Craig Fulcher: Shetland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 262 of 262 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 31/05/2021 Loch of Melby 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 16 Pintail Anas acuta 17 Teal Anas crecca 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 27/05/2021 Loch of Brow 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 02/10/2021 Girlsta, Shetland 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/09/2022 Gulberwick 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 32 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 06/10/2020 Hillswick 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 37 Swift Apus apus 01/06/2021 Loch of Hillwell 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/05/2021 Scousburgh 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 44 Corncrake Crex crex 45 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 46 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 47 Coot Fulica atra 05/10/2021 Loch Hillwell 48 Crane Grus grus 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 50 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 05/10/2018 Spiggie 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 27/09/2014 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 56 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 60 Curlew Numenius arquata 61 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 62 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 29/09/2015 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 27/09/2016 Da Water 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 07/10/2013 Sand 68 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 69 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 01/10/2012 Lower Voe 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 74 Knot Calidris canutus 29/09/2015 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 76 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 77 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 04/06/2021 Graven 78 Sanderling Calidris alba 79 Dunlin Calidris alpina 80 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 81 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 23/09/2011 Havens 82 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/09/2012 Scatness 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 21/09/2012 Fair Isle 84 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 01/10/2019 Grutness 85 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 86 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 87 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 88 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 89 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 90 Common Gull Larus canus 91 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 92 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 93 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 94 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 95 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 96 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 97 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 98 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 99 Puffin Fratercula arctica 100 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 101 Razorbill Alca torda 102 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 104 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 27/05/2021 Quendale Bay 105 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/09/2014 106 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 30/05/2021 South Nesting Bay 107 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 108 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 109 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 25/09/2014 110 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 27/09/2014 113 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 115 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 116 Great White Egret Ardea alba 08/10/2020 Loch Spiggie 117 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 118 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 23/09/2017 119 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 122 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 05/10/2014 Tingwall 123 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 09/10/2020 Toab 124 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 125 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 127 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 10/10/2018 Fetlar 128 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 06/10/2019 Olaberry 129 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 130 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 131 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 132 Merlin Falco columbarius 133 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 134 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 04/10/2021 Brae Community Wood, Shetland 135 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 02/06/2021 Hoswick 136 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 137 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 138 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 12/10/2010 Spiggie 139 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 140 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 28/09/2019 Levenwick 141 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 30/09/2016 Aith 142 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 143 Rook Corvus frugilegus 144 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 145 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 146 Raven Corvus corax 147 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 148 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 05/10/2020 Yell 149 Great Tit Parus major 10/10/2020 Whalsay 150 Skylark Alauda arvensis 151 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 152 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 153 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 154 Swallow Hirundo rustica 155 House Martin Delichon urbicum 156 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 157 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 11/10/2010 Seafield, Lerwick 158 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 159 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 160 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 161 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 162 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 163 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 164 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 165 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 23/09/2012 Plantation 166 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 28/05/2013 Swinning House 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 168 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 26/09/2013 Setter 169 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 23/09/2012 Schoolton 170 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 171 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Pund 172 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 05/10/2013 Geosetter 173 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 25/08/2013 School 174 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 27/09/2013 Shop 175 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 05/10/2013 Hoswick 176 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 177 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 178 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 22/09/2017 Lower Stoneybrek 179 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 24/09/2012 Da water 180 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 181 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 182 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 183 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 184 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 185 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 29/05/2021 Sumburgh Farm 186 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 28/08/2013 Schoolton, Fair Isle 187 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 07/10/2013 Mid Yell 188 Whitethroat Curruca communis 189 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 190 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 191 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 192 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 193 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 04/10/2016 Fetlar 194 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 05/10/2016 Fetlar 195 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 196 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 197 Redwing Turdus iliacus 198 Blackbird Turdus merula 199 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 07/10/2020 Brae 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 203 Robin Erithacus rubecula 204 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 28/08/2013 Havens 205 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 206 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 04/10/2014 Levenwick 207 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 208 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 209 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 29/05/2014 Guidicombe 210 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 211 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 212 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 213 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 214 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 29/05/2014 Upper leough 215 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 216 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 217 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 23/10/2016 Scatness 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 219 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 220 Dunnock Prunella modularis 221 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 222 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 02/10/2021 Noss Farm, Shetland 223 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 23/09/2011 Barkland 224 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 225 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 226 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 227 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 228 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 229 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 25/09/2012 Haa 230 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 06/10/2018 Haroldswick 231 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 232 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 08/10/2011 Quendale 233 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 234 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 235 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 236 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 237 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 10/02/2013 Collafirth 238 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 239 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 240 Twite Linaria flavirostris 241 Linnet Linaria cannabina 242 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 243 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 244 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 245 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 246 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 247 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 248 Siskin Spinus spinus 249 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 250 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 251 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 25/09/2014 252 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 24/10/2016 Bull's Park 253 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 254 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 25/10/2012 Virkie 255 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 256 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 09/10/2013 Fetlar 257 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 07/10/2011 Belmont 258 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 259 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 06/10/2020 Breckon, Yell 260 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 29/10/2013 Unst 261 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 24/09/2012 Copper Geo 262 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 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