Robert Gilbert: Shetland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 240 of 240 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 8 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula loch of benston 10 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 Wigeon Mareca penelope 13 American Wigeon Mareca americana 27/05/2023 Scatness 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 20 Scaup Aythya marila 21 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/10/2021 Wadbister 22 Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 09/10/2023 Burravoe Yell 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 28 Goosander Mergus merganser Wester quarff 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 32 Quail Coturnix coturnix ********** ********** 33 Swift Apus apus 02/06/2023 Exnaboe 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 31/05/2023 Kergord 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 36 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 37 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 29/09/2022 Gott 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 41 Coot Fulica atra 42 Crane Grus grus 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 44 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 01/03/2019 Loch Spiggie 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 46 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 49 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 50 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 02/10/2023 Eshaness 51 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 52 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 53 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 30/05/2023 Spiggie 54 Curlew Numenius arquata 55 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 56 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 57 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 58 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 59 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 60 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 27/05/2023 61 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/05/2023 Loch of tingwall 62 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 63 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 64 Redshank Tringa totanus 65 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/10/2013 virkie 66 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 28/05/2023 Spiggie 67 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 68 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 69 Knot Calidris canutus 70 Ruff Calidris pugnax 71 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 72 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 73 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 74 Sanderling Calidris alba 75 Dunlin Calidris alpina 76 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 77 Little Stint Calidris minuta 78 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/10/2023 Noss farm 79 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 03/10/2021 Small Virkie pool 80 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/05/2023 Spiggie 82 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 83 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 84 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 85 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 86 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 87 Common Gull Larus canus 88 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 89 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 90 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 91 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 92 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 93 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 25/09/2018 Boddam 95 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 96 Puffin Fratercula arctica 27/05/2023 On sea near lerwick 97 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 98 Razorbill Alca torda 99 Little Auk Alle alle 100 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 101 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 102 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 103 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 104 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 105 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 29/05/2023 Mousa 106 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 110 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 scousburgh sands shetland 111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/10/2023 Sumburgh farm 112 Great White Egret Ardea alba 03/10/2020 lower voe 113 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 114 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 115 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 116 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 03/10/2023 Maywick 117 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 28/05/2023 Levenwick 118 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 01/03/2019 Tresta 119 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 120 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 121 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 12/10/2019 ronas hill 122 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 123 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 124 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 125 Merlin Falco columbarius 126 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 127 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 brae 128 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 26/09/2018 Voe 129 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 130 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 26/09/2020 boddam 131 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 132 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 29/09/2013 wester quarff 133 Magpie Pica pica 03/10/2022 Sandness 134 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 135 Rook Corvus frugilegus 136 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 137 Raven Corvus corax 138 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 139 Skylark Alauda arvensis 140 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 03/10/2021 Grutness 141 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 142 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27/05/2023 Spiggie 143 Swallow Hirundo rustica 144 House Martin Delichon urbicum 145 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 01/06/2023 Spiggie hotel area 146 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 147 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 30/09/2013 whalsay 148 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 149 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 150 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 02/10/2020 rerwick shetland 151 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 152 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 153 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 154 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 01/10/2023 Grutness 155 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 27/09/2013 bigton 156 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 28/05/2023 Hoswick 157 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 158 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 159 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 03/10/2023 Quendale 160 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 05/10/2013 geosetter 161 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 05/10/2017 hoswick 162 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 02/10/2020 Burrafirth isle of Unst shetland 163 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 26/09/2015 dale of walls 164 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 02/10/2023 Brae 165 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 166 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 167 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 168 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 169 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/09/2013 mid yell 170 Whitethroat Curruca communis 171 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 172 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 173 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 05/10/2023 Wester quarff 174 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 175 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 176 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 29/09/2022 West yell 177 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 28/09/2015 olaberry 178 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 01/10/2023 Lunna kirk 179 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 30/09/2014 loch of brow 180 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 06/10/2016 uyeasound unst 181 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 182 Redwing Turdus iliacus 183 Blackbird Turdus merula 184 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 185 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 01/10/2022 Weather quarff 186 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 187 Robin Erithacus rubecula 188 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 08/10/2017 sandgarth 189 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 190 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 03/10/2014 levenwick 191 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 192 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 193 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 194 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 195 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 196 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 13/10/2019 Westing , unst Shetland 197 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 06/10/2017 hoswick 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 200 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 201 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 202 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 09/10/2016 scousebourgh mossy bank 1st for britain 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/10/2021 Noss farm 206 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 01/10/2023 Sound lerwick 207 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 208 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 209 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 210 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 211 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 212 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 28/09/2013 levenwick 213 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/10/2017 skaw unst 214 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 05/10/2017 grutness 215 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 216 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 217 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 218 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 219 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 220 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 221 Twite Linaria flavirostris 222 Linnet Linaria cannabina 223 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 224 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 225 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 226 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 227 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 228 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 229 Siskin Spinus spinus 230 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 231 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 232 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 02/10/2022 Norwick unst 233 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 234 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2017 loch of voe 235 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 22/09/2018 Vats-houll whalsay 236 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 237 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 09/10/2023 Houbie Fetlar 238 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 29/09/2020 Burravoe isle of Yell shetland 239 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 26/10/2013 unst 240 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 30/09/2014 grutness