Records Accepted by the Lothian Birds Records Committee


The table below shows rare bird records accepted by the Lothian Birds Records Committee (LBRC).

Batch 36 - Added 27 Mar 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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