Date   

Species

Count

Location

Details

Obs

May

15/05/19

Osprey

1

Turnberry GC

GMcW

Whimbrel

13

Stevenston Point

CK

12/05/19

Black-tailed Godwit

1

Munnoch Reservoir

GMacd

11/05/19

Osprey

1

Dreghorn

HS

10/05/19

Swift

4

Saltcoats

PMcE

Whimbrel

9

Irvine harbour mouth

Ardeer side

GMcA

09/05/19

Wood Warbler

1 m

Fullarton Woods

Holding territory 19th day

BDK

08/05/19

Little Ringed Plover

2

Garnock Floods

GMcA

06/05/19

! Spotted Flycatcher

1

Glen Afton

First of the year

DGr

05/05/19

! Pied Flycatcher

pr

Glen Afton

First of the year

HF/FMcC

! Swift

1

Failford

First of the year

CK

Sanderling

23

Troon

BDK

Whimbrel

1

Troon

BDK

Purple Sandpiper

4

Troon

BDK

Common Scoter

1

Troon

Flew south

BDK

04/05/19

! Chough

1

Bower Hill

TB

03/05/19

! Dotterel

1

Blackcraig Hill

First of the year

DGr

Wheatear

15

Blackcraig Hill

DGr

02/05/19

Wheatear

1

Dundonald Camp

Greenland leucorhoa

DGr

01/05/19

! Common Tern

2

Ardeer

First of the year

GMcA

Common Scoter

19

Stevenston Point

DJ

Lesser Whitethroat

1 m

ICI Ardeer

TB

Whimbrel

9

Meigle Bay

AH

Whimbrel

3

Ardeer beach

GMcA

Sanderling

43

Ardeer beach

GMcA

Common Scoter

6

Ardeer

offshore

GMcA

April

29/04/19

Garganey

1 m

Garnock Floods SWT

GMcA

Black-tailed Godwit

5

Ardeer peninsula/Bogside

IH

Black-tailed Godwit

1

Munnoch Reservoir

GMcA

Whimbrel

2

Ardeer peninsula/Bogside

IH

White Wagtail

30

Munnoch Reservoir

GMcA

28/04/19

Short-eared Owl

1

Garnock Floods

SW

27/04/19

Osprey

1

Laigh Milton Mill

Fishing the River Irvine

BC

26/04/19

Puffin

1

Irvine harbour mouth

Flew north

GMcA

Arctic Tern

1

Irvine harbour mouth

GMcA

Arctic Skua

2

Irvine harbour mouth

Flew north

GMcA

Common Scoter

11

Irvine harbour mouth

8 on sea/3 flew north

GMcA

Sandwich Tern

15

Irvine harbour mouth

GMcA

Whimbrel

8

Bogside

GMcA

Great Northern Diver

2

Culzean Bay

DA

25/04/19

Garganey

1 m

Garnock Floods SWT

DGr/BDK

Little Egret

1

Hunterston

IB

Grasshopper Warbler

2 mm

Garnock Floods SWT

BDK

Grasshopper Warbler

1 m

Greenan

SB

Whimbrel

25

Croy

BG

Whimbrel

1

Loans

BDK

24/04/19

! Garganey

1 m

Garnock Floods SWT

First of the year

SWT/DGi

Little Ringed Plover

1

Blairbowie

RHH

Redstart

3

Ness Glen

RHH

Cuckoo

1

Ness Glen

RHH

23/04/19

! Chough

1

Segganwell, Culzean

RHH

22/04/19

Lesser Whitethroat

1 m

Bogside

IH

Grasshopper Warbler

1 m

Maidens

SC

Cuckoo

1

Fairlie Moor

DE

21/04/19

! Garden Warbler

1 m

Fullarton Woods

First of the year

BDK

Wood Warbler

1 m

Fullarton Woods

BDK

Grasshopper Warbler

1 m

Pow Burn

DE

Grasshopper Warbler

1 m

Shewalton

SB

Blackcap

6 mm

Pitcon, Dalry

CB

Whimbrel

17

Croy

DGr

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

SW

20/04/19

! Wood Warbler

1 m

Ness Glen

First of the year

GMcA

! Whinchat

1

Slot Burn

First of the year

SOC

! Great Egret

1

Garpel, Loch Doon

MH/GMcA

Grasshopper Warbler

2 mm

Doonfoot

MH

Pink-footed Goose

180

Ardeer

Flew north

TB

Short-eared Owl

2

Bogside

KR

White Wagtail

12

Troon harbour

KR

Purple Sandpiper

30

Troon harbour

KR

Sanderling

150

Barassie

KR

19/04/19

! Whitethroat

1 m

Irvine

First of the year

TB

! Great Egret

1

Loch Doon

JT

Lesser Whitethroat

3

Garnock Lagoons

IH

Grasshopper Warbler

2 mm

Bogton Loch

SOC

Redstart

1 m

Loch Doon

JT

Redstart

1 m

Loudoun Hill

GB

Red Kite

2

Loch Doon

JT

Grasshopper Warbler

2 mm

Garnock Lagoons

TB

Willow Warbler

64 mm

Garnock Lagoons

TB

Sedge Warbler

3 mm

Garnock Lagoons

TB

18/04/19

! Redstart

1

Craigencallie Wood

First of the year

RHH

! Cuckoo

1

Dalcairney

First of the year

RHH

Little Ringed Plover

2

Blairbowie

DGr

Little Ringed Plover

1

Martnaham Loch

HF

Whimbrel

1

Martnaham Loch

DGr

Long-tailed Duck

2

Dipple

DGr

White Wagtail

12

Dipple

DGr

Wheatear

6

Dipple

DGr

Wheatear

7

Dundonald

GMcA

Common Sandpiper

2

Folly Pond, Eglinton CP

GMcA

17/04/19

! Sedge Warbler

1

Greenan Castle

First of the year

JMcP

! Grasshopper Warbler

1 m

Shewalton Wood SWT

First of the year

SOC

! Whimbrel

3

Stevenston Point

First of the year

DJ

! Lesser Whitethroat

1

Greenan

First of the year

SOC

! Great Egret

1

Loch Doon

BDK

Whimbrel

1

Dowhill Port

RHH

Black-tailed Godwit

4

Maidens

RHH

Common Sandpiper

3

Black Neuk

RHH

Common Sandpiper

2

Auchincruive

JI

Common Sandpiper

1

Prestwick

DE

Common Sandpiper

1

Loch Doon

BDK

Greenshank

1

Black Neuk

RHH

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

SB

16/04/19

! Great Egret

1

Loch Doon

FMcC

Common Sandpiper

1

Capringstone

GMcA

Greenshank

1

Capringstone

GMcA

Pink-footed Goose

8

Capringstone

GMcA

Brambling

3

Mauchline

DI

15/04/19

Little Ringed Plover

1

Fail

DGi

14/04/19

! Little Ringed Plover

1

Barleith Pool

First of the year

DGi

Willow Warbler

27

Shewalton Wood SWT

BDK

Black-tailed Godwit

1

Fail

GB

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

SW

13/04/19

Little Gull

1 ad

Capringstone

BG

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

DJ

Pink-footed Goose

17

Capringstone

DJ

Common Sandpiper

1

Pow Burn

DE

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK

12/04/19

Red Kite

3

Loch Doon

DE

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK

11/04/19

Little Gull

1 ad

Capringstone

BG

Iceland Gull

1 ad

Doonfoot

RB

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK

Willow Warbler

1

Ardmillan

GMcW

Wheatear

5

Byne Hill, Girvan

GMcW

10/04/19

! Ring Ouzel

1

Nich o' the Balloch

First of the year

SOC

! Tree Pipit

1

Gala Lane

First of the year

BDK

! White Wagtail

25+

Seamill

First of the year

ZB

! White Wagtail

4

Maidens

First of the year

CMcK

Green Sandpiper

1

Garnock Floods

on River Garnock

GMcA

Jack Snipe

1

Seamill

ZB

Wheatear

4

Maidens

CMcK

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

DE

09/04/19

Marsh Harrier

1

Ardeer ICI

DJ

Little Gull

1 ad

Capringstone

GMcA

Water Pipit

1

Seamill

KS

Wheatear

22

Seamill

KS

Wheatear

18

Gailes area

GMcA

Black-tailed Godwit

4

Bogside

GMcA

Pink-footed Goose

167

Bogside

GMcA

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

GJH

08/04/19

Iceland Gull

1 ad

Pow Burn

BG

Osprey

1

Martnaham Loch

HF

Sandwich Tern

3

Bogside

BDK

Pink-footed Goose

88

Bogside

BDK

07/04/19

! Marsh Harrier

imm f

ICI Ardeer, Irvine

First of the year

TB

Willow Warbler

3

ICI Ardeer, Irvine

TB

Golden Plover

64

Fail

GB

Wheatear

2

Fail

GB

Sand Martin

5

Capringstone

BDK

06/04/19

! Willow Warbler

1

Ballantrae

First of the year

RHH

! Common Sandpiper

1

Hag Burn

First of the year

BDK

Swallow

1

Girvan

RHH

Wheatear

2

Loudoun Hill

BDK

05/04/19

! House Martin

1

Tarbolton

First of the year

CK

Sand Martin

6

Tarbolton

CK

Wheatear

1

Tarbolton

CK

Sandwich Tern

3

Troon harbour

BDK

Common Scoter

3 mm

Troon harbour

BDK

Purple Sandpiper

17

Troon harbour

BDK

04/04/19

Swallow

1

Irvine

MP

Swallow

1

Trabboch Loch

SB

Sandwich Tern

2

Barassie

DE

Wheatear

3

Maidens

RHH

Brent Goose

9

Maidens

light-bellied hrota

RHH

Black-throated Diver

17

Dipple-Milton Burn

RHH

Great Northern Diver

5

Dipple-Milton Burn

RHH

Red-throated Diver

4

Dipple-Milton Burn

RHH

03/04/19

Sandwich Tern

1

Stevenston Point

First of the year

ZB

Sand Martin

25+

Martnaham Loch

MP

Wheatear

1

Stevenston Point

ZB

Long-tailed Duck

1

Stevenston Point

ZB

02/04/19

! Swallow

4

Mochrum Loch

First of the year

SOC

Sandwich Tern

1

Irvine harbour mouth

MP

Wheatear

2

Loch Doon

DE

Kittiwake

70

Troon harbour

Flew north

BDK

March

31/03/19

! Osprey

2

Loch Doon

First of the year

RHLD

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

DE

Little Egret

1

Hunterston

SK

30/03/19

Little Egret

1

Pow Burn

BS

29/03/19

! Wheatear

1

Loch Doon

First of the year

DGr

Iceland Gull

1

Blairbowie

adult

DGr

Pink-footed Goose

1200

Blairbowie

adult

DGr

Little Egret

1

Pow Burn

PW

Whooper Swan

19

Pow Burn

Flew north

PW

28/03/19

Iceland Gull

1

Fail

2nd-yr

DGr

Greenshank

1

Fail

DGr

Golden Plover

10

Fail

DGr

Shoveler

2

Fail

Males

DGr

26/03/19

White-fronted Goose

1

Martnaham Loch

Greenland flavirostris

RHH

Pink-footed Goose

1100

Martnaham Loch

RHH

Sand Martin

6

Martnaham Loch

RHH

Shoveler

1

Blairbowie

RHH

Common Scoter

7

Maidens

flew south

RHH

Manx Shearwater

2

Maidens

RHH

25/03/19

! Chough - 55th day

1

Turnberry Point

First for ~90 years

BG

24/03/19

Smew

1

Martnaham Loch

redhead

HF

Red Kite

1

Loch Doon

SW

White-fronted Goose

1

Hunterston

Greenland flavirostris

MMcG

Whooper Swan

36

Bogton Loch

MMcG

23/03/19

Chiffchaff

3

ICI Ardeer

singing mm

TB

Shoveler

2

Fail

Males

DGr

Whooper Swan

11

Fail

DGr

Sand Martin

2

Trabboch Loch

DGr

Short-eared Owl

1

Bogside

DC

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK

21/03/19

! Sandwich Tern

1

Troon

First of the year

SOC

Chiffchaff

2

Auchincruive

singing mm

JT

20/03/19

Shoveler

2

Fail

Males

DGr

Scaup

10

Auchenharvie GC

ZB

17/03/19

Little Egret

1

Pow Burn

DE

15/03/19

! Chough - 45th day

1

Turnberry Point

HF

14/03/19

Smew

1

Martnaham Loch

redhead

DGr

Brambling

1

Coylton

in private garden

DGr

Gannet

12

Troon harbour

BDK

Common Scoter

2

Troon harbour

BDK

Whooper Swan

24

Raith Reservoir

RHH

Whooper Swan

20

Broomhill/Dalmaca

DGr

Pink-footed Goose

900

Fail

DGr

13/03/19

Pink-footed Goose

2500

Blairbowie

RHH

Tufted Duck

104

Martnaham Loch

BDK

12/03/19

! Chough

1

Turnberry Point

HF

11/03/19

Little Egret

1

Pow Burn

JA

08/03/19

Smew

1

Martnaham Loch

redhead

DGr

07/03/19

Mediterranean Gull

1

Pow Burn

adult

DE

Little Egret

1

Pow Burn

DE

Little Egret

1

Garnock Floods

DJ

Gadwall

1

old ICI pools

DJ

06/03/19

Long-tailed Duck

2

Stevenston Point

males

BG

Scaup

9

Auchenharvie GC

BG

05/03/19

! Chough

1

Turnberry Point

RW/CH

Sand Martin

1

Irvine beach park

old Magnum pond

DE

Short-eared Owl

2

Bogside

BG

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK

Brent Goose

11

Maidens

light-bellied hrota

RW/CH

04/03/19

Smew

1

Martnaham Loch

redhead

DGr

Sand Martin

2

Trabboch Loch

DGr

Chiffchaff

1

Trabboch Loch

singing male

DGr

Pink-footed Goose

2200+

Fail

DGr

Merlin

1

Fail

DGr

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK

Hen Harrier

1

Tarbolton Moss

male

BG

03/03/19

! Manx Shearwater

2

Troon

First of the year

per DGr

! Chough

1

Turnberry Point

BF

Jack Snipe

1

Turnberry GC

BF

Mediterranean Gull

1

Turnberry Point

1st-w

BF

Sand Martin

1

Trabboch Loch

DGr

Water Pipit

2

Seamill

BG

Hen Harrier

1

Bogside

ringtail

SC

Brent Goose

11

Maidens

light-bellied hrota

BT

Gannet

10

Turnberry Point

BT

02/03/19

Sand Martin

2

Trabboch Loch

DGr

Smew

1

Martnaham Loch

redhead

DGr

Long-tailed Duck

2

Stevenston Point

BG

01/03/19

! Sand Martin

2

Trabboch Loch

Earliest arrival on record

DGr

! Chough

1

Turnberry Point

AR/SS

Smew

1

Martnaham Loch

redhead

DGr

Water Pipit

1

Troon

south beach

SS

Little Egret

1

Pow Burn

SS

Little Egret

1

Greenan

TW

Short-eared Owl

2

Bogside

BG

Hen Harrier

1

Bogside

ringtail

DJ/BG

Crossbill

4+

Bogside

SC

February

28/02/19

! Chough

1

Turnberry Point

HF

Short-eared Owl

3

Bogside

DJ

Little Egret

1

Fairlie Sands

AMcK