The table below shows rare bird records accepted by the Lothian Birds Records Committee (LBRC).
Batch 36 - Added 27 Mar 2008 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Iceland Gull |
1 3rd-w |
Seafield |
22-30 Jan 2006 |
Dotterel |
2 ad f |
Carnethy |
7-10 May 2006 |
Dotterel |
1 ad m |
Carnethy |
19-22 May 2006 |
Grey-headed Wagtail |
1 m (flava hybrid showing some characteristics of thunbergi.) |
Musselburgh |
10 Jun 2006 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Tyninghame |
4 Aug 2007 |
Little Egret |
1 (same bird as above) |
Tyninghame |
17 Aug 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
2 (ad + juv) |
Aberlady |
5 Aug 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
2 (ad + juv) |
Tyninghame |
11 Aug 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
2 (ad + juv) |
Aberlady |
18 Aug 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Aberlady |
25 Aug 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
4 (3ad +juv) |
Tyninghame |
2 Sep 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
6 ads |
Dunbar |
15 Sep 2007 |
Storm Petrel (recirculation) |
1 |
Dunbar |
17 Sep 2005 |
Batch 35 - Added 27 Mar 2008 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Bean Goose |
1 |
Bavelaw |
2 Jan 2007 |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 |
Aberlady |
28 Jan 2007 |
Iceland Gull |
1 juv |
Broxmouth |
25 Feb 2007 |
Green-winged Teal |
1 m |
Scoughall |
20 Apr 2007 |
Spoonbill |
1 1st sum |
Aberlady |
22-24 May 2007 |
Temminck's Stint |
2 ad |
Tyninghame |
27 May 2007 |
Temminck's Stint (one of Tyninghame birds) |
1 ad |
Seafield Pond |
27-29 May 2007 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 ad |
Barns Ness |
27 May 2007 |
Red-backed Shrike |
2 pr |
Torness |
10 Jun 2007 |
Red-Backed Shrike |
1 f |
Skateraw |
17 Jun 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Aberlady |
15 Jul 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
1 |
Hound Point |
23 Jul 2007 |
Roseate Tern |
3 (pr + juv) |
Scoughall |
29 Jul 2007 |
Batch 34 - Added 28 Nov 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 |
Ferny Ness |
18 Dec 2006 |
Reed Warbler |
1 |
Thorntonloch |
18 Oct 2006 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
1 juv |
Lochhill flood, Spittal |
25 Sep 2005 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Dunbar |
31 Oct 2006 |
Bean Goose |
1 |
Bavelaw |
18 Nov 2006 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Thorntonloch |
25 Sep 2006 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
2 |
Skateraw |
12 Oct 2006 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Thorntonloch |
13 Oct 2006 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Skateraw |
13 Oct 2006 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Skateraw |
16 Oct 2006 |
Batch 33 - Added 8 Oct 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Goshawk |
1 imm m |
Dalmeny estate |
4 Feb 2005 |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 ad |
Aberlady |
31 Mar 2006 |
Honey Buzzard |
1 |
Balgreen, Edinburgh |
29 May 2006 |
Long-tailed Skua |
2(1 ad 1 juv) |
Hound Point |
2 Sep 2006 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
1 juv |
Tyninghame Bay |
3-10 Sep 2006 |
Quail |
1 |
Coates Farm |
16 Sep 2006 |
Dotterel |
1 juv |
Scoughall |
17 Sep 2006 |
Red-backed Shrike |
1 juv |
Skateraw |
17 Sep 2006 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Skateraw |
18 Sep 2006 |
Little Egret |
1 |
Tyninghame |
18 Sep 2006 |
Honey Buzzard |
1 juv |
Torness |
25 Sep 2006 |
Batch 32 - Added 8 Jul 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Cramond |
12 & 31 Jul 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
6 (3 ad, 3 juv) |
Tyninghame |
29 Jul 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
2 (1 ad, 1 juv) |
Portobello |
16 Aug 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Gullane Point |
13 Aug 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Tyninghame |
11 Aug 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
1+ ad |
Port Edgar |
29-30 Jul & 15 Aug 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
2 (1 ad, 1 juv) |
Tyninghame |
27 Jul 2006 |
Little Ringed Plover |
1 |
Musselburgh |
2 Jun 2006 |
Little Ringed Plover |
1 f |
Musselburgh |
9 Jun 2006 |
Icterine Warbler |
1 |
Torness |
19 Aug 2006 |
Barred Warbler |
1 |
Barns Ness |
20 Aug 2006 |
Wryneck |
1 |
Torness |
19-21 Aug 2006 |
Wryneck |
1 |
Skateraw |
19 Aug 2006 |
Wryneck |
1 |
Scoughall |
21 Aug 2006 |
Garganey |
3? |
Tyninghame |
11 Aug 2006 |
Spoonbill |
1 ad |
Aberlady |
5 May 2006 |
Batch 31 - Added 8 Jul 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Port Edgar |
27 May 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
2 ad |
Port Edgar |
31 May 2006 |
Roseate Tern |
1 ad |
Musselburgh |
29 Jun 2006 |
Little Ringed Plover |
2 (1 m, 1 f) |
Barns Ness |
6 May 2006 |
Little Ringed Plover |
1 m |
Blindwells |
3 May 2006 |
Spoonbill |
1 |
Tyninghame |
6 May 2006 |
Blue-Headed Wagtail |
1 m |
Musselburgh |
9 May 2006 |
Blue-Headed Wagtail |
2 m |
Musselburgh |
27 Apr 2006 |
Dotterel |
1 |
Carnethy |
21 May 2006 |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 |
Ferny Ness |
4 Jan – 18 Feb 2006 |
Batch 30 - Added 8 Jul 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Milton Bridge |
28 Jan 2005 |
Nuthatch |
2 |
Roslin Glen |
23 Apr 2005 |
Nuthatch |
2 (1 ad, 1 juv?) |
Roslin Glen |
18 Jun 2005 |
Mediterranean Gull |
1 ad |
Howgate |
5 Feb 2005 |
Great Grey Shrike |
1 |
Barns Ness |
30 Mar 2005 |
Honey Buzzard |
1 ad (prob f) |
Scoughall |
26 Jun 2005 |
Temminck’s Stint |
1 ad |
Musselburgh |
5 Jul 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
2 (1 ad, 1 juv) |
Aberlady |
28 Aug 2005 |
Quail |
3 juvs |
Tyninghame |
28 Aug 2005 |
Batch 29 - Added 18 Jul 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Richard’s Pipit |
1 |
Musselburgh |
9 Nov 2005 |
Ring-necked Duck |
1 ad male |
Seafield Pond |
26 Apr 2006 |
Red Kite |
1 |
Tyninghame |
27 May 2006 |
Red Kite |
1 |
Faseny |
13 Jun 2006 |
Batch 28 - Added 27 Jan 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Grey Pharalope |
1 |
Thorntonloch |
3 Dec 2005 |
Pallas's Warbler |
1 |
Dunbar |
26 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
Scoughall |
14 - 15 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
Whitesands |
15 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
3 (2 seen 1 heard) |
Torness |
13 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
Barns Ness |
19 Oct 2005 |
Batch 27 - Added 16 Nov 2006 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Black Necked Grebe |
1 |
Gosford Bay |
22 & 26 Jan 2005 |
Crane |
1 |
White Sands & Barns Ness |
29 May 2005 |
Little Ringed Plover |
1 juv |
Musselburgh |
2-6 Aug 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
2; 1 ad & 1 juv |
Musselburgh |
8 Aug 2005 |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Dunglass Church |
3 Oct 2005 |
Batch 26 - Added 27 Jan 2007 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Little Ringed Plover |
1 ad |
Musselburgh Scrapes |
24 Apr 2006 |
Mediterranean Gull |
1 ad |
Duddingston Loch |
19 Feb 2005 |
Long Tailed Skua |
1 juv |
Hound Point |
10 Sep 2005 |
Blue-Headed Wagtail |
1 ad m |
Whitesands Bay |
23 Apr 2006 |
Hoopoe |
1 |
Pencaitland |
24 Apr 2006 |
Hobby |
1 ad |
Whitesands |
28 May 2005 |
Hobby |
1 juv |
Scoughall |
29 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 juv |
Torness |
14 Oct 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
2 ad |
Musselburgh |
16 Aug 2004 |
Firecrest |
1 |
Torness |
13 Apr 2004 |
Red Crested Pochard |
1 imm m |
Gladhouse |
25 Sep 2004 |
Barred Warbler |
1 imm |
Musselburgh |
4 May 2005 |
Bean Goose (Tundra) |
2 |
Skateraw |
12 Jan 2006 |
Golden Oriole |
1 ad m |
Musselburgh |
11 May 2006 |
Batch 25 - Added 4 Sep 2006 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Green Winged Teal |
1 Ad |
Gladhouse |
3 Jan 2005 |
Barred Warbler |
1 imm |
Barns Ness |
14 Oct 2004 |
Bittern |
1 |
Seafield Pond |
11 Feb 2006 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
Skateraw |
15 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
2 + 1 heard | East Barns |
15-16 Oct 2005 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Scoughall |
7 Aug 2005 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
1 Juv |
Tyninghame |
24-25 Aug 2005 |
Sabines Gull |
1 2nd Sum |
Seafield |
12 Aug 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
2; 1 ad & 1 juv |
Scoughall |
31 Jul 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
2; 1 ad & 1 juv |
Aberlady |
7 Aug 2005 |
Nuthatch |
2 |
Gosford Estate |
27 Dec 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
Barns Ness |
15 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
Oxwell Mains |
16 Oct 2005 |
Yellow Browed Warbler |
1 |
East Barns |
16 Oct 2005 |
Black Necked Grebe |
1 |
Gosford Bay |
16 Oct 2005 |
Black Necked Grebe |
1 |
Gosford Bay |
3 Apr 2005 |
Goshawk |
1 m |
Faseny Water |
6 Feb 2005 |
Blue Headed Wagtail |
2 m and f |
Barns Ness |
24 Apr 2004 |
Mediterranean Gull |
1 1st W | Linlithgow Loch |
27 Nov 2005 |
Batch 24 - Released 16 May 2006 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Dalkeith CP |
1 Feb 2005 |
Red-backed Shrike |
f |
Torness |
28 May 2005 |
Dotterel |
2 |
Carnethy Hill |
1-2 May 2005 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
juv |
Belhaven Bay, Seafield Pond |
2 Oct 2005 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Barns Ness |
31 Jul 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
ad |
Port Edgar |
26 Jun 2005 |
Roseate Tern |
3 ad + 2 juv |
Port Edgar |
23 Jul 2005 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Thorntonloch |
16 Oct 2005 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Dunbar |
10 Sep 2005 |
Batch 23 - Released 19 Apr 2006 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Firecrest |
2 |
Torness |
13 Oct 2004 |
Balearic Shearwater |
1 |
Barns Ness |
26 Aug 2003 |
Long-tailed Skua |
1 sub-ad |
Hound Point |
22 Sep 2004 |
Long-tailed Skua |
2 juvs |
Hound Point |
28 Sep 2004 |
Reed Warbler |
1 sm |
Tyninghame |
27 May 2004 |
Barred Warbler |
juv |
Barns Ness |
10 Oct 2004 |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Whittinghame |
12 Mar & 3 May 2004 |
Red-backed Shrike |
juv |
Thorntonloch/Torness |
24 Aug 2004 |
Lesser Snow Goose |
juv |
Aberlady |
14 Oct 2003 |
Batch 22 - Released 12 Aug 2005 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Garganey |
juv |
Musselburgh |
30 Jul – 7 Aug 2004 |
Long-tailed Skua |
sub-adult? |
Cramond |
18 Sep 2004 |
Long-tailed Skua |
2 juvs |
Cramond Island |
20 Sep 2004 |
Long-tailed Skua |
juv |
Barns Ness |
1 Oct 2004 |
Long-tailed Skua |
2 juvs |
Musselburgh |
16 Oct 2004 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
juv |
Bavelaw |
10-12 Sep 2004 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
2 |
Musselburgh |
15-23 Jul 2004 |
Temminck’s Stint |
1 |
Seafield Pond |
22 May 2004 |
Little Ringed Plover |
2 |
Tyninghame |
4-5 Jul 2004 |
Little Ringed Plover |
1-3 |
Site A |
Apr - May 2004 |
Wryneck |
1 |
Torness |
12 Aug 2004 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Skateraw |
30 Sep 2004 |
Icterine Warbler |
1 |
Skateraw |
9 May 2004 |
Red-backed Shrike |
male |
Skateraw |
8-9 May 2004 |
Red-backed Shrike |
male |
Barns Ness |
8-9 May 2004 |
Red-backed Shrike |
female |
Barns Ness |
8 May 2004 |
Batch 21 - Released 12 Aug 2005 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 |
Ferny Ness |
1 Nov 2003 etc |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 |
Ferny Ness |
27 and 31 Dec 2004 |
Black-necked Grebe |
1 |
Gosford Bay |
29 Mar 2004 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Barns Ness |
20 Aug 2004 |
Storm Petrel |
1 |
Port Seton |
14 Nov 2004 |
Red Kite |
1 |
Waughton-Brownrigg |
1 Feb 2004 |
Roseate Tern |
ad |
Port Edgar |
6 Jun 2003 |
Roseate Tern |
ad |
Port Edgar |
15 Jun 2003 |
Roseate Tern |
ad |
Port Edgar |
13 Jul 2004 |
Roseate Tern |
ad + juv |
Port Edgar |
2 Aug 2004 |
Roseate Tern |
ad + juv |
Tyninghame and Seacliff |
31 Jul, 7 Aug, and 19 Aug 2004 |
Sabine’s Gull |
juv |
Barns Ness |
30 Sep & 1 Oct 2004 |
Sabine’s Gull |
juv |
Hound Point |
11 Oct 2004 |
Med Gull (inland) |
ad |
Chapel |
5 Dec 2004 |
Released 20/11/04 |
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Secies |
Number, Age, etc |
Locality |
Date(s) |
Observer(s) |
Goshawk |
juvenile female |
Gladhouse |
9/11/03 |
M A Wilkinson |
Barred Warbler |
1 |
Aberlady |
20/11/03 |
I M Thomson |
Bean Goose |
14 |
Port Seton and Longniddry Bents |
15/2/03 |
C N Davison, K Gillon |
Roseate Tern |
adult |
Tyninghame |
12/8/03 |
D Allan |
Green-winged Teal |
male |
Cramond |
25/5/03 |
K Gillon et al |
Green-winged Teal |
male |
Blackness |
3/12/03 |
K Gillon |
Red Kite |
wing-tagged |
Whitekirk |
10/1/04 |
K Gillon |
Grey Phalarope |
2 |
Dunbar |
19/10/03 |
K Gillon et al |
Honey Buzzard |
adult male |
Gladhouse |
2/8/03 |
M A Wilkinson |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Smeaton |
4/3/04 |
M Holling et al |
Grey-headed Wagtail |
1st-summer male |
Torness |
from 17/5/03 |
K Gillon et al |
Surf Scoter |
1st-winter female |
Musselburgh |
from 4/3/04 |
P Burns et al |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Biel Hill |
late Feb-May 04 |
Mr & Mrs C Dawes |
Red Kite |
1 East |
Aberlady |
1/5/04 |
C Scott |
Nuthatch |
1 |
Torphichen |
12/4/04 |
G Rudman |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Scoughall |
17/10/03 |
A Brown |
Pallas’s Warbler |
1 |
Thorntonloch |
14/10/03 |
A Brown et al |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Barns Ness |
14/10/03 |
A Brown |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
Barns Ness |
17-18/10/03 |
A Brown |
Wryneck |
1 |
Scoughall |
8/5/04 |
C Scott et al |
Red-backed Shrike |
female |
Bilsdean |
9/5/04 |
C Scott, KG |
Little Egret |
1 |
Cramond |
20/6/04 |
S Hunter |
Great Grey Shrike |
1 adult |
Winchburgh |
30/10/02 |
G Fitchett |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
juvenile |
Gladhouse |
from 16/10/03 |
C McGuigan et al |
Golden Oriole |
singing male |
Woodhall Dean |
30/5/04 |
M Moss |
Blue-headed Wagtail |
male |
Barns Ness |
17/7/04 |
B Doe |
Dotterel |
3 |
Tyninghame |
6-8/5/04 |
B Doe et al |
See the Bird Recording page and the main SOC website for information on submitting rare bird records. The main SOC website includes a list of the species considered by the Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) and by the regional committees, including the LBRC: from the main menu click on "Bird Recording in Scotland".