Andrew Russell: Shetland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 189 of 189 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 21/09/2020 29 passing-good number from Shetland in one flock , potential record? 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/10/2023 Fair Isle 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 30/09/2023 Stackhoull shop, Fair Isle 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 21/02/2019 Found after Tengmalm's twitch 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor LJ notes 'polish' birds 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/10/2020 Tingwall school loch 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Pintail Anas acuta 04/10/2023 Fair Isle Da Water 16 Teal Anas crecca 17 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 18 Scaup Aythya marila 21/02/2019 random loch Post Tengmalms twitch 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 20 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 13/10/2023 Burravoe, Yell Very brief look at the bird from the old pier before getting on the ferry. 21 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 18/10/2018 Burrafirth Scarce up here 22 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 27 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dodgy to include here...fookit 29 Swift Apus apus 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia Most still look decent, esp Skerries 31 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 32 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/09/2020 Saxa Ford, Unst Long awaited lifer! dodgy wing-showy! 33 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 34 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 19/09/2020 deed, skerries 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 36 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 37 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 38 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 41 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 14/09/2020 Yell Long awaited lifer! 42 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14/09/2020 yell AGP twitch, juv 48 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Skerries Oct 19 49 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Skerries 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 51 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 11/07/2019 52 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 53 Redshank Tringa totanus 54 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/09/2018 Walsay YB Bunting bonus 55 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 56 Knot Calidris canutus 57 Ruff Calidris pugnax 20/09/2020 Out west somewhere Amongst GP'S 58 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 25/09/2020 SKAW , Unst LJ lifer, another found shortly after we left lol 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 61 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 62 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 63 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 64 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 66 Common Gull Larus canus 67 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 68 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 69 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 70 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Lerwick Feb 19 Tengmalms 71 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 72 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 73 Puffin Fratercula arctica 74 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 75 Razorbill Alca torda 76 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 77 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 78 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 79 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus From Northlink adjacent Fair Isle, also Skerries 14/09.20 80 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 81 Gannet Morus bassanus 82 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 83 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 84 Great White Egret Ardea alba 04/10/2020 sandgarth 85 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 86 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 87 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/10/2023 Fair Isle South from Raevas at cliffs, headed south out to sea. 88 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 21/09/2020 Bixter One of my best birding experiences 89 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 14/10/2019 Skerries Including in-off 90 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 09/10/2020 Mid Field, Ronas Hill with LJ, CGriff, the Norfolk lads .C.Griffin's 14th attempt, my 5th! 91 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 18/09/2020 Skerries Great find from LJ as he was going to grab his lunch from acommo 92 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/10/2023 Fair Isle Flushed from Field, found one at Voe week after. 93 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Skerries OCT 19 94 Merlin Falco columbarius 95 Peregrine Falco peregrinus Skerries oct 19 96 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 14/10/2018 Yell SF, skerries 97 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 27/09/2018 Garth Desparate twitch from unst after a week of nowt 98 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 01/10/2023 Fair Isle Stackhoull 99 Rook Corvus frugilegus 100 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Vidlin Looked knackered 101 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 102 Raven Corvus corax 103 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 12/10/2019 Vidlin Whilst waiting for skerries boat 104 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus upper kergord the great 2020 invasion lol 105 Great Tit Parus major upper kergord 2020, LSWoody dip 106 Skylark Alauda arvensis 107 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 11/10/2020 Everland, Fetlar Rock Thrush and the locustella that got away. On road showing well 108 Swallow Hirundo rustica 109 House Martin Delichon urbicum 110 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Halligarth Sept 18 111 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 18/09/2020 Skerries Rocklea. Found by AH as me and LJ were walking towards the garden...d'oh 112 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 113 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 10/10/2020 Bundabrake LJ's first, showed great 114 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 02/10/2020 Skaw,Whalsay Lower Yard with help from JLIrvine, lifer for LJ. 115 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus ********** ********** 116 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 117 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 118 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 16/10/2020 NE corner of Spiggie Loch With Sib Chiffy in nettles, very showy! 119 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/10/2020 Gossabrough , Yell With sf bluethroat 120 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 15/10/2018 sumburgh area showy, very 121 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 05/10/2020 Skaw, Whalsay In low rosehip field by dyke. Seen early with LJ,on post twitch ferry by 08.30 122 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 02/10/2020 Sumburgh Head Ridiculous views,first on cliffs, laterally on walls. Many pleased twitchers! 123 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 14/10/2018 Nethaburn, Wester Quarff, Mainland Shetland Pain in the a... 124 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/09/2023 Stackhoull shop, Fair Isle 125 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 126 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 127 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria includes SF oct19 128 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 129 Whitethroat Curruca communis 130 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 131 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 132 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 133 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 14/10/2018 Aywick, Yell My first yank passerine 134 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30/09/2023 Lunna 135 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 02/10/2020 Quendale Mill Amazing flight views, a few brief views on walls and on the deck-stunning! 136 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 137 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 138 Redwing Turdus iliacus 139 Blackbird Turdus merula 140 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 07/10/2020 Burravoe, Brae Crippling views ;) 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 142 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus skerries loads oct 19 143 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 144 Robin Erithacus rubecula 145 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 04/10/2020 Gossabrough, Yell Found whilst tackling a tricky acro. 146 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 147 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 10/10/2020 Valyie 148 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 149 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 150 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 151 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 03/10/2020 Brett, Cunningsburgh Very mobile 152 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 04/10/2020 ASTRA male 153 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 154 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 13/10/2019 Skerries Main hill 155 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Valyie Oct 20, crap views whilst watching my first Bluetail 156 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 157 Dunnock Prunella modularis 158 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 159 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 160 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 16/10/2019 Skerries SF 161 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 162 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 17/09/2020 SKERRIES 163 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 14/10/2018 Aywick, Yell Across road from Swainsons Thrush! 164 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 165 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 166 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 167 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Whilst waiting on eyebrowed 168 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 169 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus unst 18, Valyie Since sf on skerries 170 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 171 Twite Linaria flavirostris 172 Linnet Linaria cannabina july mid yell juv, poss breeding? 173 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 174 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 175 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Valyie Coues apparently, with the bigger NW Commons 176 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 177 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 09/07/2019 Scatsta SF with LJ, PE 178 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 179 Siskin Spinus spinus 180 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Skerries sf skerries, ronas, unst 181 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis skerries oct19 182 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Skerries oct19 Apparently scarce! 183 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 22/10/2020 Skaw, Unst Showing near house, Orca on ferry up. 184 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 05/10/2020 North Hamarsland LJ's croft. Full fat self found lifer! 185 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 23/09/2018 Vatshoull, Whalsay, Shetland First shetland twitch 186 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus skerries 187 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 01/10/2020 Burravoe, Yell 188 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 12/10/2023 Hoswick Thanks to AK and AC for the lift whilst I was birding at Voe. 189 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 16/10/2020 East Burrafirth Showing very well, also very elusive lancy nearby. Mega Scotland bird!