Appendix III. — List of Birds Found in Orkney
Local names are given in brackets. An asterisk (*) indicates that the bird is not known to breed in the islands. When any bird not in this list is found, it will usually be worth while to put the fact on record.
*Auk, Little (Rotchie).
Blackbird (Blackie).
Bunting, Corn (Chirlie Buntling).
*Bunting, Snow (Snowflake).
Chaffinch—rare.
Coot (Snaith).
Cormorant (Palmer, Scarf).
Crow, Hooded (Craa, Hoodie Craa, Grayback).
Cuckoo—rare.
Curlew (Whaup).
*Diver, Black-throated—rare.
*Diver, Great Northern (Immer Goose).
Diver, Red-throated.
*Dotterel—rare.
Dove, Ring (Wood-pigeon)—rare.
Dove, Rock.
Dove, Stock.
Duck, Eider (Dunter).
*Duck, Golden-eye—rare.
Duck, Long-tailed (Calloo)—rare.
*Duck, Scaup—rare.
Duck, Sheld (Sly-goose).
Duck, Teal.
Duck, Tufted.
Duck, Wild (Stock Duck).
Dunlin (Plover-page, Plover-pagick).
Falcon, Peregrine.
*Fieldfare.
Gannet or Solan Goose.
*Goose, Bernacle—rare.
*Goose, Brent.
*Goose, Graylag—rare.
Grebe, Little.
Greenfinch (Green Lintie).
Grouse, Red (Muirhen).
Guillemot, Black (Tyste).
Guillemot, Common (Aak).
Gull, Black-headed.
Gull, Common (White-maa).
Gull, Greater Black-backed (Baakie).
Gull, Herring (White-maa).
Gull, Lesser Black-backed.
Hen Harrier (Goose-haak).
Heron, Common.
Jackdaw (Jackie, Kae).
Kestrel (Moosie Haak).
Kittiwake (Kittie, Kittick, Kittiwaako).
Lapwing (Teeack, Teewhup).
Linnet (Lintie, Lintick).
Merganser, Red-breasted (Sawbill, Harl, Rantick).
Merlin.
Moorhen (Waterhen).
Owl, Long-eared—rare.
Owl, Short-eared (Cattie-face).
Oyster Catcher (Skeldro).
Petrel, Fulmar.
Petrel, Stormy (Sea-swallow).
Phalarope, Red-necked.
Pipit, Meadow (Teeting).
Pipit, Rock (Tang Sparrow, Tang Teeting).
Plover, Golden.
Plover, Ringed (Sandlark, Sinlack).
Pochard.
Puffin (Tammie-norrie).
Quail—rare.
Rail, Land (Corncrake).
Rail, Water—rare.
Raven (Corbie).
Razor-bill (Cooter-neb).
Redbreast (Robin Redbreast).
Redshank.
*Redwing.
Rook.
*Sanderling—rare.
Sandpiper, Common.
*Scoter, Common.
*Scoter, Surf—rare.
*Scoter, Velvet.
Shag (Scarf).
Shearwater, Manx (Lyrie).
Shoveller—rare.
Skua, Richardson’s (Scootie-allan).
Skylark (Laverock, Lavro).
*Smew—rare.
Snipe (Snippick, Horse-gowk).
Sparrow, Hedge.
Sparrow, House (Sprug).
Starling (Stirling, Strill).
*Stint, Little—rare.
Stonechat—rare.
*Swan, Hooper—rare.
Tern, Arctic (Pickie-terno, Rit-tick).
Tern, Common (Pickie-terno, Rit-tick).
Tern, Sandwich—rare.
Thrush (Mavis).
*Turnstone—rare.
Twite (Heather Lintie).
Wagtail, Pied (Willie-wagtail).
Warbler, Sedge—rare.
Wheatear (Chackie, Stonechat).
Whimbrel (Little Whaup, Summer Whaup)—rare.
Whinchat—rare.
Widgeon.
Woodcock—rare.
Wren (Wirenn, Jenny Wren).
Wren, Gold-crested—rare.
Yellowhammer (Yallow Yarling).