Karl Stockton: Shetland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 77 of 77 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Greylag Goose Anser anser 2 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 3 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 6 Wigeon Mareca penelope 7 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 8 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 9 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 26/06/1994 Mainland ? 10 Eider Somateria mollissima 11 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 12 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 14 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 15 Swift Apus apus 16 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 17 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 18 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 19 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/03/2019 Loch Spiggie, Mainland. 21 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 22 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 23 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 24 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 25 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 26 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27 Curlew Numenius arquata 28 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 29 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 31 Redshank Tringa totanus 32 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 33 Knot Calidris canutus 34 Dunlin Calidris alpina 35 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 36 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 37 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 38 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 39 Common Gull Larus canus 40 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 41 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 42 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 43 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 44 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 45 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 46 Puffin Fratercula arctica 47 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 48 Razorbill Alca torda 49 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 50 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 51 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 25/06/1994 Saito Outcrop, Hermaness, Unst. The Legendary ‘Albert’ was the reason for my first visit to Shetland. 52 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 53 Gannet Morus bassanus 54 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 55 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 56 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 57 Black Kite Milvus migrans 28/06/1997 Yell 58 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 02/03/2019 Lea Gardens, Trent’s, Mainland. 59 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 28/06/1997 Asta House, Mainland 60 Rook Corvus frugilegus 61 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 62 Raven Corvus corax 63 Skylark Alauda arvensis 64 Swallow Hirundo rustica 65 Whitethroat Curruca communis 66 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 67 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 68 Blackbird Turdus merula 69 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 70 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 71 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 72 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 73 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 74 Twite Linaria flavirostris 75 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 28/06/1997 Sumburgh 76 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 77 Siskin Spinus spinus