Matt Willmott: Shetland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 322 of 322 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 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 03/02/2023 Bigton 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15/02/2023 Loch of Spiggie 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 23/04/2024 Scatness 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 American Wigeon Mareca americana 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 21 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2020 South Nesting 22 Teal Anas crecca 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/03/2024 Loch of Trondavoe 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 25 Pochard Aythya ferina 26 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 28 Scaup Aythya marila 29 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 27/05/1987 Bixter 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 31 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 26/01/1987 Sullom Voe Plus Norwick, Unst, 06/08/2022 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 36 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 40 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 41 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 07/10/2022 Sullom 43 Quail Coturnix coturnix 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Sandgarth 45 Swift Apus apus 46 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 23/10/2023 Lerwick 47 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 19/06/2022 Sumburgh 48 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 49 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 05/05/1990 Loch of Hillwell 50 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 51 Stock Dove Columba oenas 30/04/2024 Mail 52 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 54 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 01/12/2022 Quendale 55 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 56 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 05/01/2016 Clickimin 57 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 58 Corncrake Crex crex 59 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 60 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 61 Coot Fulica atra 62 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 21/09/1991 Exnaboe 63 Crane Grus grus 14/02/2024 Quendale 64 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 65 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 02/10/2010 Loch of Spiggie 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/02/2024 Quendale 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 68 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 69 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 70 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 71 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yell 72 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 73 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 74 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 75 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 76 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 78 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 79 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 01/06/2022 Voe 80 Curlew Numenius arquata 81 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 82 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 83 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 09/07/2023 Grutness 84 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 85 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 86 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 30/09/2003 Norwick, Unst 87 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 88 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 02/10/2001 Skeld 89 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 90 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 91 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 92 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 02/10/2003 Lower Voe 93 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 95 Redshank Tringa totanus 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 06/06/2021 Grutness 97 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 98 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 99 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 100 Knot Calidris canutus 101 Ruff Calidris pugnax 102 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 21/07/2022 Pool of Virkie 103 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 104 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 105 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Whalsay 106 Sanderling Calidris alba 107 Dunlin Calidris alpina 108 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 109 Little Stint Calidris minuta 110 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 111 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 112 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 12/08/2021 Fetlar 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Westing Beach 114 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 115 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 116 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 118 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 119 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 120 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 05/05/2023 Loch of Hillwell 121 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 122 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 123 Common Gull Larus canus 124 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 125 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 126 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 127 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 128 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 11/02/2023 Lerwick Harbour 129 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 130 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 131 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 132 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 133 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 134 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 135 Puffin Fratercula arctica 136 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 137 Razorbill Alca torda 138 Little Auk Alle alle 139 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 04/09/1989 Sumburgh 140 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 141 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 142 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 143 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 144 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 145 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 27/05/1987 Hermaness 146 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 147 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 148 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 149 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 150 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 151 Gannet Morus bassanus 152 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 153 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 154 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 155 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 156 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 30/03/2024 Hillwell Loch 157 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 Scousburgh Beach 158 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax Valyie, Unst 159 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 160 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 161 Great White Egret Ardea alba 162 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 163 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Sand Water 164 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 165 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 166 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/05/2021 Scatsta 167 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 168 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 02/10/2007 Tingwall 169 Red Kite Milvus milvus 170 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 171 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 172 Buzzard Buteo buteo 173 Barn Owl Tyto alba 174 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 23/02/2019 Tumblin 175 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 176 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 177 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 27/05/1987 Fetlar 178 Hoopoe Upupa epops 179 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 180 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 181 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 182 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Scalloway 183 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Scalloway 184 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 185 Merlin Falco columbarius 186 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 187 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 02/10/2021 Brae 188 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 189 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 190 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 191 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 192 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 09/10/2023 Fair Isle 193 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 02/10/2008 Lower Voe 194 Magpie Pica pica 195 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 196 Rook Corvus frugilegus 197 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 17/05/2021 Norwick 198 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 199 Raven Corvus corax 200 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 07/12/2022 Voe 201 Coal Tit Periparus ater 24/10/2023 Swining 202 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 203 Great Tit Parus major 204 Woodlark Lullula arborea 205 Skylark Alauda arvensis 206 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 207 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 01/07/2021 Fair Isle 208 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 209 Swallow Hirundo rustica 210 House Martin Delichon urbicum 211 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 212 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 08/09/2023 Lower Voe 213 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 08/10/2021 Tresta 214 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 07/10/2022 Voe 215 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 216 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 217 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 218 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 219 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 220 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 221 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 02/10/2004 Burra 222 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 02/10/2006 Geosetter 223 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 02/10/1989 Fair isle 224 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 225 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 02/10/1994 Fair Isle 226 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 227 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 228 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 229 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 04/10/2010 Channerwick 230 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 08/06/2023 Quendale Mill. 231 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 21/10/2023 Symbister, Whalsay. 232 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 02/10/2009 Lunna 233 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 234 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 02/10/1988 Fair Isle 235 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 02/10/1988 Fair Isle 236 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 237 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 238 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 239 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 240 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 241 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 19/10/1990 Whalsay 242 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 07/07/2021 Sumburgh Head 243 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 04/10/2012 Baltasound, Unst 244 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 13/05/2023 Loch of Clickimin 245 Whitethroat Curruca communis 21/09/1991 Burrafirth 246 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 11/02/2023 Burn of Sound 247 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 18/01/1987 Sullom Voe 248 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 249 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 25/10/2023 Helendale 250 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 07/10/2017 Scalloway 251 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 12/02/2023 Voe 252 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 03/10/2006 Levenwick 253 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 26/09/2023 Lunna 254 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 02/10/2004 Voe 255 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 256 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 257 Redwing Turdus iliacus 258 Blackbird Turdus merula 259 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 260 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 261 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 262 Robin Erithacus rubecula 263 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 264 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 265 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 17/10/2003 Fair Isle 266 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 267 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 268 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 269 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 270 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 271 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 272 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 06/10/2023 Norby 273 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 04/10/2021 Hoswick 274 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 275 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 276 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 20/09/1994 Skaw, Whalsay 277 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 278 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 279 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 280 Dunnock Prunella modularis 281 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 282 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 08/10/2022 Brae 283 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 284 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/10/2003 Voe 285 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 286 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 287 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 288 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 289 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 290 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 05/10/1988 Fair Isle 291 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 292 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 293 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 294 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 295 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 28/03/1992 Lerwick 296 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 297 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 298 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 299 Twite Linaria flavirostris 300 Linnet Linaria cannabina 301 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 302 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 303 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 304 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 305 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 306 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 307 Siskin Spinus spinus 308 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 309 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 310 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 311 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 26/09/1989 Fair Isle 312 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 06/10/2020 Sandness 313 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 20/09/1989 Fair Isle 314 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 08/10/2010 Out Skerries 315 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 316 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 09/10/2023 Houbie, Fetlar 317 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 17/10/2003 Fair Isle 318 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 23/10/2013 Baltasound, Unst 319 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 07/10/1988 Fair Isle + Geosetter. 320 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 07/09/2023 Ham, Foula + Hoswick. 321 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 03/10/1990 Sumburgh Hotel Garden Same day as Ruppell's 322 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 06/10/2022 Bigton