Saturday 28th February 2009
Coal Tit at Sandgarth - Tony & Beth Gerrard
The Coal
Tit was back at Sandgarth, Voe.
A juvenile Tundra Bean
Goose is at the Wart, Sandwick, along with 4 Skylarks.
On Unst, there are 2 Long-eared
Owls at Baltasound, and an Iceland Gull, a Goosander, 2
Scaups and 2 Skylarks are at Uyeasound.
A Pink-footed Goose is still
on Fetlar, with a summer-plumaged Red-throated Diver on Loch of Funzie.
The Glaucous Gull is still at
Scatness.
The first Skylarks were seen
and heard in weak song back on Out Skerries.
Friday 27th February 2009
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst, and a Glaucous Gull
is at Burrafirth.
There are 2 Common Scoters off Scord,
Sumburgh.
A first-winter Glaucous Gull is on
Thursday 26th February
Common Gull at Sandwick - George Petrie;
Peregrine Falcon at Scatness - Steve Minton
Glaucous Gulls are at
Sandwick and Scatness, and the dark Peregrine Falcon is still at
Scatness.
There are 3 Chaffinches and 2
Greenfinches at the Sletts, Lerwick. There are 60 Grey Herons at
Sae Water near Voe.
On Unst, 2 Goosanders are at
Uyeasound, where 2 Mute Swans have returned.
Wednesday 25th February 2009
Bean Goose on Whalsay - Brian
Marshall
The Tundra
Bean Goose is still above the Houb on Whalsay.
The Glaucous Gull is still at
Scatness.
Tuesday 24th February 2009
Bean Goose, and Greylags, at
Bigton - Roger Riddington
The Tundra
Bean Geese is still south of Bigton along with the juvenile Greenland
White-fronted Goose.
Monday 23rd February 2009
Iceland Gull at Lerwick - Rob
Brookes
A Peregrine Falcon is at
Clousta.
The Tundra
Bean Geese is south of Bigton along with a juvenile Greenland
White-fronted Goose.
Sunday 22nd February 2009
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst, there are 2 Glaucous
Gulls at Burrafirth and a Goosander at Uyeasound.
A Bean Geese
(presumably Tundra) is at the Houb, Whalsay.
A Tundra
Bean Geese is south of Bigton and a first-winter Glaucous Gull
is at Scord.
There are 43 Grey Herons at Sae Water,
near Voe.
Friday 20th February 2009
A Goldfinch is at Wester
Quarff.
Thursday 19th February 2009
There is a Black-tailed Godwit
at Sandness along with 67 Ringed Plovers, a Red-throated Diver,
140 Wigeons and 31 Oystercatchers, with another 30
Oystercatchers at Bixter.
A Jack Snipe is at Wester
Quarff.
A Hen Harrier is at Cullivoe.
Wednesday 18th February 2009
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst.
A Pink-footed Goose is on
Fetlar.
A Peregrine Falcon is at
Sullom Voe Terminal, along with 6 Whooper Swans and a Moorhen
which have been there most of the winter.
There are 12 Great Northern
Divers in Bay of Quendale and 92 Purple Sandpipers and the hybrid
Mallard x Pintail at Scatness.
Tuesday 17th February 2009
Tundra Bean Geese at Lamba Ness - Roger
Riddington
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst.
There are 2 Common Scoters
off Scatness.
There are 4 Greenfinches at
the Sletts, Lerwick.
Monday 16th February 2009
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese and the Shore Lark are still at Lamba Ness, Unst.
Sunday 15th February 2009
Curlew at Boddam - George Petrie; Purple
Sandpipers and Glaucous Gull at Scatness - Steve Minton
A White-billed Diver
was in the Bluemull triangle, near Sound Gruney, at dusk.
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still on Unst, moving between Skaw and Lamba Ness,
while a Glaucous Gull is at Burrafirth.
The second-winter Glaucous Gull, a
Peregrine Falcon and 38 Purple Sandpipers are at Scatness. A Jack
Snipe is at Loch of Spiggie. There are
50 Twites, 26 Oystercatchers, 41 Purple Sandpipers and a
Goosander at Bigton, 23 Whooper Swans, 200 Wigeons and a
Coot at Loch of Spiggie, 2 Shelducks and 7 Bar-tailed Godwits
at Pool of Virkie, and a Glaucous Gull at Clumlie.
Oystercatchers are starting to return to
northern and western areas, with, for example, 8 at Garderhouse.
Saturday 14th February 2009
A White-billed
Diver is in South Nesting Bay, the Coal Tit
is still at Sandgarth, Voe, there are 3 Goosanders in the West Voe of
Skellister, 4 first-winter Iceland Gulls at the head of Dury Voe, 4 more
first-winter Iceland Gulls at Gremista, and 4 Slavonian Grebes in
Catfirth.
There are 85 Tufted Ducks on Loch of
Snarravoe.
Friday 13th February 2009
'Northern Eiders' in Bluemull triangle -
Brydon Thomason; Blackbird and Fieldfare on Burra - Anne Peters; Red Grouse and
Jack Snipe at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicolson
There are 2 male
Northern Eiders, with 450 Eiders, off Sound Gruney in the
Bluemull triangle, while a Common Scoter and a Velvet Scoter are
also in Bluemull.
After several days absence, the Coal
Tit reappeared
at Sandgarth, Voe, and 17 Grey Herons flew over Voe. A Waxwing is
at East Voe of Scalloway. There are 2 Woodcocks and a Jack Snipe
at Loch of Clickimin and 4 Knots at the Sletts in Lerwick.
At Cunningsburgh, there are 2 Jack Snipes
and 10 Red Grouse.
There are 3 Common Redpolls and a Water
Rail at Baltasound.
Thursday 12th February 2009
 
Chaffinch on Burra - Anne Peters; Chaffinch at
Girlsta - Paula Moss; Woodcock and Snipe at Fladdabister - George Petrie
A Peregrine Falcon is at
Scatness. There are 5 Woodcocks around Ocraquoy and Fladdabister. A
Puffin and 7 Red-throated Divers are off Wester Quarff.
A Water Rail is at Uyeasound.
Several Chaffinches and
Redwings have moved into gardens around the islands with the snow.
Wednesday 11th February 2009
Meadow Pipit at Cunningsburgh - George Petrie;
Snow Buntings at Scatness - Steve Minton; Common Snipe at Haroldswick
A Meadow Pipit and a Jack
Snipe are at Cunninsgburgh. The 2 Barnacle Geese are still at
Scatness, 3 Pintails (a male and 2 females) are at Boddam, a Jack
Snipe is at Sandwick and 37 Snow Buntings are at Hillwell.
There are 2 Greenfinches
at the Sletts in Lerwick.
An Iceland Gull and a
Skylark are at Norwick and 2 Common Redpolls and a Water Rail
are at Baltasound.
Tuesday 10th February 2009
Goldeneye at Clickimin - George Petrie; Teals
at Wethersta - Jim Ratter; Whooper Swans and Woodcock at Girlsta - Paula Moss
The 2 Barnacle Geese, the Pink-footed
Goose, the Glaucous Gull, a Peregrine Falcon and a Skylark
are at Scatness.
A Woodcock is at Girlsta. There are 115
Tufted Ducks and 2 Scaups in Brei Wick, Lerwick (Loch of Clickimin
being frozen).
A Carrion Crow is at Mid Yell.
Monday 9th February 2009
Iceland Gulls at Norwick - Rob Brookes;
Fieldfare at Spiggie and Hooded Crow at Sandwick - George Petrie
An adult European White-fronted Geese is
at Spiggie.
A Water Rail is at Clickimin and 11
Knots are at the Sletts, Lerwick.
A Peregrine Falcon, a Merlin, a
Skylark, a Song Thrush and a Water Rail are on Fetlar.
Sunday 8th February 2009
Pink-footed, Greylag and Barnacle Geese at
Scatness - Steve Minton; Red Grouse at Toft - John Laurenson; Mute Swans at Loch
of Tingwall and Strand Loch - Gordon Waddell; Herring Gull at Girlsta - Paula
Moss; Fulmars at Lerwick - Jason Atkinson
A Pink-footed Goose, a Woodcock,
250 Curlews and 130 Lapwings are at Kebister Ness, north of
Lerwick, and 3 Stonechats are at Greenhead, Gremista. Up to 5 different
Glaucous Gulls and 11 Iceland Gulls (including an adult and a
second-winter showing characters of 'Kumlien's Gull') have been seen in Lerwick
during the week. A Red Grouse in a garden at Toft is an unusual sight!
There are 2 Barnacle Geese, a
Pink-footed Goose, 270 Greylag Geese and a Glaucous Gull at Scatness.
Saturday 7th February 2009
Shore Lark at Lamba Ness - Rob Brookes; Merlin
and Glaucous Gull at Sandwick - Jim Nicolson
The Shore Lark is still at Lamba Ness, a
first-winter Iceland Gull is at Norwick and a Water Rail is at
Baltasound.
There are 4 Redwings and the Song
Thrush at the Sletts in Lerwick. There are 2 Woodcocks at Voxter.
A first-winter Glaucous Gull is at
Sandwick. At Maywick, there are 3 Jack Snipes, a Woodcock and a
ringtail Hen Harrier.
Two Glaucous Gulls and 2 Iceland Gulls
(one an adult showing characters of 'Kumlien's Gull') flew along the cliffs at
Eshaness.
Friday 6th February 2009
Fieldfare, Purple Sandpiper, Snipe and
Redshank at Sandwick - Jim Nicolson; Fieldfares at Sandwick - Hugh Harrop
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese are still at Lamba Ness, Unst.
The Tundra Bean Goose
is still at Sandwick. There are 4 adult European White-fronted Geese at
Ringasta and 2 Pink-footed Geese at Bakkasetter.
A Song Thrush, 2 Fieldfares, a
Chaffinch and a Greenfinch are at the Sletts, Lerwick.
Thursday 5th February 2009
Coal Tit and House Sparrow at Sandgarth - Jim
Nicolson; Robin at Sandgarth and Red Grouse at Cunninsgburgh - George Petrie;
Eiders and Fulmars at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
The Coal
Tit, a Robin, 4 Greenfinches and a Chaffinch are
at Sandgarth, Voe. The flock of Chaffinches at Veensgarth has increased
to 220. There are 7 Iceland Gulls and a Glaucous Gull at Shetland
Catch in Lerwick, a Stonechat is at the north end of Loch of Clickimin
and 4 Knots, a Dunnock, a Song Thrush and a Chaffinch
are at the Sletts.
The Tundra
Bean Goose is still at Sandwick. A Jack Snipe and a Waxwing
is at Wester Quarff. There are 3 adult European White-fronted Geese at
and 5 (2 adults and 3 juveniles) at Ringasta while the long-staying
second-winter Glaucous Gull is still at Virkie.
An adult Iceland Gull is at
Uyeasound and there are 2 Oystercatchers at Skaw.
Wednesday 4th February 2009
The Common Buzzard was seen again at Alma,
Baltasound.
Tuesday 3rd February 2009
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Tundra Bean Geese on Unst - Rory Tallack;
Starling at Voe and Red Grouse at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicolson; Mallard and
Golden Plover at Braewick - George Petrie
A flock of 7 Tundra Bean
Geese are with Greylag Geese at Lamba Ness, Unst. A
Glaucous Gull is at Burrafirth. A Song Thrush is at Cullivoe on Yell.
A Sooty Shearwater was seen from a fishing
boat 8 km W of Foula.
A pair of Goosanders and an Iceland
Gull are at Laxo. A Water Rail is at Cunningsburgh. There is a
Pink-footed Goose at Spiggie.
Monday 2nd February 2009
Long-eared Owl on Fetlar - Brydon Thomason; Raven at Bigton - Jim Nicolson
A first-winter Little Gull is at Belmont,
Unst. There are 2 Bar-tailed Godwits at Hamnavoe on Yell and a Water
Rail is at Loch of Kettlester.
There are 10 Slavonian Grebes, 3 Great
Northern Divers and 2 Red-throated Divers off Wester Quarff.
Sunday 1st February 2009
The Tundra Bean Goose
is at Sand Lodge, Sandwick. There are 2 Little Grebes and a Slavonian
Grebe on Loch of Spiggie. Fieldfares have been widespread this month,
with several hundred in Dunrossness today, along with a few Redwings.
There are 300 Golden Plovers, 85 Ringed
Plovers, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 70
Teals and 200 Wigeons at Melby, and 30 Twites at Twatt.
On Fetlar, there are 2 Long-eared Owls,
over 100 Fieldfares, 3 Redwings, a Song Thrush, 2 Robins,
400 Golden Plovers and 550 Greylag Geese. There are 2 first-winter
Iceland Gulls at Burrafirth on Unst.
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