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431 All Years 245 This Year 2024 95 This Month Nov 2024
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    Count
    Date
    Observer
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  1. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Norwick--Beach
  2. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  3. Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  4. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  5. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  6. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  7. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  8. Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  9. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  10. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  11. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  12. Common Redshank Tringa totanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  13. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  14. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  15. Razorbill Alca torda
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  16. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 120
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  17. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  18. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  19. European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  20. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  21. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  22. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  23. Redwing Turdus iliacus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  24. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  25. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Ham, Foula
  26. Merlin Falco columbarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Toft Ferry Terminal Area
  27. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  28. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  29. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  30. Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  31. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  32. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  33. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  34. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Uyeasound
  35. European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  36. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  37. Common Gull Larus canus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  38. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  39. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  40. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  41. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  42. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Baltasound
  43. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Baltasound
  44. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Foula
  45. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  46. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  47. Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  48. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  49. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  50. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  51. Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  52. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Windhouse, 14 Law Lane, Shetland GB-Scotland 60.15257, -1.14442
  53. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Windhouse, 14 Law Lane, Shetland GB-Scotland 60.15257, -1.14442
  54. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  55. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Foula
  56. Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Laxo
  57. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Sanick, Sandwick, Shetland, Scotland, GB (59.996, -1.224)
  58. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  59. Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Sanick
  60. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve
  61. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve
  62. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve
  63. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Scatness
  64. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Scatness
  65. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  66. Dunlin Calidris alpina
    # Count: 45
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Grutness
  67. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  68. Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  69. Dovekie Alle alle
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  70. Twite Linaria flavirostris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Harris
    Location: Mossbank
  71. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  72. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: David Cooper
    Location: Norwick--Valyie
  73. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: David Cooper
    Location: Norwick--Valyie
  74. Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Cooper
    Location: Norwick--Valyie
  75. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  76. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Cooper
    Location: Norwick--Beach
  77. Common Murre Uria aalge
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  78. Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Cooper
    Location: Haroldswick
  79. Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  80. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Foula
  81. Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  82. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Houssa Voe
  83. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  84. Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Setter, Sandwick, Scotland, GB (60.013, -1.227)
  85. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Uyea
  86. Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Sumburgh Head Seawatching Hide
  87. Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: kevin kelly
    Location: Boddam
  88. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Feathaland
  89. White Wagtail Motacilla alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Loch of Clickimin
  90. Great Skua Stercorarius skua
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  91. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Norwick
  92. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Tingwall Loch
  93. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Finn Jørgensen
    Location: Auto selected 60.37106, -4.19375 Glen Lyon area
  94. Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve
  95. Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound