White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) (0, 10)
Photo © By Len Blumin from Mill Valley, California, United States - White-winged Scoter, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5001314
STATUS
Alaska and northern Canada. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Split from Velvet Scoter in 2005 (Sangster et al., Ibis 147: 822) with a further recent split of this species with Stejneger’s Scoter M. stejnegeri becoming a full species.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2011 North-East Scotland Murcar, first-summer male, 11th to 23rd June, photo, M. d. deglandi.
(P. A. A. Baxter, H. E. Maggs & C. N. Gibbins, Scottish Birds 31: 269-275, plate 232; C. N. Gibbins, P. A. A. Baxter & H. E. Maggs, Birding World 24 (6): 239-245, plates 1-8; Birding World 24 (12): 515, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 578, plate 333; BOURC (2013), Ibis 156: 236; C. N. Gibbins, P. A. A. Baxter & H. E. Maggs, British Birds 108: 168-175, plates 105-107).
2). 2013 Lothian River Esk, Musselburgh, adult male, 26th December, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 574, plate 325).
3.0). 2016 North-East Scotland Blackdog and Murcar, 3CY+ male, 25th June to 29th August, photo, M. d. deglandi.
(Scottish Birds 36: plate 248; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 567).
3.1). 2017 North-East Scotland Murcar, 4CY+ male, 2nd July to 19th August, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 563).
4). 2017 Shetland Unst, male, 16th October; same, Sand Water, Yell, 18th October; same, Belmont Loch, Unst, 18th to 22nd October, photo.
(D. Preston, Scottish Birds 38: 82-83, plate 73; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 563, plate 360).
3.2). 2018 Lothian Musselburgh, 3CY+, male, 24th March to 12th May, photo; presumed same as 2017 North-east Scotland.
(British Birds 111: plate 198; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 566, plate 307).
3.3). 2019 Lothian Fisherrow and Musselburgh, 4CY+, male, 8th April to 15th May, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 593).
3.4). 2019 Lothian Fisherrow and Musselburgh, 5CY+, male, 25th October to 20th May 2020, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 593; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 576; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 561).
3.5). 2020 Lothian Fisherrow and Musselburgh, 6CY+, male, 27th October to 10th April 2021, photo; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 576, plate 385; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 561).
3.6). 2021 Lothian Fisherrow, Musselburgh and Eastfield, adult male, 4th October to 2nd April 2022; presumed returning individual.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 561; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 556).
3.7). 2022 Lothian Musselburgh, adult male, 25th October to 9th November; presumed returning individual.
tland(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 556).
4). 2023 Fife Lower Largo, three, 3CY+, males: one, 28th April, three, 29th April, two, 30th April to 14th May, photo; presumed same, Leven, 21st May.
(Scottish Birds 43: plates 209 & 210; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 679).
6). 2023 Fife Dumbarnie Links, Largo Bay, 3CY+, male, 30th April, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 679).
7). 2024 North-east Scotland Blackdog/Murcar area, 2CY, male, 15th June to 4th July, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 505).
8). 2024 Shetland Wadbister Voe, Mainland, 2CY, male, 29th September to 18th October; same, Bluemull Sound, 2CY, male, 5th November.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 505).
2.9). 2024 Lothian Gosford Bay, 3CY+, male, 7th October to 14th November; presumed same, Ferny Ness, adult male, 11th November; presumed returning individual.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 505).
9). 2024 Northumberland Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, 3CY+, male, 19th and 22nd to 26th October, photo, video.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 505, plate 292).
10). 2024 Angus & Dundee Corbie Knowe, Lunan Bay, 3CY+, male, 27th October to 22nd November, photo.
(D. Pointon, Scottish Birds 45: 190-192, plates 182 & 183; P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 505).
P). 2024 Shetland Linga, second-winter male, 5th November.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Lothian Gullane Point, adult male, 31st January to 2nd, 5th February, two, adult males, 16th February, one, 17th February; presumed same, Yellowcraig, 30th March.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Fife Leven, adult male, 1st to 2nd February; same, Methil, 3rd and 5th February; presumed same, off Kirkcaldy, 30th April.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Fife Ruddon’s Point, first-summer male, 18th to 22nd May.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Lothian Musselburgh, secon-summer male, 29th to 30th June, again, 2nd to 14th October, again, 21st November.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Angus & Dundee Kinnaber, second-summer male, 5th July.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Lothian Musselburgh, first-summer male, 9th July to 15th August, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Angus & Dundee Kinnaber, two males: adult & first-summer, 30th July.
(birding information services).
P). 2025 Fife St Andrews, male, 3rd December.
(birding information services).
