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|
2026
Rarity/Scarcity
highlights: Glaucous Gull,
White-tailed Eagle, Black Redstart, Great
Egret, Tundra Bean Goose, Smew.
|
2026
| 2025
| 2024
| 2023
| 2022
| 2021 | 2020
| 2019 | 2018
| 2017
| 2016 | 2015
|
Date
|
Species
|
Count
|
Location
|
Details
|
Obs
|
|
February
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
MH
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
8
|
Doonfoot
|
lagoon
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL/BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
RL/BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Trabboch
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
27
|
Drumsmodden
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
14
|
Nith
valley
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
250
|
Dalleagles
|
|
MH
|
|
|
esser
Black-backed Gull
|
37
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/02/26
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
25
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
750
|
Fail
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
6
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Knot
|
28
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Goswit
|
6
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
7
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Redshank
|
97
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
53
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/02/26
|
Black-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
25
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Knot
|
7
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
11
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
DGr
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
13
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Eurasian
albifrons
|
HF/DGr
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
3189
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
250
|
Auchincross
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
150
|
Beith
|
Flew
N
|
AAM
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
202
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
JA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
DGr
|
|
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
2
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
15
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
179
|
Magnum
pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
200
|
Thirdpart
Holdings
|
|
GP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/02/26
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Blackwood
Lodge
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
250
|
Dalleagles
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Knot
|
17
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
DGr
|
|
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Prestwick
|
|
DG
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
DGr
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
7
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
4
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
FMcC
|
|
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
15
|
Raith
Reservoir
|
Eurasian
albifrons
|
RL
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
DGr
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
714
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
200+
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
FMcC
|
|
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
|
MH
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
7
|
Raith
Reservoir
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
CH
|
|
|
Knot
|
23
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
18
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
DC/RHH
|
|
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr/RHH/MH
|
|
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Portencross
|
Thirdpart
Holdings
|
JJ/MMcG
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
AAM
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Thirdpart
Holdings
|
Ad
|
GA
|
|
|
Scaup
|
2
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
69
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Tufted
Duck
|
61
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
RHH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
100
|
Loch
Doon
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Coot
|
27
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
88
|
Barassie
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Knot
|
12
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
167
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
40
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GMcAl
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Garnock
estuary
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Hooded
Crow
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
GP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/02/26
|
! Smew
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
female
|
DC
|
|
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Portencross
|
Thirdpart
Holdings
|
HF
|
|
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
2
|
Saltcoats
harbour
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
6
|
Loch
Fergus
|
Eurasian
albifrons
|
AAM
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
MH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Saltcoats
|
m
+ f
|
DE
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
200
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Scaup
|
3
|
Saltcoats
|
2
mm + f
|
DE
|
|
|
Scaup
|
2
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
21
|
Drumsmodden
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
8
|
Broomhill
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
7
|
Nith
Valley
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
15
|
Culzean
|
|
KS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/02/26
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Portencross
|
Thirdpart
Holdings
|
AAM
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
2
|
Noddsdale
Water mouth
|
2
ads
|
AAM
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
Greenland
flavirostris
|
MH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Dalleagles
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
530
|
Dalleagles
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/02/26
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Portencross
|
Yonderfield
Farm
|
DE/DC
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/02/26
|
! Tundra
Bean Goose
|
2
|
Portencross
|
Yonderfield
Farm
|
PS
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK/RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK/RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
KM
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
15
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
527
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
12
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
1st-w
male
|
MH
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Twite
|
5
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
20
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/02/26
|
! Great
Egret
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Green
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Long-tailed Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Great
Credted Grebe
|
11
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
9
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Croy
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
12+
|
Croy
Bay
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Knot
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
29
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Ad
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
1st-w
male
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/02/26
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
12
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
D
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/02/26
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Lendalfoot
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Lendalfoott
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
15
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
LMcW
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
17
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DC
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
Loch
|
Male
|
DL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
14
|
Muirlaught
Farm
|
|
DL
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GMcAl
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/02/26
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
juv
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
Loch
|
Male
|
RL
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
RL
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
112
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
3
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Red-throated
Dvier
|
2
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Flew
S
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/02/26
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Troon,
Gypsy pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Troon,
Gypsy pool
|
Males
|
BDK
|
|
|
Grey
PLover
|
2
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Knot
|
24
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Muirlaught
Farm
|
|
DL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/02/26
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfoot
lagoon
|
|
SB
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
SW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/02/26
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
290
|
Capringstone
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Teal
|
41
|
Capringstone
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
114
|
Capringstone
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
65
|
Capringstone
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ayr
Gorge SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
31
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/02/26
|
Slavonian
Grebe
|
4
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK/GMcA
|
|
|
Great
Crested Grebe
|
9
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
12
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
74
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
9
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
10
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
8
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Greenan
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
17
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Barassie
|
2nd-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
2
|
Auchenharvie
Loch
|
Males
|
BDK
|
|
|
Hooded
Crow
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Greenan
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
7
|
Greenan
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Greenan
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
6
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/02/26
|
Shag
|
1
imm
|
Loch
o' th' Lowes
|
Very
unusual inland record
|
MH
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
213
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
Flew
S
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
11
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Lapwing
|
153
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
9
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31/01/26
|
Brent
Goose
|
14
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
41
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
213
|
Auchincross
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
DMcB
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/01/26
|
Crossbill
|
6
|
Bogside
|
|
MB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29/01/26
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1182
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
AF
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
130
|
Capringstone
|
|
AF
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
14
|
Maidens
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28/01/26
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Dundonald
Camp
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Barassie
|
2
ad + 2nd-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
15
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
76
|
Auchincross
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Crested Grebe
|
9
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
104
|
New
Cumnock
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
700
|
Loans
|
|
AW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
AW
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
19
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Turnberry
Point
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26/01/26
|
Brent
Goose
|
10
|
Dunure
|
Flew
north
|
HF
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Kittiwake
|
100's
|
Dunure
|
Several
hundred
|
HF
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Moss
Mulloch
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Magnum
pool
|
1st-w
male
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
HF
|
|
|
Crossbill
|
5
|
Bogside
|
|
DL
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Hoodston
|
Female
|
AF
|
|
|
Teal
|
80
|
Hoodston
|
|
AF
|
|
|
Knot
|
18
|
Gailes
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
AC
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
3
|
Seamill
|
|
TB
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Gailes
Marsh SWT
|
Male
|
JA
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Prestwick
|
|
GMcAl
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
25
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
AC
|
|
|
Crossbill
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
3
|
Greenan
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
9
|
Muirlaught
Farm
|
|
DL
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Scaup
|
2
|
Magnum
pond
|
|
AMcG
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
AS
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
AC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
AC
|
|
|
Linnet
|
110
|
Dipple
|
|
AC
|
|
|
Coot
|
35
|
Shewalton
|
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
GP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23/01/26
|
Rock
Pipit
|
40+
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
2
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Capringstone
|
m
+ f
|
AF
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Doonfoot
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Crossbill
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Troon
|
|
EB
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
EB
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
10
|
Troon
|
|
EB
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
ID
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Hunterston
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
3
|
Hunterston
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
11
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
21
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
183
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Auchenharvie
|
|
CMcB
|
|
|
Crossbill
|
3
|
Bogside
|
|
CMcB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21/01/26
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
Male
|
DE
|
|
|
Eider
|
271
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
1st-w
|
KR
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
200
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
KR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20/01/26
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
DC
|
|
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
AAM
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
3
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1071
|
Fail
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
60+
|
Ardrossan
harbour
|
Flew
south
|
RK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
12
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
2
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
30
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
15
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DC
|
|
|
Hen
Harrier
|
1
|
Ardeer
ICI ponds
|
Ringtail
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Ardeer
ICI ponds
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
SB
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
1st-w
|
RC
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
450
|
Fail
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Turnberry
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Turnberry
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
19
|
Chapeldonaon
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
8
|
Chapeldonaon
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Chapeldonaon
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Chapeldonaon
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
26
|
Troon harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
150
|
Troon harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Gypsy
pool
|
Male
|
GP
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
4
|
Barassie
|
2
mm/2 ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
JMcP
|
|
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
10
|
Greenan
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
14
|
Muirlaught
Farm
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
OW
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GMcAl
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Auchincruive
|
Photographed
at riverside
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Doonfoot
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Turnstone
|
40
|
Doonfoot
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
10
|
Doonfoot
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Shoveler
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
324
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
JM
|
|
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
1
|
Greenan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
north
of (off Seafield Rd)
|
HF
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Ad
|
HF
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
13
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Snipe
|
22
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
162
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Teal
|
225
|
Seamill
|
|
RK
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
11
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
JM
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
28
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
3
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
9
|
Dipple-Chapeldonan
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Woodock
|
1
|
Maybole
|
|
KS
|
|
|
Great
Crested Grebe
|
13
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Shag
|
107
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Irvine
harbour mouth
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
DL
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
1st-w
|
AAM
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Gypsy
pool
|
2
mm
|
MC
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
7
|
Moss
Mulloch
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Dumfries
Estate
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Commmon
Scoter
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
16
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
144
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
6
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
19
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
8
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Common
Gull
|
2100
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Herring
Gull
|
1800
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-headed
Gull
|
1500
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
4
|
Barassie
|
2
mm/2 ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
7
|
Auchneharvie
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Magnum
pool
|
|
JW
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
CH
|
|
|
! White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Carnivan
Hill
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
AAM
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Carnivan
Hill
|
|
LU
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
43
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Reed
Loch
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
308
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Curlew
|
116
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Maybole
|
|
MA
|
|
|
Eider
|
384
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
GP/BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
4
|
Barassie
|
2
mm/2 ff
|
GP
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Magnum
pool
|
|
JW/GMcA
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
3
|
Trabboch
|
1
m/2 ff
|
DE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14/01/26
|
! White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Monkton
|
Flew
east
|
DJ
|
|
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
SB
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
37
|
Auchincross
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
3
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
2
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
420+
|
Southannan
Sands
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Fairlie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
DEd
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
8
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Redpoll
|
30
|
Darnconner
|
|
MH
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
BDK
|
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
Later
at Barassie (BDK)
|
AAM
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
Later
at Culzean (DGr)
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Maidens
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Maidens
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Craig
Tara
|
|
RGV
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SO
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
SO
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
JH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Hunterston
|
|
JH
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
2
|
Saltcoatts
|
|
JH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Pochard
|
3
|
Kilbirn1e
Loch
|
3
mm
|
DC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
1st-w
|
DC
|
|
|
Goosander
|
21
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Gannet
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
N
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Dunure
|
Flew
S
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dunure
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Maidens
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
Ad
|
HF
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
12
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DC
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
mm
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
4
|
Barassie
|
2
mm/2 ff
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
16
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
4
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Magnum
pool
|
1st-w
male
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
DL
|
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
2
|
Raith
Reservoir
|
Eurasian
albifrons
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Pochard
|
3
|
Kilbirn1e
Loch
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
BDK/GP/HL
|
|
|
Goosander
|
18
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Cormorant
|
59c
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
7
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
164
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Coylton
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
|
Coot
|
49
|
Shewalton
|
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/01/26
|
! Black
Redstart
|
1
|
Girvan
harbour
|
f/1st-w
at lighthouse
|
TS
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
21
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
4
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Twite
|
18
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Pochard
|
3
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
1
|
Dipple
|
Male
|
DE
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
4
|
Dipple
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Dipple
|
|
DE
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
KS
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Maidens
|
|
KS
|
|
|
Common
Scoter
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Croy
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Knot
|
35+
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Barassie
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
DGr
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
DGr
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Irvine
harbour/Bogside
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Irvine
harbour/Bogside
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
225+
|
Irvine
harbour/Bogside
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
2
|
Garnock
'East'
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
10
|
Garnock
'East'
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Garnock
Floods SWT
|
|
RL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
09/01/26
|
Pochard
|
3
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
CC
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
CC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
22
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
29
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
3
|
Barassie
|
3
mm
|
DC
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
186
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
3
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
RL
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
EM
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Gailes
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Gailes
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
2
|
Gailes
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Doonfoot
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
1
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
17
|
Bracken
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Great
Northern Diver
|
2
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
17
|
Dunure
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Red-throated
Diver
|
5
|
Croy
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Black-throated
Diver
|
1
|
Croy
Bay
|
|
HF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
08/01/26
|
! White-tailed
Eagle
|
1
|
Auchincross/Dalgig
|
Ad
|
MH
|
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
DGr
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
4
|
Raith
Reservoir
|
Eurasian
albifrons
|
RL/DGr
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
55
|
Barassie,
Stinking Rocks
|
|
KR
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
42
|
Newton
Shore
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
30
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Knot
|
25
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
58
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
21
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
250
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Ringed
Plover
|
150
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
55
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
GP
|
|
|
Redshank
|
100
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
GP
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
KR
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
2
|
Barassiie
|
|
KR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/01/26
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
3
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
BDK
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Stevenston
Point
|
2nd-w
|
TB
|
|
|
Twite
|
6
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
White-fronted
Goose
|
4
|
Raith
Reservoir
|
Eurasian
albifrons
|
DG
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
12
|
Maidens
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
4
|
Maidens
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
south
beach
|
GMcA
|
|
|
Skylark
|
95
|
Girvan
Mains
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Fieldfare
|
70
|
Halloshean
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
14
|
Nith
Valley
|
|
MH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
06/01/26
|
Woodcock
|
1
|
Fail
Wood
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
1
|
Trabboch
|
Female
|
BDK
|
|
|
Knot
|
1
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Skylark
|
200+
|
Sandyford
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
05/01/26
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
DC
|
|
|
Barncle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
DG
|
|
|
Knot
|
25
|
Troon
|
sputh
beach
|
DE
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
sputh
beach
|
DE
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
70
|
Troon
|
sputh
beach
|
DE
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Troon
|
Male,
sputh beach
|
DE
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Troon
|
sputh
beach
|
DE
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Skylark
|
86
|
Girvan
Mains
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Mediterranean
Gull
|
1
|
Girvan
Mains
|
Adult
|
RHH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
04/01/26
|
Twite
|
90
|
Chapeldonan
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Pochard
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
JJ
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
AAM
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
Male
|
AAM
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
11
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
AAM
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
2
|
Gypsy
Pool
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Jack
Snipe
|
1
|
Doonfot
lagoon
|
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Brent
Goose
|
11
|
Maidens
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
mm
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1600
|
Loans
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Troon,
Ballast Bank
|
|
GMcAl
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Maidens
|
|
HF
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
3
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GMcAl
|
|
|
Tree
Sparrow
|
10
|
Sandyford
|
|
JJ
|
|
|
Greenfinch
|
50
|
Maidens
|
|
RE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
03/01/26
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
DC
|
|
|
Barnacle
Goose
|
1
|
Loans
|
|
AW
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
1000+
|
Loans
|
|
JD
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pintail
|
2
|
Barassie
|
2
mm
|
BDK
|
|
|
Short-eared
Owl
|
1
|
Fail
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
10
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
156
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
5
|
Stevenston
Point
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
12
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Skylark
|
70
|
Girvan
Mains
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Twite
|
1
|
Troon
harbour
|
|
TS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
02/01/26
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
HF
|
|
|
Little
Gull
|
1
|
Hunterston
Sands
|
1st-w
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Long-tailed
Duck
|
2
|
Kilbirnie
Loch
|
2
x 1st-w
|
DE
|
|
|
Pintail
|
1
|
Barassie
|
Male
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
AB
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DE
|
|
|
Scaup
|
3
|
Auchenharvie
GC pond
|
2
mm/1 f
|
MMcG
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Magnum
pond
|
imm
male
|
FMcC
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Trabboch
Loch
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
4
|
Ayr
harbour
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
5
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Oystercatcher
|
205
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
8
|
Glenbuck
Loch
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Blackcap
|
1
|
Coylton
|
Male
|
DGr
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
01/01/26
|
Glaucous
Gull
|
1
|
Shewalton
|
juv,
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
BDK
|
|
|
Little
Egret
|
1
|
Bogside
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Crossbill
|
2
|
Bogside
|
M
& F
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Scaup
|
1
|
Magnum
pond
|
imm
male
|
DC
|
|
|
Grey
Plover
|
1
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
DE
|
|
|
Purple
Sandpiper
|
9
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
Sanderling
|
53
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
Pink-footed
Goose
|
120
|
Crosbie
Cemetery
|
east
of
|
BDK
|
|
|
Bar-tailed
Godwit
|
14
|
Barassie
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Dunlin
|
169
|
Troon
|
sunken
gardens
|
BDK
|
|
|
Golden
Plover
|
31
|
Ballantrae
|
|
RHH
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Pow
Burn
|
|
GP
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
1
|
Capringstone
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Greenshank
|
4
|
Irvine
harbour/Bogside
|
|
DC
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
252
|
Capringstone
|
|
BDK
|
|
|
Wigeon
|
228
|
Irvine
harbour/Bogside
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
8
|
Bogside
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Goldeneye
|
4
|
Shewalton
|
Meadowhead Rd pit
|
BDK
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
2
|
Martnaham
Loch
|
|
DGr
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
2
|
Reed
Loch
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
Whooper
Swan
|
4
|
Fail
|
|
GP/HL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

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