David Gray: Shetland Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 217 of 217 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 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 13 Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 Teal Anas crecca 16 Pochard Aythya ferina 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 19 Scaup Aythya marila 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/10/2021 Wadibister Voe, mainland, Shetland 2nd winter bird. 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 24 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 25 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 26 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/10/2022 Wester Quarff 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 29 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 30 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 31 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 32 Stock Dove Columba oenas 33 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 35 Coot Fulica atra 36 Crane Grus grus 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 39 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 41 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 42 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 43 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 44 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 02/10/2009 Pool of Virkie 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 46 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 47 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 48 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 01/10/2013 Mid Yell, Yell, Shetland 49 Curlew Numenius arquata 50 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 51 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 52 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 54 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 04/10/2016 Norwick, Unst 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 57 Redshank Tringa totanus 58 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 59 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 60 Knot Calidris canutus 61 Ruff Calidris pugnax 62 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 63 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 64 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 65 Sanderling Calidris alba 66 Dunlin Calidris alpina 67 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 68 Little Stint Calidris minuta 69 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 70 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 05/10/2021 Pool of Virkie, mainland, Shetland. 71 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 72 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 73 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 74 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 75 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 76 Common Gull Larus canus 77 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 78 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 79 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 80 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 81 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 82 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 83 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 84 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 85 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 86 Puffin Fratercula arctica 87 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 88 Razorbill Alca torda 89 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 90 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 91 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 92 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 93 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 94 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 95 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 96 Gannet Morus bassanus 97 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 98 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 99 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/10/2022 Lunna, Shetland 100 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 07/10/2022 Loch of Spiggie beach, Shetland. 101 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 102 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10/10/2023 Sumburgh, Shetland 103 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 104 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 105 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 106 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 02/10/2012 Channerwick 107 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 05/10/2017 Geosetter, Shetland 108 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 109 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 110 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 111 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Sandwick Mostly likely the Northern race. 112 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 113 Merlin Falco columbarius 114 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 115 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 05/10/2021 Scatsa plantation Also saw the Bird at Brae community wood. 116 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Voe 117 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Dale of Walls 118 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 06/10/2021 Aith 119 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 05/10/2012 Brake 120 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 121 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 01/10/2013 Aith 122 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 123 Rook Corvus frugilegus 124 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 08/10/2023 St. Ninians bay, Bigton 125 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 126 Raven Corvus corax 127 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15/10/2023 Brake, Quendale, Shetland 2+ Birds seen in Rosehip bushes by the roadside. 128 Skylark Alauda arvensis 129 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 130 Swallow Hirundo rustica 131 House Martin Delichon urbicum 132 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 133 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 01/10/2015 Whalsay 134 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 135 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 136 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 05/10/2021 Sullom 137 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 138 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 139 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 140 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 30/09/2015 Aith 141 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 30/09/2008 Whalsay 142 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 143 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 06/10/2009 Quendale 144 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 01/10/2013 Funzie, Fetlar 145 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 146 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 147 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 04/10/2012 Geosetter 148 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 05/10/2010 Channerwick 149 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 08/10/2015 Hoswick 150 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 151 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 152 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 04/10/2017 Collafirth 153 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 11/10/2008 Skaw, Unst 154 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 155 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 156 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 157 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 158 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 159 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 29/09/2015 Mid Yell 160 Whitethroat Curruca communis 161 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 162 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 163 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 164 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 02/10/2008 Levenwick Quarry, 165 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 07/10/2016 Ollaberry 166 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 03/10/2017 Housbie, Fetlar 167 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 168 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 169 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/10/2021 Aith, Shetland 170 Blackbird Turdus merula 171 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 172 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 173 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Sumburgh Quarry 174 Robin Erithacus rubecula 175 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Quendale 176 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 11/10/2013 Levenwick 177 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Cunningsburgh 178 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 179 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 180 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 181 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Levenwick 182 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 10/10/2013 Hoswick 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 185 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 186 Dunnock Prunella modularis 187 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 01/10/2011 Cunningsburgh 188 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 30/09/2008 Whalsay 189 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 190 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 191 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 05/10/2021 Sullom 192 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/10/2021 Sullom 193 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Cunningsburgh 194 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 08/10/2009 Channerwick 195 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 10/10/2008 Toab 196 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 07/10/2010 Virkie 197 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 03/10/2009 Tangwick 198 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 199 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 200 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 201 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 202 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 21/02/2013 Collafirth 203 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 204 Twite Linaria flavirostris 205 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 206 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 05/10/2013 Norwick, Unst 207 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Lerwick 208 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 209 Siskin Spinus spinus 210 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Sumburgh Head 211 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Tresta, Fetlar 212 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 01/10/2013 Geosetter 213 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 05/10/2017 Voe 214 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 215 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 09/10/2023 Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland 216 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 12/10/2023 Hoswick, Shetland 217 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 05/10/2013 Grutness