December 2008 Sightings and Photos
Wednesday
31st December 2008
Black Guillemot at Lerwick - George Petrie; Bean Geese near Bigton and Pintail at Boddam - Gary Bell
2 Bean Geese are near Bigton. 3 Pintails are at Boddam and a Common Scoter is at Grutness. 2 Greenfinches and 3 Chaffinches are at the Sletts in Lerwick. 3 Slavonian Grebes are at Garderhouse Voe and 5 Whooper Swans are at Loch of Murrester.
A Black Redstart and a Song Thrush are on Fetlar.
On Yell 25 Whooper Swans are at Kirk Loch and 28 (presumably the same birds) were at Sand Water later. A Robin and a Song Thrush are at Cullivoe.
Tuesday
30th December 2008
4 Iceland Gulls are at the Shetland Catch in Lerwick and another is at Loch of Clickimin.
On Unst there are 3 Scaup at Easter Loch, 4 Slavonian Grebes and 20 Red-breasted Mergansers at Baltasound and 3 Great Northern Divers off Muness.
An Iceland Gull is at Symbister, Whalsay.
Monday
29th December 2008
Long-tailed Ducks at Lerwick - Jim Nicolson
4 Glaucous Gulls are at Sand beach.
An Iceland Gull is at Symbister, Whalsay.
Sunday
28th December 2008
Wren at Scatness - Steve Minton; Teal at Lerwick - George Petrie
5 White-fronted Geese are at Baltasound. 2 Fieldfares, a Robin and 11 Whooper Swans are at Cullivoe.
Saturday
27th December 2008
Slavonian Grebe at Aith Voe, Bressay - George Petrie; Eider and Long-tailed Duck at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
An Iceland Gull, a Common Scoter and 26 Slavonian Grebes are at Sullom Voe and 8 Little Auks are in Yell Sound. A Waxwing is near the power station in Lerwick. There are 6 Iceland Gulls and 2 Glaucous Gulls at the Shetland Catch in Lerwick.
On Unst, a Waxwing is at Baltasound and 20 Snow Buntings are at Caldback Hill.
Friday
26th December 2008
Wren at Grutness - Charles Gifford; Iceland Gull at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
9 Iceland Gulls and 3 Glaucous Gulls are around Lerwick. An Iceland Gull and a Long-eared Owl are at Ocraquoy. A Common Scoter is at Grutness.
A Waxwing is at Baltasound and a Short-ered Owl is at Burrafirth.
Thursday
25th December 2008
Oystercatcher at Sandwick and Grey Heron at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicolson
The Black Redstart is still at Toab and a Glaucous Gull is at Sumburgh Hotel. An Iceland Gull, 40 Purple Sandpipers, a Merlin and 60 Wigeon are at Melby. A Merlin is at Ocraquoy.
A Pink-footed Goose and 78 Snow Buntings are at Baltasound.
Wednesday
24th December 2008
Iceland Gull and Rock Pipit at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicolson; Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
Eider, Guillemot and Long-tailed Duck at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
The Black Redstart is still at Toab. There are 6 Iceland Gulls and 2 Glaucous Gulls at The Catch in Lerwick. An Iceland Gull is at Cunningsburgh and another is at Loch of Clickimin. 30 Chaffinches and a Brambling are at Veensgarth, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Shelduck are at Virkie and 3 Pochards are at Loch of Tingwall.
On Whalsay, an Iceland Gull is at Symbister and a Snow Bunting is at Brough.
Tuesday
23rd December 2008
A Black Redstart is at Toab. 8 Iceland Gulls are at the Shetland Catch in Lerwick and a Robin is at Scousburgh.
Monday
22nd December 2008
Leucistic Blackbird and non-leucistic Blackbird at Lerwick - Charles Gifford
There are 2 Little Auks in Bluemull Sound.
Sunday
21st December 2008
Pochard at Tingwall - George Petrie; Iceland Gull, Razorbill and Eider at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
There are 8 Iceland Gulls and 2 Glaucous Gulls at the Shetland Catch in Lerwick. 3 Pochards are at Loch of Tingwall.
Saturday
20th December 2008
Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull at Lerwick - Gary Bell
Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gulls, Kittiwake, Eider and Long-tailed Duck at Lerwick - Steve Minton
There are 5 Iceland Gulls and 2 Glaucous Gulls at the Shetland Catch in Lerwick. A Glaucous Gull is at Scatness. 8 Whooper Swans are at Grunna Water and 3 Mute Swans are at Weisdale Voe.
4 Common Redpolls are at Baltasound and a Water Rail is on Out Skerries.
Friday
19th December 2008
On Whalsay there are single Iceland Gulls at Symbister and Hamister and a Pied Wagtail is at Saltness.
Thursday
18th December 2008
Presumed American Golden Plover at Baltasound - Rob Brookes; Shore Lark at Lambaness - Rory Tallack
On Unst a presumed American Golden Plover is at Baltasound, the Shore Lark is still at Lambaness and an Iceland Gull is at Haroldswick. A Little Auk, 3 Great Northern Divers and 650 Eiders are in Bluemull Sound.
In Lerwick there are 7 Iceland Gulls at the Shetland Catch, 4 Common Redpolls at North Road and 2 Greenfinches at The Sletts.
19 Whooper Swans are at Kirk Loch, Cullivoe.
Wednesday
17th December 2008
On Unst a Shore Lark is at Lambaness and 28 Whooper Swans are at Uyeasound.
A Greenfinch is at The Sletts in Lerwick. 2 Robins are on Out Skerries.
Tuesday
16th December 2008
There was no sign of the Ivory Gull on Fetlar today.
2 Common Scoters are at Grutness. 19 Whooper Swans and 20 Fieldfares are at Cullivoe, Yell.
Monday
15th December 2008
 
Ivory Gull on Fetlar - Brydon Thomason (5 photos); Hugh Harrop (3 photos);
Lee Mott (4 photos); Jim Nicolson (2 photos); George Petrie (one photo)
Fighting Starlings - Gary Bell (these two
birds were seen to wrestle with each other for several minutes and at one point
lay for four minutes almost motionless and locked in a claw and leg grip)
The first-winter Ivory
Gull is still at Oddsta on Fetlar, although it was seen going inland
to rest in a mire and later on in the day it was seen flying through the middle
of the island towards Papil Water.
A Goosander is at Baltasound and a Glaucous Gull is at Burrafirth. A Sky Lark is on Out Skerries.
Sunday
14th December 2008
Ivory Gull on Fetlar - Brydon Thomason (4 photos), Malcie Smith (2 photos)
A first-winter Ivory
Gull is at Oddsta on Fetlar.
There are 7 Iceland Gulls and 2
Glaucous Gulls at the Shetland Catch in Lerwick with further Iceland
Gulls at Clickimin and Gulberwick. There are 3 Pochards on Loch of
Tingwall and a male Goosander is on Strand Loch. At Sumburgh Head, 49
Little Auks and a Common Scoter flew past, while 11 Fieldfares
are at Scatness.
There are 2 Glaucous Gulls at Burrafirth.
Saturday 13th December 2008
An adult Iceland Gull with some characters
of Kumlien's Gull (dark outer webs to P10 and P9) is at the Shetland Catch in
Lerwick along with 5 Iceland Gulls and an adult Glaucous Gull.
Another adult Glaucous Gull is at Boddam.
Friday
12th December 2008
There are 5 Iceland Gulls around Gremista
and the Catch in Lerwick, and a Dunnock and a Blackcap are in
North Road.
On Whalsay, an Iceland Gull is at
Hamister, a Skylark is at Skaw and an adult Glaucous Gull is at
the North Loch.
Thursday 11th December 2008
On Whalsay, Iceland Gulls are at Symbister
and Brough, and a Merlin and 4 Chaffinches are at Saltness.
A Robin and Merlin are at Mid Yell. A Bonxie was seen 30 miles east of Bressay.
Wednesday
10th December 2008
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Glaucous Gull and Fulmar at Lerwick - George
Petrie
A first-winter Iceland Gull is at Brough,
Whalsay. A Glaucous Gull is at the Catch in Lerwick. There are 2
Chaffinches at the Sletts, Lerwick.
Tuesday
9th December 2008
There are 5 Iceland Gulls and a
Glaucous Gull around Gremista and the Catch in Lerwick. A second-winter
Iceland Gull is at Brough, Whalsay.
Monday 8th December 2008
A Blackcap is at Cunningsburgh. A
first-winter Iceland Gull is at Brough, Whalsay.
Sunday
7th December 2008
There are 3 Iceland Gulls at Shetland
Catch and 2 at Sandy Loch, Lerwick, wile 3 Scaups are on Loch of
Clickimin. There are 2 Pochards on Loch of Tingwall. Another Iceland
Gull is at Scord, Sumburgh.
There are 4 Glaucous Gulls at Burrafirth
on Unst and a Common Redpoll at Baltasound.
Saturday
6th December 2008
Long-tailed Duck and Glaucous Gull at Lerwick
- Hugh Harrop
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Purple Sandpiper and Kittiwake at Lerwick -
George Petrie; Iceland Gull and Black Guillemot at Lerwick - Jim Nicolson;
Woodcock on Whalsay - Jason Atkinson
There are 6 first-winter Iceland Gulls and
3 Glaucous Gulls at the Catch in Lerwick. There are 22 Slavonian
Grebes in Laxfirth, Tingwall.
There are 5 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Robins
and a Water Rail at Baltasound and 2 Goosanders at Uyeasound. A
Song Thrush is still at Cullivoe.
A first-winter Glaucous Gull is at Symbister on
Whalsay and a Woodcock is at Brough.
Friday
5th December 2008
Fieldfares at Quendale - Gary Bell
A Coal Tit
is still at Sandgarth, Voe.
There are 65 Fieldfares at Quendale. A
Little Auk flew past Sumburgh Head and a Little Auk and a
Slavonian Grebe are off Scord, Sumburgh.
A Song Thrush is at Cullivoe.
Thursday
4th December 2008
A Waxwing is still at the Sletts in
Lerwick.
Wednesday
3rd December 2008
Whooper Swans at
Spiggie - Hugh Harrop
There are 2 Siskins at Upper Sound in
Lerwick. A male Hen Harrier is at Spiggie.
Tuesday
2nd December 2008
Whooper Swans and Teal at
Spiggie, Great Northern Diver at Nesting - Hugh Harrop
A Scaup, 3 Moorhens
and 6 Whooper Swans are at Sullom Voe Terminal. An Iceland Gull is
in Scalloway and a Dunnock is in Lerwick.
A Common Buzzard is at
Baltasound.
Monday 1st December 2008
There were 26 Little Auks
seen in a seawatch off Sumburgh Head. A Waxwing is still at the Sletts in
Lerwick.
A Goosander is at Uyeasound
along with 2 Mute Swans, 26 Whooper Swans and 22 Red-breasted
Mergansers.
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