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Native and Naturalized (144)

  1. Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Out Skerries
  2. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Hoswick and Swinister Burn
  3. Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Shetland North
  4. Rook Corvus frugilegus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Shetland North
  5. Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Shetland South
  6. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Shetland South
  7. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  8. Ruff Calidris pugnax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  9. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  10. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  11. Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Eshaness Peninsula
  12. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sally Bergquist
    Location: Fair Isle, Shetland GB-Scotland (59.5501,-1.6089)
  13. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sally Bergquist
    Location: Fair Isle, Shetland GB-Scotland (59.5501,-1.6089)
  14. Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Sand Lodge and Sandsayre, Sandwick, Scotland, GB (60.006, -1.219)
  15. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  16. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Helendale
  17. Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Helendale
  18. Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Helendale
  19. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Helendale
  20. Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  21. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  22. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Burrafirth
  23. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Andrew Sasley
    Location: Skeld
  24. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Baltasound
  25. Western House-Martin Delichon urbicum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Baltasound
  26. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  27. Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  28. Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  29. Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Haroldswick
  30. Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  31. Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  32. Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  33. Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  34. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  35. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  36. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  37. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  38. Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: 54 Sandveien, Lerwick, Scotland, GB (60.145, -1.165)
  39. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 160
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  40. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  41. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  42. Dunlin Calidris alpina
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  43. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  44. European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  45. Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Pool of Virkie
  46. Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  47. Greater Whitethroat Curruca communis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  48. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  49. Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  50. Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve
  51. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Holly Wenger
    Location: Lerwick Harbour
  52. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Geosetter
  53. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Geosetter
  54. Garganey Spatula querquedula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve
  55. European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Spiggie RSPB Reserve
  56. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  57. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  58. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  59. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  60. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  61. Stock Dove Columba oenas
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  62. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Loch of Hillwell
  63. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Quendale
  64. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Quendale
  65. Coal Tit Periparus ater
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Helendale
  66. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  67. Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  68. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  69. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  70. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  71. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  72. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  73. Twite Linaria flavirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  74. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brame Thrandon
    Location: Fair Isle
  75. Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Northdale, Unst
  76. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  77. Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Pennington
    Location: Baltasound
  78. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Creedy
    Location: Scotland, GB (60.689, -0.921)
  79. Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Lerwick (Town)
  80. European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Brady
    Location: Mousa
  81. Great Skua Stercorarius skua
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Holly Wenger
    Location: Hermaness NNR
  82. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  83. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  84. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  85. Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  86. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  87. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  88. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  89. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  90. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  91. Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  92. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  93. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  94. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Theo de Clermont
    Location: Brae
  95. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Holly Wenger
    Location: Gutcher to Belmont Ferry
  96. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  97. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  98. Common Redshank Tringa totanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  99. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  100. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  101. Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  102. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  103. White Wagtail Motacilla alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Swinister Burn (Burn of Hoswick)
  104. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  105. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  106. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  107. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  108. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  109. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  110. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  111. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  112. Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  113. Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  114. Razorbill Alca torda
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  115. Common Murre Uria aalge
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  116. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  117. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  118. Common Gull Larus canus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  119. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  120. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  121. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  122. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  123. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  124. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  125. European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  126. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  127. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  128. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  129. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  130. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  131. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  132. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mick Mellor
    Location: Dalsetter/Boddam
  133. Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
    # Count: 2
  134. Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
    # Count: 1
  135. Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
    # Count: 1
  136. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
    # Count: 12
  137. Long-eared Owl Asio otus
    # Count: 2
  138. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
    # Count: 1
  139. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
    # Count: 1
  140. Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
    # Count: 3
  141. Redwing Turdus iliacus
    # Count: 3
  142. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
    # Count: 2
  143. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
    # Count: 1
  144. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: 1

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. Common/Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea/cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Brown
    Location: Islesview
  2. large alcid sp. Alca/Uria sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Simon Delany
    Location: GB (59.98, -1.132) At Sea W & S Of Mainland Shetland