V 14 No.4 - The Scottish Ornithologists' Club

254 A. Hogg (Ed.)
5814 (4)
24 Jun, min 24 birds 14 Aug· 11 Oct, max 7 Fair Isle
24 Sep; Orkney,S singles 20 May·27 Jun, 8 birds 16
Aug·8 Oct, max 3 North Ronaldsay 24, 27 Sep;
Highland, 2 singing males at different sites mid
Jun·Jul, 1 Sandside Burn 18Jun, 2 Wick 12·13Sep,
Ion 14, 21 Sep; Grampian, 1 Rattray 25 Oct.
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Migration/counts:
Shetland, only 5 in year, max 3 Fair Isle 15 Nov;
West Isles, 1 Stornoway 22 Dec; Grampian, 50
Dallas 14·24 Dec; Tayside, 53 Killiecrankie 25 Jan;
Lothian, 30 Hopes 13 Feb.
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Breeding: Tayside, prs bred Killiecrankie and
Scone where max 9 on 8 Mar, reports from 4 other
sites; Central, pr Lochearnhead, 2·3 Dunblane 15
Feb, 4 Doune 19 Feb; Lothian, max 6 Botanic
Gdns, Edinburgh 4 Apr; Borders, pr B/4 Hirsel 8
Jul, singles at 2 other sites. Migration: Shetland, up
to 16 birds 19 Apr·26 May, max 4 Unst 3-21 May,
1 Kergord 19-27 Oct; Orkney, 17 birds 23 Apr-16
Jun; Highland, singles Wick 23-28 Apr, Ackergill
26 Apr, Langwell17May; Grampian, 1 Aboyne 31
May-l Jun; Fife, singles Glenrothes 11 Apr, Isle of
May 24-25 Jun; Borders, 1 St Abbs 2 May;
Strathclyde, 4 Gruinart, Islay 23 Feb; Dumf &
Gall, 1 Laurieston 14 Dec.
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Winter/
spring: Shetland, 9 birds 17 Mar·3 Jun; Orkney,
singles Deerness 26 Feb, North Ronaldsay 26-27
May; Grampian, 3 Greg Ness 22 Feb; Tayside,
singles Arbroath 19 Jan, Elliot 6 Apr; Fife, max 17
Fife Ness 3 Jan; Lothian, 17 Aberlady 1 Jan, 1 on
2·4 May; Strathclyde, singles Glasgow airport 26
Jan, Calderbank 22 Feb. Autumn: Shetland, 2
Sep-11 Nov, peaks 5 Skerries 2 Sep, 9 Fair Isle 14
Sep; Orkney, max5 North Ronaldsay27 Sep; West
Isles, male 30 miles W of Sula Sgeir 13 Oct;
Highland, 1 Tarbatness 8 Oct; Grampian, 9
Cruden Bay 30 Nov; Fife, singles Isle of May 29
Sep, 16 Oct; Central, 1 Kinneil25 Oct; Lothian, 15
AberJady 16 Nov, 5 Musselburgh 26, 28 Dec;
Borders, max 31 Eyemouth 29 Dec; Strathclyde, 1
dead Skerryvore 2 Dec; Dumf & Gall, 3W Mull of
Galloway 3 Oct.
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Breeding:
Highland/Grampian, c13 sites held potential
breeding birds, 8 or 9 prs proved breeding.
Migration/counts: good nos in N Scotland, and
many areas of SE Scotland: Sh~t1and , from 3 Sep
Fair Isle , max 400 on 11 Nov; Orkney, 450
Stenness 31 Dec; Highland, 1-2000 Kinbeachie 7·
12 Feb, 800 Reay 16 Nov; Grampian, 750
Collieston 2 Mar; Central, 150 Spout of
Ballochlean 17 Dec; Lothian, 200 Tbreipmuir 11
Feb, 155 Musselburgh 27 Nov-6 Dec; Strathclyde,
c50 Beinn a' Bhuiridh 8-9 Nov.
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Breeding:
Grampian, decline to 10 prs Clochan census area
(20 in 1985). Migration/counts: Shetland, fewer
than 4 in spring, none in autumn; Orkney,S singles
15 Mar-3 May; Grampian, 100 Ordie 2 Feb, 300
Miltonhill14 Feb; Fife, 120 Parbroath 16 Feb.
-Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana A very poor
year with only four in spring, two in autumn:
Shetland, male Fair Isle 15 May , female on 21
May, male on 23 May, male on 26-28 May, Ion 2
Sep, 1 Skerries 19 Oct.
-Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Four: Shetland,
female Fair Isle 15 May (NJR)I!l , male on 19-21 Jun
(KO, NJR), 1 on 21-22 Oct (MGP, NJR) ;
Grampian, 1 Drums 5 Oct 7 (GMC, WNH).
-Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Up to 10:
Shetland, 1 Fair Isle 8-13 Sep(MGP, NJR), Ion 5-
9 Oct (DRB, NJR) , 1 Wbalsay 8-12 Oct (BM)I!l, 1
Fair Isle 21·25 Oct (MGP , NJR), 1 on 22-24 Oct
(DRB et al); Orkney, 1 St Ola 11 May (Mrs N &
WH), 1 North Ronaldsay 24-27 Sep (CMcG,
KFW) , 1 on 25-28 Sep (RJS, CMcG); Highland,
male Longman dump 15 Jan-9 Feb (SJA, RHD et
al) , another male Tarradale 18 Feb-27 Apr,
perhaps from 31 Jan (SJA , MKMcD).
t-Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila One:
Shetland, 1st summer male Fair Isle 15-16 Jun
(KO,AW,NJR).
-Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Seven: Shetland, 1 Fair Isle 14-16 Sep
(SJMG ,NJR), 1 on 16 Sep (JH,NJR) , 1 on 21 Sep
(DS et al) , 1 Virkie 21 Sep (CJMcK G) , 1 Fair Isle
23-27 Sep (GKG,PVH,DS), 1 on 27-28 Sep
(GKG,MGP), Ion 5·7 Oct (DRB ,NJR).
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Breeding:
Shetland, 2 prs bred Fetlar; Orkney, min 302.prs
reported; Lothian, 32 prs Aberlady, 20-23 prs
Threipmuir; Borders, 45 territories at 25 sites;
Strathclyde, 20-25 prs Tiree. Migration/counts:
Shetland, main passage 21 Apr-23 May, 5-290ct,
peaks 36 Fair Isle 23 Apr, 30 on 6, 9 Oct; Orkney,
70 North Ronaldsay 23 Sep; Highland, 70 L
Winless 2 Mar, 70 Tannoch 28·29 Dec; Grampian,
80 Collieston 23 Feb·3 Mar; Strathclyde, 65 L
Gruinart reserve, Islay Jan.
-Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melano-cephala
Two: Shetland, male Virkie 23-29 Jun (IS ,DC),
male Fair Isle 3 Jul (WM,KO,AW) .
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra Breeding: Orkney,
5 singing males Sanday; Highland, no records
Caithness Dist, and continued decline Tarbatness;
Grampian, 20 singing males located Moray Dist;