White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) (0, 17)
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) and a further recent split of this species from Stejneger’s Scoter M. stejnegeri to become 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).
2.00). 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).
2.01). 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).
3). 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).
2.02). 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).
2.03). 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).
2.04). 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).
2.05). 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).
2.06). 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).
2.07). 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).
2.08) 2023 Lothian Musselburgh, 7CY+, male, 1st January to 15th April, photo; presumed same, Gosford Bay, 2nd to 3rd January, photo; also seen Fife.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 679).
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 (only two count).
(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).
2.09). 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 18th January 2025, 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. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
2.10). 2025 Lothian Gullane Point, 5CY+, male, 31st January to 7th April, photo; presumed same as Lothian 2024.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
11.0). 2025 Fife Leven to Kirkcaldy, 3CY+, male, 1st February to 6th May, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
12.0). 2025 Lothian Gullane Point, 3CY+, male, 16th February to 18th March, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 547).
13.0). 2025 Lothian Yellowcraig and Gullane Point, 3CY, male, 30th March to 5th May, photo; same, Musselburgh, 29th June to 1st July, photo; also seen Fife.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 547).
14). 2025 Fife Methil, Buckhaven and East Wemyss, 3CY+, male, 12th April to 5th May, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
15). 2025 Fife East Wemyss, 3CY+, male, 30th April to 4th May, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
13.1). 2025 Fife Ruddon's Point, 3CY, male, 16th to 22nd May, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
16.0). 2025 Angus & Dundee Kinnaber and Lunan Bay, 2CY, male, 5th July to 23rd September, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
17). 2025 Lothian Musselburgh, 2CY, male, 8th July to 15th October, photo; same, Craigielaw Point, 6th to 7th December, photo; same, Aberlady, 25th December into 2026, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 547).
16.1) 2025 North-east Scotland St Cyrus, 2CY, male, 13th July; same as Angus & Dundee.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 547).
16.2). 2025 Angus & Dundee Kinnaber and Lunan Bay, 4CY+, male, 29th July to 14th October, photo; presumed returning individual.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
12.1). 2025 Lothian Gosford Bay, 3CY+, male, 9th November to 29th December, photo.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 547).
13.2). 2025 Fife St Andrews, 3CY, male, 3rd December, photo; same as Ruddon's Point in May; also seen Lothian.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546, plate 384).
2.11). 2025 Lothian Gullane Bay, 5CY+, male, 24th December, photo; returning individual.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 119: 546).
P). 2026 Lothian Off Leven, male, 8th January.
(birding information services).
P). 2026 Fife Off Buckhaven, male, 8th to 17th February; same, Buckhaven, to 30th May, photo; same, off Kirkcaldy, to 7th June.
(British Birds 119: plate 338).
