Craig Fulcher: Shetland Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 319 of 319 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 2 3 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 4 7 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14 25 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 1 1 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 14 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 12 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 23 10 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 7 12 12 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 13 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15 27 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 7 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 6 10 16 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 17 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 18 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 6 10 20 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 21 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 9 16 22 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 2 3 23 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 24 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 25 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 5 26 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 12 28 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 7 12 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 5 30 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 0 0 31 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 0 0 32 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 34 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 35 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 0 0 37 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 38 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 1 1 39 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 40 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 7 12 41 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 7 12 42 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 43 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 44 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 45 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 1 1 46 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 47 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 48 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 4 7 49 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 6 10 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 36 51 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 9 16 52 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 6 10 53 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 54 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 9 16 55 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 56 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 57 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 1 58 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 4 7 59 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 4 7 60 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11 20 61 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14 25 62 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 9 16 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2 3 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 6 10 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2 3 66 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 2 3 67 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 15 27 68 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 69 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 7 12 70 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 71 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 72 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 73 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 2 3 74 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 75 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 76 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 77 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 1 1 78 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 6 10 79 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 4 7 80 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 7 12 81 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 5 9 82 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 83 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 84 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21 38 85 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 5 9 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28 50 87 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 88 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 89 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 1 90 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23 41 91 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 17 30 92 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12 21 93 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 94 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 5 9 95 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 8 14 96 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 1 97 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 3 5 98 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 2 3 99 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 29 52 100 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 2 3 101 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12 21 102 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 103 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 104 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 105 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 9 16 106 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 107 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 1 1 108 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 109 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 9 110 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 3 5 111 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 2 3 112 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 113 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 16 114 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2 3 115 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 116 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25 45 118 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 119 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 120 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 121 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 4 7 122 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 3 5 123 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 7 124 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 125 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 8 14 126 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 3 5 127 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 3 5 128 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 129 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15 27 130 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 131 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 3 132 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 133 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 134 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 18 32 135 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 22 40 136 Little Auk Alle alle 16 29 137 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 8 14 138 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 139 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 140 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12 21 141 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 2 3 142 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16 29 143 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 144 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 145 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 146 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1 1 147 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 1 148 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 149 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 3 5 150 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 3 151 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 152 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 153 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 8 14 154 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 7 12 155 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 156 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 21 38 157 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 1 1 158 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 7 12 159 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 160 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 161 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 2 3 162 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23 41 163 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 164 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 165 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 166 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 167 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 168 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 2 3 169 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 23 41 170 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 171 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 5 172 Red Kite Milvus milvus 11 20 173 Black Kite Milvus migrans 6 10 174 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 1 1 175 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20 36 176 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 14 177 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 21 38 178 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 179 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 180 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 4 7 181 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1 1 182 Hoopoe Upupa epops 14 25 183 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 184 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 6 10 185 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 186 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 3 5 187 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 3 5 188 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 189 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 190 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 191 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 3 5 192 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 193 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13 23 194 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 1 1 195 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 196 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 197 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 198 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 199 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 200 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17 30 201 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 202 Jay Garrulus glandarius 0 0 203 Magpie Pica pica 25 45 204 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 205 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 1 206 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 207 Coal Tit Periparus ater 10 18 208 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 209 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 210 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 211 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 212 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 213 Woodlark Lullula arborea 9 16 214 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 215 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 216 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 4 7 217 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 218 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 219 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 220 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15 27 221 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 222 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1 1 223 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 5 224 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 8 14 225 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 8 14 226 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 2 3 227 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 228 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 4 7 229 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 230 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 7 231 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 5 9 232 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 1 1 233 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 19 34 234 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 8 14 235 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 236 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 237 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 238 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 1 1 239 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 4 7 240 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 241 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 1 1 242 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 243 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 244 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 13 23 245 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 246 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 247 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17 30 248 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 249 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 250 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 251 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 2 3 252 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 17 30 253 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 30 54 254 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 9 16 255 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11 20 256 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 257 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 258 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 259 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 260 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 261 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15 27 262 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 263 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 1 1 264 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 10 18 265 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 266 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 267 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 14 25 268 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 12 21 269 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14 25 270 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 271 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 1 1 272 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 8 14 273 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 274 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 275 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 12 21 276 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 2 3 277 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 5 9 278 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 3 5 279 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 280 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 281 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 30 54 282 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 1 1 283 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 9 16 284 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 2 3 285 Serin Serinus serinus 5 9 286 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 8 14 287 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 288 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 1 1 289 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 290 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 291 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 20 36 292 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 293 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 1 1 294 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 11 20 295 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 296 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 5 9 297 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 15 27 298 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 9 16 299 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 1 1 300 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 7 301 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 3 5 302 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 3 5 303 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 304 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 305 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 306 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 307 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 308 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 1 1 309 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 310 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 311 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 312 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 11 20 313 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 10 18 314 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 315 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 12 21 316 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 317 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 318 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 9 16 319 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0