Julie Redpath: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 165 of 165 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 14/01/2024 Sand Lodge, Leebitton, Shetland Pale-bellied 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/01/2024 Fleck, South Mainland, Shetland 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/03/2024 Tingwall Loch, Shetland 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 07/01/2024 Fleck, South Mainland, Shetland Blue neck collar V Z1 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 06/01/2024 Loch of Tingwall, Shetland 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 03/02/2024 Sumburgh farm, South Mainland, Shetland 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/02/2024 Quendale, Shetland 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 07/01/2024 Virkie, Shetland 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 02/05/2024 NW corner of Spiggie Loch Male ❤️ 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 23/04/2024 Scatness Pair 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 26/03/2024 Loch Spynie 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 26/03/2024 Loch Spynie 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 26/03/2024 Cloddach Quarry, reclaimed ponds, Elgin A lot of effort to find the location, easy once there! 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 08/03/2024 Loch of Trondavoe, Scatsta 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21/03/2024 Loch Gelly 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 22 Scaup Aythya marila 02/02/2024 Loch of Tingwall, Shetland. 23 Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26/03/2024 Roseisle Forest Carpark, Burghead, Moray 2 attempts. Unmistakable once seen. 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 26/03/2024 Roseisle, Forres 26 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/01/2024 West Voe, Sumburgh 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 07/01/2024 West Voe, Sumburgh 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 29 Goosander Mergus merganser 07/01/2024 Bixter, West Mainland, Shetland Lovely male with pink flushed breast 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/01/2024 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix ********** ********** 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15/02/2024 34 Quail Coturnix coturnix 29/04/2024 track at West Burrafirth 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 25/03/2024 Strathdearn 36 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 13/01/2024 Burn of Sound, Lerwick Flock of 150 took off together Nr Nethybridge - some sight in the snow!! 38 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 39 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/01/2024 garden at Voehead, Bressay Thanks to Joyce and Douglas 40 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 14/01/2024 Hillwell, South Mainland, Shetland 41 Coot Fulica atra 07/01/2024 Loch of Tingwall, Shetland 42 Crane Grus grus 18/02/2024 between Hillwell and Quendale, Shetland 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 21/03/2024 Cameron Loch 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 08/02/2024 Quendale Bay, South Mainland, Shetland American subspecies holboellii - confirmed on biometrics when found deceased 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 21/03/2024 Loch Gelly 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/01/2024 Tresta Voe, Shetland 47 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 03/01/2024 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 06/01/2024 Bixter, Shetland 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 50 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2024 Scatness Heard as it flew over 52 Curlew Numenius arquata 53 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 07/01/2024 Virkie, Sumburgh 54 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 21/04/2024 Setter, Spiggie 55 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13/01/2024 Sand, West Mainland, Shetland 56 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 11/01/2024 Burn of Lunklet, East Burrafirth, Shetland 57 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/05/2024 Fogrigarth Either flying over or calling from breeding site - heard only. 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 59 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 60 Knot Calidris canutus 20/01/2024 Sea Road, Lerwick 61 Sanderling Calidris alba 07/01/2024 Virkie, Sumburgh 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 63 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14/01/2024 Sandsayre, Leebitton, Shetland 64 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 07/04/2024 Grutness Likely earliest ever Shetland record - 2 found today by Helen Perry 😀 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/04/2024 Weisdale Single adult resting on rocks 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 14/01/2024 Sandsayre, Leebitton, Shetland 67 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 68 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 69 Common Gull Larus canus 70 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 71 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 72 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 14/01/2024 Gremister, Lerwick. Also on 28/01 adult and 2nd cy birds at Virkie eating Greylag 73 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/02/2024 Hillwell, South Mainland, Shetland 74 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 28/01/2024 Boddam, South Mainland Beautiful adult - seen in flight over turquoise water and resting with Herring Gulls. 75 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 21/04/2024 Setter, Spiggie 76 Puffin Fratercula arctica 21/04/2024 Sumburgh Head 77 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 78 Razorbill Alca torda 04/02/2024 South Nesting Bay, Shetland 79 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 10/02/2024 South Nesting Bay, Shetland 80 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2024 Es Wick, South Nesting 81 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 07/01/2024 West Voe, Sumburgh 82 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2024 Es Wick, South Nesting 83 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 05/02/2024 South Nesting Bay, Shetland 84 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 07/01/2024 85 Gannet Morus bassanus 14/01/2024 Sumburgh Head, Shetland 86 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 87 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 88 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 29/03/2024 Hillwell, South Mainland, Shetland Re-found the bird which has been present for 10 days - first in Shetland for me. Shared with Helen Perry. 89 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 90 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 28/03/2024 Strathdearn 91 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/01/2024 West Burrafirth, Shetland 92 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 25/03/2024 Strathdearn 93 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 07/04/2024 Bixter, Shetland Self-found hunting alongside road - ringtail type. 94 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/01/2024 Fleck, South Mainland, Shetland Only my 2nd in Shetland, amazingly enjoyed with Margaret again, and in exactly the same location! 95 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 28/03/2024 Strathdearn Very welcome bonus bird on last 20mins of birding time. 😀😀 96 Buzzard Buteo buteo 21/03/2024 Tay Reed Bed 97 Long-eared Owl Asio otus ********** ********** 98 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 20/01/2024 Helendale, Lerwick 99 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 23/03/2024 River Annan, Dalton, D&G 100 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/01/2024 Sumburgh Head, Shetland 101 Peregrine Falco peregrinus ********** ********** 102 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 05/05/2024 Helendale 103 Jay Garrulus glandarius 22/03/2024 Somewhere south of Lochwinnoch 104 Magpie Pica pica 22/02/2024 Whalsay, Shetland 105 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/02/2024 Kergord, Shetland 106 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2024 107 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 17/03/2024 Veensgarth, Tingwall, Shetland A birthday year tick 108 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 109 Raven Corvus corax 110 Coal Tit Periparus ater 23/03/2024 Eskrigg Nature Reserve, D&G 111 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 27/03/2024 Nethybridge 112 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 24/03/2024 Ken Dee Marshes Heard only sadly. Will be back one day to get proper views. 113 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 04/02/2024 Burravoe Wigwams, Brae, Shetland Slightly dodgy as heard only but will keep trying to get actual views!! 07/03/2024 3 Blue tits at Helendale - most unusual for Shetland and likely overwintering birds getting together. 114 Great Tit Parus major 29/01/2024 Helendale, Lerwick 115 Skylark Alauda arvensis 13/03/2024 Loch of Tingwall, Shetland 116 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 07/04/2024 Virkie Swarm of hirandines over the pool! 117 Swallow Hirundo rustica 07/04/2024 Virkie First was brief flyby at south end of Spiggie, then a Swarm of hirandines over the pool! 118 House Martin Delichon urbicum 07/04/2024 Virkie Swarm of hirandines over the pool! 119 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 21/03/2024 Tay Reed Bed 120 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 04/05/2024 Helendale Drive 121 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 28/04/2024 Haroldswick 122 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 21/03/2024 Tay Reed Bed Siberian spp. at Geosetter 2nd May 123 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 28/04/2024 Halligarth 124 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 05/05/2024 Engamore, West Burrafirth 125 Whitethroat Curruca communis 05/05/2024 Helendale 126 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13/01/2024 Sand, West Mainland, Shetland 127 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 128 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 23/03/2024 Eskrigg Nature Reserve, D&G 129 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 23/03/2024 Eskrigg Nature Reserve, D&G 130 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 131 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 21/03/2024 Tay Reed Bed 132 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 03/01/2024 Kergord, Shetland 133 Redwing Turdus iliacus 134 Blackbird Turdus merula 135 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 136 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/04/2024 Halligarth 2 males 137 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/05/2024 Helendale, Lerwick First one at Helendale, then 2 at Geosetter - like buses… 138 Robin Erithacus rubecula 03/01/2024 139 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 30/04/2024 Frakkafield 140 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 03/05/2024 Top of Sound Burn, Lerwick 141 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 17/03/2024 Grutness, South Mainland, Shetland A birthday Year Tick 142 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 09/04/2024 Fogrigarth, West Burrafirth 1 of 2 this morning. 143 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 11/01/2024 Burn of Lunklet, East Burrafirh, Shetland Loosing light. Not great views. Dark-bellied C. C. cinclus. 144 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 23/03/2024 Dalton, D&G Friends garden 145 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 146 Dunnock Prunella modularis 21/03/2024 Cameron Reservoir Singing 147 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 25/03/2024 Strathdearn 148 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 20/03/2024 West Burrafirth Returning birds after winter absence 149 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/05/2024 Geosetter 150 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 151 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 23/02/2024 Montfield, Lerwick, Shetland 152 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/03/2024 Loch of Skene, Aberdeenshire 153 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 02/05/2024 Helendale, Lerwick Female 154 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 29/01/2024 Helendale, Lerwick 155 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 27/03/2024 Nr Nethybridge Biggest flock I’ve seen in years 8 individuals 156 Twite Linaria flavirostris 157 Linnet Linaria cannabina 27/03/2024 Black Isle 158 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 25/03/2024 Strathdearn 159 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 25/03/2024 Abernethy 160 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 21/03/2024 Cameron Loch 161 Siskin Spinus spinus 23/03/2024 Eskrigg Nature Reserve, D&G 162 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 25/03/2024 Cairngorm Carpark 163 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 26/03/2024 Loch Spynie 164 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 25/03/2024 Lochindorb 165 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 22/03/2024 Kilwinning Moulting into male plumage - only Lady Birders present. Also known as Myrtle Warbler.