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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hotspur" data-source="post: 1222020" data-attributes="member: 11053">1) Black-throated Diver - 22) Little Grebe - some3) Great Crested Grebe - yup4) Slavonian Grebe - 9, 8 Loch Ruthven, 1 undisclosed location5) Gannet - many Mull6) Cormorant - Mull, several7) Shag - many, Mull/Iona8) Grey Heron - common9) Little Egret - 1 Hauxley10) Mute Swan - several11) Greylag - several12) Canada Goose - Northumbs13)Shelduck - some Druridge bay14) Mallard - common15) Gadwall - several - Druridge Bay16) Shoveller - East Chevington, few pairs17) Wigeon - several, Speyside18) Teal - many, Speyside19)Tufted Duck - common20) Eider - c20 from ferry to Mull21) Goldeneye - common, Speyside22) Goosander- few, Speyside23) Red-breasted Merganser - several, Speyside/Lochindorb24) Osprey - Common, Rothiemurcus, Loch Ruthven, Findhorn Valley etc25) White-tailed Eagle - 1 adult Mull26) Golden Eagle - 1 Findhorn Valley27) Marsh HArrier - 1 Druridge Bay28) Buzzard - 9629) Sparrowhawk - few30) Kestrel - common31) Peregrine - few, near Carn Bahn Mor and Findhorn Valley32) Ptarmigan - 6 Carn Bahn Mor33) Capercaillie - 1 male Loch Garten plus 1 possible Grantown34) Red-legged PArtridge - common35) Pheasant - common36) Corncrake - Iona, 6 calling, one seen37) Coot - rubbish38) Moorhen - stringy39) Oystercatcher - all over40) Ringed Plover - Northumbs41) Dotterel - Can Bahn Mor42) Lapwing - very rare, only a few thousand43) Turnstone - small flock, Iona44) Common Sandpiper - everywhere in Scotland45) Redshank - rubbish46) Curlew - common47) Woodcock - Boat of Garten48) Snipe - several49) Black-headed Gull - common50) Bonaparte's Gull - immature, Loch Ruthven51) Common Gull - common52) Herring Gull - yup53) Lesser Black-backed Gull - ditto54) Great Black-backed Gull - also55) Kittiwake - small passage Iona56) Sandwich Tern - East Chevington57) Common Tern - few East Chevington58) Roseate Tern -single East Chevington59) Arctic Tern - many Mull/Iona60) Black Guillemot - c20 Oban61) Guillemot - several mull ferry62) Razorbill - same63) Rock Dove - scab pigeons plus a couple of wildish ones Iona64) Woodpigeon - mega rare.65) Stock Dove - Druridge pools66) Collared Dove - common67) Cuckoo - many, Speyside68) Tawny Owl - heard69) Short-eared Owl - Mull70) Barn Owl - near east chev71) Swift - common72) Kingfisher - Fish farm73) Great-spotted Woodpecker - common74) Skylark - surprisingly scarce75) Sand MArtin - common76) House MArtin - same77) Swallow - same78) Rock Pipit - mull ferry79) Tree Pipit - common80) Meadow Pipit - dogturd81) Pied Wagtail - VERY common82) Grey Wagtail - common in Findhorn Valley83) Wren - including hebridean Wren84) Dipper - juv Findhorn Valley85) Dunnock86) Robin - common87) Redstart - common in Findhorn valley, also Boat of Garten88) Wheatear - common89) Stonechat - common in lowlands90) Whinchat - common in uplands91) Mistle Thrush - common92) Song Thrush - all over93) Blackbird - common94) Ring Ouzel - several at layby 15195) Garden Warbler - Druridge Pools96) Blackcap - farr road, single97) Whitethroat - few98) Sedge Warbler- some Northumbs99) Reed Warbler - one Druridge bay100) Willow Warbler - dogturd101) Chiffchaff - 1, scarce north of border102) Wood Warbler - 2 Loch an eilein103) Goldcrest - loads104) Spotted Flycatcher - several105) Great Tit - common106) Coal Tit  - very common107) Blue Tit - scarce108) Crested Tit - single Abernethy forest109) Treecreeper - common110) Lesser Grey Shrike - long Nanny, male111) Magpie - scarce in speyside112) Jay - 1 over motorway near Edinburgh113) Jackdaw - common114) Rook - common115) Raven - several Findhorn116) Carrion Crow - common117) Hooded Crow - many intergrades with aforementioned species plus many pure birds118) Starling - shit119) House Sparrow  - common120) Chaffinch - rubbish121) Greenfinch - scarce, few records122) Goldfinch - common in lowland123) Linnet - common on fields124) Siskin - everywhere125) Lesser Redpoll - Carn Bahn Mor126) Common Crossbill - common Boat of Garten127) Scottish Crossbill - many Boat of Garton128) Parrot Crossbill - several Boat of Garten/Anagach129) Bullfinch - few130) Reed Bunting - Northumbs, many</blockquote>

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