Dunure
|
|
DE
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
3
|
Girvan
|
|
GMcW
|
|
House
Martin
|
5
|
Capringstone
|
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/05/22
|
Sand
Martin
|
30+
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
120+
|
Dunure
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
Puffin
|
6
|
Dunure
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
7
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Maidens
|
Flew
south
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whimbrel
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Auld
Brig, River Ayr
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/05/22
|
Common
Scoter
|
17
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whimbrel
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
House
Martin
|
8
|
Howard
Park
|
|
RL
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Male
|
DE
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/05/22
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
46+
|
Kennedy's
Pass
|
|
RHH
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
14
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Whimbrel
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/05/22
|
Lesser
Whitethroat
|
3
|
Croy
Bay
|
3
singing mm
|
RHH
|
|
Whinchat
|
1
|
Loch
Doon
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/04/22
|
White
Wagtail
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whimbrel
|
6
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/04/22
|
Whimbrel
|
11
|
Segganwell
|
|
RHH
|
|
Garganey
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Female
|
BG
|
|
Redstart
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
2
singing mm
|
DGr
|
|
Ruff
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Sanderling
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/04/22
|
Iceland
Gull
|
3rd-s
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whimbrel
|
3
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
11
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
9
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
Puffin
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
7
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Whimbrel
|
9
|
Hunterston
|
|
SMcM
|
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
Singing
male
|
SMcM
|
|
Cuckoo
|
2
|
Fairlie
Moor
|
2
singing male
|
MMcG
|
|
Wheatear
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
2-cy
male
|
DGr
|
|
Whimbrel
|
16
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
9
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
Puffin
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/04/22
|
! Whinchat
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
First
of the year
|
BDK
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Whimbrel
|
17
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Lesser
Whitethroat
|
2
|
Croy
|
|
BB
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
54
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
54
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Blackcap
|
13
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
13
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
12
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
12
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
3
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
3
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Whitethroat
|
3
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
3 singing
mm
|
BDK
|
|
Garden
Warbler
|
2
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
2 singing
mm
|
BDK
|
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
1
singing m
|
BDK
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
3
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
3 singing
mm
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/04/22
|
Sand
Martin
|
14
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
19
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
4
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Whitethroat
|
3
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Whimbrel
|
8
|
Ballast
Bank, Troon
|
|
DR
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Portencross
|
Flew
north
|
GMcA
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
2-cy
male
|
DGr
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
6
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
Wheatear
|
5
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
SB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/04/22
|
Common
Tern
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DL
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
Cuckoo
|
1
|
Knock
Hill
|
Singing
m
|
AB
|
|
Arctic
Tern
|
3
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Lesser
Whitethroat
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/04/22
|
Lesser
Whitethroat
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
Redstart
|
1
|
Ness
Glen
|
Singing
m
|
BDK
|
|
Tree
Pipit
|
1
|
Loch
Doon
|
Singing
m
|
BDK
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
5
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
DGr
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
16
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
4
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RK
|
|
Garden
Warbler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
Singing
m
|
RK
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
Singing
m
|
RK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/04/22
|
Cuckoo
|
1
|
Patna
|
|
BM
|
|
Tree
Pipit
|
1
|
Kilwinning
|
|
PW
|
|
Wheatear
|
5
|
Loch
Doon
|
|
PW
|
|
Swallow
|
2
|
North
Craig Reservoir
|
|
AF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/04/22
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Maidens
|
Flew
north
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/04/22
|
! Lesser
Whitethroat
|
2
|
Ardeer
|
First
of the year
|
JJ
|
|
Garden
Warbler
|
1
|
Caprington
|
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
14
|
Caprington
|
|
RL
|
|
Cuckoo
|
1
|
Byne
Hill
|
Singing
male
|
GMcW
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
1
|
Kilmarnock
(Barassie) GC
|
Singing
male
|
BDK
|
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
1
|
Symington
|
Singing
male
|
SB
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DH
|
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Portencross
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
3
|
Girvan
|
Flew
south
|
GMcW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/04/22
|
! Eurasian
Crane
|
1
|
Clawfin
|
Flew
SW
|
AAM
|
|
Cuckoo
|
1
m
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
Cuckoo
|
1
m
|
Loch
Doon
|
|
DE
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AF
|
|
Whimbrel
|
4
|
Newton
on Ayr
|
|
JT
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BDK
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
5
|
Hairshawmuir
Water
|
|
AF
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
12
|
Ayr
Gorge
|
|
RL
|
|
Blackcap
|
7
|
Ayr
OGorge
|
7
mm
|
RL
|
|
Goosander
|
7
|
Ayr
Gorge
|
3
mm/4 ff
|
RL
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
5
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AF
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
4
|
Saltcoats
|
|
AF
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
1st-s
|
BDK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Imm
male
|
DGr
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Saltcoats
|
|
AF
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/04/22
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
DC
|
|
Whitethroat
|
2
|
Greenan
|
|
DC
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
MC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/04/22
|
! Whitethroat
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
First
of the year
|
BDK
|
|
! Tree
Pipit
|
1
|
Stinchar
Falls
|
First
of the year
|
RHH
|
|
! Tree
Pipit
|
1
|
Rowantree
Toll
|
First
of the year
|
RHH
|
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
1
|
Nick
o' the Balloch
|
Female
|
RHH
|
|
Sedge
Warbler
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
Singing
m
|
BDK
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
2
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
2
|
River
Irvine
|
Holmsford Br-Shewalton
|
BDK
|
|
Blackcap
|
7
|
River
Irvine
|
Holmsford Br-Shewalton
|
BDK
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
13
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
Blackcap
|
7
|
River
Irvine
|
Holmsford Br-Shewalton
|
BDK
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
5
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
5
|
River
Irvine, Holmsford Br
|
Holmsford Br-Shewalton
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/04/22
|
! Garden
Warbler
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
First
of the year
|
BDK
|
|
Blackcap
|
5
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
3
mm/ 2ff
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
20
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
8
|
Trabboch
|
|
BDK
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
9
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Girvan
|
|
LP
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
13
|
Auchincross
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whimbrel
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
LP
|
|
! American
Wigeon
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
Male
|
DC/BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/04/22
|
! Redstart
|
2
mm
|
Loudoun
Hill
|
First
of the year
|
GB
|
|
! Cuckoo
|
1
m
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
First
of the year
|
TB
|
|
! Sedge
Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
First
of the year
|
TB
|
|
! American
Wigeon
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
Male
|
DGi
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
3
mm
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
TB/RL
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
1
m
|
Greenan
|
|
MH
|
|
Grasshopper
Warbler
|
1
m
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MH
|
|
Common
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
6
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
5
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
4
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
4
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
9
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Stevenston
|
|
DE
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
18
|
Greenan
|
|
RGV
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1st-w
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
HF
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1500
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Flew
north
|
JT
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Saltcoats
|
|
SD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/04/22
|
! Grasshopper
Warbler
|
1
m
|
Ardeer
Fen
|
First
of the year
|
SK
|
|
! Common
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Tarbolton
fishery
|
First
of the year
|
DGi
|
|
! Common
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
First
of the year
|
DE
|
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
1
|
Loudoun
Hill
|
Female
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
2
|
Loudoun
Hill
|
|
RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
3
|
Ladyton
Loch
|
|
RL
|
|
Blackcap
|
2
|
Ladyton
Loch
|
|
RL
|
|
Blackcap
|
2
|
Fullarton
Woods
|
|
ER
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
m
|
Kerlaw
|
|
DE
|
|
Wheatear
|
3
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
MC
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
2
|
Troon
|
|
PW
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
c300
|
Fail
|
Flew
south
|
HF
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
HF
|
|
Merlin
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
HF
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Turnberry
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/04/22
|
Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
|
DGi
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
2nd-w
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
DGi
|
|
Whimbrel
|
3
|
Ardmillan
|
|
DGi
|
|
White
Wagtail
|
5
|
Ardmillan
|
|
DGi
|
|
House
Martin
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
|
FSS
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
|
FSS
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
4
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
18
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
18
singing mm
|
FSS/RL
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
17
|
Tarryholme
|
inc
4 singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
13
|
Kilmarnock-Dreghorn
d.r.l.
|
13
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
4
|
River
Irvine, Holmsford Br
|
4
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
4
|
Oldhall
Ponds SWT
|
4
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
3
|
Shewalton,
Meadow Rd pit
|
3
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
1
|
Milgarholm
Park
|
1
singing m
|
FSS
|
|
Blackcap
|
2
mm
|
Knockentiber-Deghorn
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Blackcap
|
2
|
Milgarholm
Park
|
2
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Tarryholme
|
1
singing m
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
24
|
Kilmarnock-Irvine
d.r.l.
|
24
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
8
|
River
Irvine, Holmsford Br
|
8
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
8
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
8
singing mm
|
FSS/RL
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
6
|
Shewalton,
Meadow Rd pit
|
6
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
4
|
Milgarholm
Park
|
4 singing
mm
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
3
|
Oldhall
Ponds SWT
|
3
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
2
|
Tarryholme
|
2
singing mm
|
FSS
|
|
Shoveler
|
pr
|
Capringstone
|
|
FSS
|
|
Goldeneye
|
3
|
Shewalton,
Meadow Rd pit
|
1
m/2 ff
|
FSS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/04/22
|
Swallow
|
2
|
Trabboch
|
|
DI
|
|
Wheatear
|
5
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
Imm
male
|
DI
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
|
Ad
male
|
KR
|
|
Sanderling
|
33
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KR
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
KR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/04/22
|
! House
Martin
|
3
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
First
of the year
|
FSS
|
|
! House
Martin
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
First
of the year
|
HF
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
20
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
1
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
9
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Crossbill
|
2
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1st-w
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Meadow
Pipit
|
42
|
Knockentiber-Springside
|
disused
railway line
|
FSS
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
7
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
c700
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/04/22
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
2
|
Ardeer
beach
|
|
RL
|
|
Sanderling
|
17
|
Ardeer
beach
|
|
RL
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
32
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
130
|
Maidens
|
Flew
north
|
RHH
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
4
|
Ardmillan
|
|
BB
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/04/22
|
Little
Gull
|
1st-w
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
HF
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Goldeneye
|
14
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Redshank
|
136
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
9
|
Ardeer
ICI
|
|
RL
|
|
Swallow
|
1
|
Auchengate
|
|
HF
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
32
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/04/22
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Juvenile
|
DC
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Trooin
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
RK
|
|
Great
Skua
|
1
|
Saltcoats
|
|
RK
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
182
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Siskin
|
1
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
Lesser
Redpoll
|
23
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/04/22
|
! Swallow
|
1
|
Newton
on Ayr
|
First
of the year
|
MH
|
|
Puffin
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
BDK
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
7+
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
30
|
Maidens
|
light-bellied hrota
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/04/22
|
Willow
Warbler
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
1
singng m
|
BDK
|
|
Arctic
Skua
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
north
|
HF
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
BDK
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Troon
|
Flew
north
|
BDK
|
|
Kittiwake
|
c250
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
578
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/04/22
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
5
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Dunure
|
Flew
north
|
HF
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
10+
|
Dunure
|
Flew
north
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/04/22
|
! Osprey
|
2
|
Loch
Doon
|
First
of the year
|
LDR
|
|
Sandwich
Tern
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
MC
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/04/22
|
Ring
Ouzel
|
2
|
Nick
o' the Balloch
|
|
DGr/BDK
|
|
Wheatear
|
3
|
Nick
o' the Balloch
|
|
BDK
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
AF
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
AF
|
|
Sanderling
|
90
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
AF
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Turnberry
|
|
TW
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Turnberry
|
|
TW
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/04/22
|
! Ring
Ouzel
|
2
|
Nick
o' the Balloch
|
First
of the year
|
HF
|
|
! Sandwich
Tern
|
1
|
Turnberry
|
First
of the year
|
HF
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
9
|
Shewalton
Wood SWT
|
9
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Turnberry
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Girvan
|
|
LS
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Goldeneye
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
RL
|
|
Goldeneye
|
2
|
Ardeer
ICI ponds
|
|
RL
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
36
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
PW
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
PW
|
|
Siskin
|
30
|
Sorn
|
|
LJ
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/03/22
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
FD
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
29
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
PW
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
474
|
Hunterston
|
|
PK
|
|
Shelduck
|
43
|
Hunterston
|
|
PK
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
BB
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1500
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
BB
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
BB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/03/22
|
Whooper
Swan
|
21
|
Nith
flood plain
|
Departed
in eve
|
MH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
PK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/03/22
|
! Puffin
|
1
|
Dunure
|
First
of the year
|
HF
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
1
|
Loans
|
Singing
m
|
JD
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
11
|
Eglinton
CP
|
|
RL
|
|
Velvet
Scoter
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Imms
|
RHH
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
50
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
Sanderling
|
110
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RHH
|
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
N with Pinkfeet
|
HF
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
c500
|
Dunure
|
Flew
north
|
HF
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
300
|
Ochiltree
|
Flew
east
|
MH
|
|
Shoveler
|
2
|
Eglinton
CP
|
Male
& female
|
RL
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Gailes
Marsh SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
JR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/03/22
|
Little
Gull
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
1
x 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
Wheatear
|
1
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BDK
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
2
|
Gailes
Marsh SWT
|
|
BDK
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
6
|
Gailes
Marsh SWT
|
6
singing mm
|
BDK
|
|
Iceland
Gull
|
1
|
Blairbowie
|
Adult
|
RHH
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DL
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Woodlands
Bay
|
|
SA
|
|
Sanderling
|
113
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
38
|
Kilmarnock
|
Flew
north
|
RR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27/03/22
|
Little
Gull
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
1
x 1st-w
|
DGi
|
|
Willow
Warbler
|
1
|
Ardeer
Fen
|
Singing
m
|
TB
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
25
|
Garnock
lagoons
|
25
singing mm
|
TB
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
2
|
Ladyton
Loch-Milton
|
2
singing mm
|
AF
|
|
Shoveler
|
3
|
Auchincross
|
2
mm, 1 f
|
MH
|
|
Gadwall
|
4
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DE
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
52
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/03/22
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Manx
Shearwater
|
6
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
Sand
Martin
|
9
|
Gailes
Marsh SWT
|
| |