Scotland - and my 2014 Wildlife List

I returned from a few days in Ayr and Galloway just before Easter. We saw some wonderful birds on our Scottish travels, so it seems the right moment to update my 2014 wildlife list.  

Female Red-breasted Merganser, Isle of Bute, Scotland, April 2014

Bird List 2014, updated 23 April 2014

Blue indicates that the bird was seen somewhere other than on my home patch or at Minsmere.
Yellow indicates my home patch.
Purple indicates Minsmere. 

If you click on the bird names in the list immediately below, you will be taken to the RSPB site about the species mentioned.

1. Bar-tailed Godwit (1 bird, 9 January, Pin Mill) 
2. Barn Owl (1 bird, 12 January, Minsmere) 
3. Barnacle Goose (flock, April, WWT Caerlaverock) 
4. Black Guillemot / Tystie (2, April, on Great Cumbrae) 
5. Blackbird (1 bird, male, leucistic stripe, 8 January, home patch)
6. Black-headed Gull (about 25, 3 January, Woodbridge)
7. Blue tit (2 birds, 2 January, home patch) 
8. Buzzard (1 bird, 11 January, near Eyke)
9. Canada Goose (small flock, 9 January, Wherstead)
10. Carrion Crow (about 20, 5 January, field near Leiston)
11. Chaffinch (2 birds, 5 January, Minsmere)
12. Collared Dove (1 bird, 5 January, up the lane from Minsmere reserve)
13. Common Crane (1 bird, probably juvenile, 1 February, RSPB Lakenheath Fen) 
14. Common Gull (several, April, Great Cumbrae)
15. Common Scoter (1 bird, 12 January, Minsmere) - red conservation status
16. Coot (1 bird plus brood, 3 May, Pakenham Mill)
17. Cormorant (several, 4 and 5 January, Minsmere and Ipswich Waterfront)
18. Cuckoo (1 bird, 4 May, Pakenham, a 'hearing' rather than a sighting!) - red conservation status
19. Curlew (2 birds, 19 January, Minsmere)
20. Dunnock (1 bird, 5 January, Minsmere) 
21. Egyptian Goose (4 birds, 1 February, near Lackford Lakes) 
22. Eider duck (numerous birds, Ayrshire, Bute and Great Cumbrae, April 2014) 
23. Gannet (numerous birds from Ailsa Craig, seen from Girvan, Scotland, April 2014) 
24. Golden Plover (flock, April, WWT Caerlaverock, Scotland)
25. Goldfinch (1 bird, 22 January, home patch)
26. Great Northern Diver (1 bird, 16 January, Alton Water, Shotley Peninsula) 
27. Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 bird, 27 January, home patch) 
28. Great tit (2 birds, 4 January, home patch)
29. Green Woodpecker (1 bird, 12 January, Minsmere)
30. Greenfinch (7 birds, 5 January, Minsmere) 
31. Grey Heron (1 bird flying over, 4 February, home patch) 
32. Greylag Goose (small flock, 16 January, Wherstead)  
33. Guillemot (1 off the coast at Girvan, looking out to Ailsa Craig, Scotland, April 2014)
34. House Sparrow (4 birds, 12 January, Minsmere)
35. Herring Gull (1 bird, 3 January, Woodbridge) - red conservation status
36. Jay (1 bird, 3 May, Pakenham Mill)
37. Jackdaw (4 birds, 1 February, Ickworth)
38. Kestrel (2 birds, 5 January, Rendlesham)
39. Lapwing (9 birds, 4 January, Woodbridge) - red conservation status
40. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2 birds, 6 May, home patch)
41. Little Egret (1 bird, 27 January, home patch) 
42. Long-tailed tit (3 birds, 2 January, home patch)
43. Magpie (2 birds, 2 January, home patch) 
44. Mallard (1 bird, 5 January, Minsmere) 
45. Mandarin (pair, 9 February, Wilderness Pond, Ipswich)
46. Marsh Harrier (2 birds, 12 January, Minsmere) 
47. Meadow Pipit (small flock, 24 March, Shingle Street)
48. Moorhen (1 bird, 5 January, Minsmere)
49. Mute Swan (2 birds, 3 January, Woodbridge) 
50. Oystercatcher (1 bird, 16 January, Wherstead)
51. Pheasant (1 female bird, 5 January, Minsmere)
52. Pied Wagtail (1 bird, 15 January, Waterfront, Ipswich) 
53. Redshank (2 birds, 9 January, Pin Mill) 
54. Redwing (about 9 birds, 26 January, local hospital) - red conservation status
55. Red-breasted Merganser (several pairs, off the Scottish island of Bute, April 2014)
56. Reed Bunting (2 birds, 19 January, Minsmere)
57. Robin (1 bird, 1 January, home patch) 
58. Rock Pipit (2 birds, April, Great Cumbrae)
59. Rook (flying in roost, 1 February, RSPB Lakenheath Fen)
60. Shelduck (8 birds, 19 January, Minsmere) 
61. Shoveler (2 birds, 19 Januray, Minsmere) 
62. Siskin (2 birds, April, WWT Caerlaverock) 
63. Song Thrush (1 bird, ringed, 17 January, home patch) - red conservation status
64. Tawny Owl ('Mabel', Christchurch Park, 13 February)
65. Teal (about 20 birds, 19 January, Minsmere)
66. Tufted Duck (about 15, April, WWT Caerlaverock) 
67. Turnstone (15 birds, 3 January, Woodbridge)
68. Wheatear (1 bird, 24 March, Shingle Street) 
69. White-fronted Geese, (a flock, April, Wigtown)
70. Whooper Swan (2 birds, April, WWT Caerlaverock) 
71. Whitethroat (1 bird, 5 May, Carlton Marshes)
72. Wigeon (about 10 birds) 16 January, Wherstead)
73. Wood Pigeon (11 birds, 4 January, home patch)
74. Wren (1 bird, 8 January, home patch) 

Home Patch list for first sightings ...

1. Blackbird (1 bird, male, leucistic stripe, 8 January)
2. Blue tit (2 birds, 2 January)
3. Chaffinch (1 bird, 8 January)
4. Dunnock (1 bird, 8 January) 
5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (1 bird, 27 January)
6. Great tit (2 birds, 4 January)
7. Greenfinch (1 bird, 8 January) 
8. Grey Heron (1 bird flying over, 4 February) 
9. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2 birds, 6 May) 
10. Little Egret (1 bird flying over, 27 January) 
11. Long-tailed tit (3 birds, 2 January)
12. Magpie (2 birds, 2 January)
13. Robin (1 bird, 1 January) 
14. Song Thrush (1 bird, 17 January, home patch, ringed) - red conservation status
15. Starling (1 bird, 10 January)
16. Wood Pigeon (11 birds, 4 January)
17. Wren (1 bird, 8 January)

First wild mammals of 2014 ...

1. Fox (1, 1 February 2014, Lakenheath) 
2. Grey Seal (1off Girvan; 2 off Bute; 1 off Great Cumbrae, Scotland, April 2014)
3. Grey Squirrel (1, 12 January, Minsmere) 1st squirrel in home patch seen on 13 Jan.
4. Hare (2, 1 April 2014, near Bury St Edmunds)
5. Muntjac Deer (1 doe, 11 January, Rendlesham Forest) 
6. Otter (2, 12 January, Minsmere)  
7. Rabbit (several, 5 January, Minsmere)  
8. Rat (2, 9 February, Wilderness Pond, Ipswich)
9. Red Deer (2 does, 12 January, Minsmere)
10. Stoat (1 fleetingly, 12 January, Minsmere)

First amphibians of 2014 ...

1. Common Frog and spawn (73 frogs, 10 March, Felixstowe)
   

First Ladybirds of 2014 ...

1. 2-spot (1, 5 May, Carlton Marshes)  
2. 7-spot (3, 10 March, home patch) 
3. Harlequin (1, April, home patch)

First Lepidoptera of 2014 ...

1. Brimstone butterfly (2 April, home patch)
2. Green-veined White butterfly (5 May, Carlton Marshes)
3. Orange Tip butterfly (3 May, home patch)
4. Peacock butterfly (March, home patch) 
5. Small Tortoiseshell (5 March, home patch)
6. Small White butterfly (a few, 5 Mat, Carlton Marshes)
7. Unidentified moths on window (March, home patch)

First Odonata of 2014 ...

1. Damselfly, to be identified (5 May, Carlton Marshes)
2. Hairy hawker dragonfly (two, 5 May, Carlton Marshes)

First insects (other than lepidoptera, odonata and ladybirds) of 2014 ...

1. Ant (20 March, home patch) 
2. Buff-tailed Bumblebee (5 March, home patch)
3. Common cranefly (5 May, Carlton Marshes) 
4. Early Bumblebee (20 March, home patch)
5. Lacewing (3 May, home patch) 
6. Mortar Bee (3 May, home patch)
7. Red-and-black Froghopper (three, 5 may, Carlton Marshes)
8. Unidentified flies, ?Blue bottles (25 January, home patch)  
9. Unidentified Hoverfly (24 March, home patch) 

First gastropods of 2014 ... 

1. Brown-lipped Snail (7 March, home patch)
   

First arachnids of 2014 ...

1. Unidentified spider (8 January, home patch) 

First fungi of 2014

1. Bracket Fungus (as yet unidentified, April, Caerlaverock, Scotland) 
2. Scarlet Elf Cup (April, Caerlaverock, Scotland)