Tuesday 31st March 2009
Collared Dove on Out Skerries - Peter Flint
5 Greenfinches, 5 Chaffinches and a Robin are at Cullivoe. 7 Greenfinches and 4 Chaffinches are at Baltasound.
The Knot is still at Virkie and 2 Shoveler are at Spiggie. A drake Scaup is at Loch of Clickimin, a Grey Wagtail is in Lerwick and a Collared Dove is feeding fledged young in Lerwick.
A Collared Dove is on Out Skerries.
Monday 30th March 2009
Whooper Swans at Tingwall - George Petrie
5 Greenfinches and 5 Chaffinches are at Cullivoe.
A Stock Dove is at Firth. A Goosander is at Weisdale Voe and 2 Jackdaws roosted at Kergord. A Knot is at Virkie.
Sunday 29th March 2009
Robin at Mossbank - Kareen Hunter
A pair of Goosanders are at Strand Loch and 11 Whooper Swans are at Loch of Tingwall. A White Wagtail and a Woodcock are at Quendale. A Robin is at Mossbank.
A Greenfinch, 3 Chaffinches and a Robin are at Cullivoe.
Saturday 28th March 2009
Cormorant at Sandwick - George Petrie
There are 12 Iceland Gulls and a Glaucous Gull in the Gremista/Catch area of Lerwick. A drake Scaup is at Loch of Clickimin and a Greenfinch is at Helendale.
On Yell, 4 Chaffinches and a Greenfinch are at Cullivoe and 6 Whooper Swans are at Wick of Garth Ness.
Friday 27th March 2009
Greenfinch at Scatness - Steve Minton; Purple Sandpiper at Sandwick - Jim Nicolson; Brent Goose on Fetlar - Malcie Smith
A dark-bellied Brent Goose is on Fetlar, along with 2 Chaffinches, a Greenfinch and 2 Wood Pigeons. On Yell, a Greenfinch and a Chaffinch are at Cullivoe and 6 Whooper Swans are at Wick of Garth Ness.
A Greenfinch is at Scatness and a Wood Pigeon is at Virkie. 28 Purple Sandpipers are at Sandwick. A Wood Pigeon is at Wester Quarff.
A Jackdaw, 7 Greenfinches, 5 Chaffinches, 3 Redwings and a Fieldfare are on Out Skerries.
Thursday 26th March 2009
Robin at Sumburgh Head - George Petrie
A Robin is at Sumburgh Head and 215 Turnstones are at the Wart, Sandwick.
A Chaffinch is on Out Skerries.
Wednesday 25th March 2009
Wren at Sandwick - Jim Nicolson
On Unst the Tundra Bean Goose and European White-fronted Goose are at Norwick and the Shore Lark is still at Lamba Ness.
Tuesday 24th March 2009
A European White-fronted Goose is at Norwick.
Monday 23rd March 2009
An Iceland Gull is at Lerwick Harbour and an alba wagtail is at Tesco. A Wood Pigeon is at Virkie.
Sunday 22nd March 2009
8 Iceland Gulls are at Gremista. A Pied Wagtail is at Grutness and a Robin is at Sumburgh Head.
Saturday 21st March 2009
There are 3 male Northern Eiders off Sound Gruney in Bluemull Sound.
A Common Redpoll, a Sparrowhawk and 3 Chaffinches are at Wester Quarff. A Goldcrest and a Pied Wagtail are at Virkie, 2 Gadwall are at Scatness, an Iceland Gull is at Hillwell and 2 Slavonian Grebes and a White-fronted Goose are at Spiggie. A drake Pintail is at Boddam and a male White Wagtail is at Quendale.
On Unst an adult Glaucous Gull is at Burrafirth, 7 Whooper Swans are at Uyeasound, a Snow Bunting is at Skaw and a Robin is at Saxa Vord.
8 Whooper Swans are at Gutcher. An alba wagtail is on Out Skerries.
Friday 20th March 2009
Long-tailed Ducks and Iceland Gull at Lerwick
- Jason Atkinson; Swan Goose at Vidlin (presumably near it's owner) - Lynsey
Garrick
A Yellowhammer is on Fetlar.
A Glaucous Gull and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls are at Virkie.
Thursday 19th March 2009
Shore Lark at Lamba Ness and Shag at Belmont -
Rob Brookes; Bean Goose and Greylag Goose at Sandwick - Jim Nicolson
Goosander at Strand - Gary Bell; Wigeon
at Nesting and Tufted Duck at Tingwall - Charles Gifford
A Tundra Bean
Goose and a Pink-footed Goose are still at Sandwick. A
Waxwing and 2 Pied Wagtails are at Scatness.
The Ring-necked Duck
is still at Loch of Asta and 2 Goosanders are at Strand Loch.
The Shore Lark is still at Lamba Ness,
Unst.
Two male Stonechats are on Out Skerries.
Wednesday 18th March 2009
A Chiffchaff is at Virkie, a Wood
Pigeon is at Toab, and a Glaucous Gull and an adult Peregrine
Falcon are at Quendale.
Tuesday 17th March 2009
Rock Pipit at Lerwick - George Petrie; Lapwing
at Spiggie - Charles Gifford; Mute Swan and Otter at Girlsta - Paula Moss;
Glaucous Gull at Scatness - Gary Bell; Great Black-backed Gull feeding on
migrating sheep - Steve Minton
The Ring-necked Duck
and a male Scaup are at Loch of Asta and there are 2 Goosanders at
Strand.
A Rook is on Out Skerries.
A Stonechat is at Burrafirth and the male Goosander is still at Uyeasound.
Glaucous Gulls are at Sumburgh and
Scatness.
Monday 16th March 2009
Raven and Glaucous Gull at Scatness - Steve
Minton; Twite and Fulmar at Sumburgh - Jim Nicolson
A male Ring-necked Duck,
presumably a returnee, is on Loch of Asta, along with a male Scaup. The
Coal Tit is at Sandgarth, Voe.
A Jack Snipe is at Quendale.
The Shore Lark is still at Lamba Ness and a
Greenfinch is at Baltasound.
There are 2 Greenfinches on Out Skerries.
A pair of Collared Doves in Lerwick have
chicks in the nest.
Sunday 15th March 2009
Collared Dove in Lerwick - Charles Gifford;
Snow Bunting at Quendale - John 'Crieffy'
A Tundra Bean
Goose and a Pink-footed Goose are at Sandwick. A Dunnock, a Robin
and 2 Stonechats are at Sumburgh Head and a Pintail is at Boddam.
A Stonechat and a Mistle Thrush are
on Fetlar.
A Stonechat is at Northdale on Unst, 2
Glaucous Gulls are at Burrafirth, 4 Wood Pigeons are at Baltasound
and a Goosander is at Uyeasound.
Saturday 14th March 2009
Gannets at Sumburgh and Purple Sandpiper at
Boddam - Gary Bell; Turnstone and Ringed Plover at Sandness - Charles Gifford
There are 2 Goldcrests on Trondra.
There were 46 Great Northern Divers
between West Burrafirth and Papa Stour.
Friday 13th March 2009
Long-tailed Duck at Lerwick - George Petrie;
Snow Bunting at Garths Ness - Steve Minton
The Shore Lark is still on Lamba Ness, a
Rook and a Woodcock are at Norwick and a Little Grebe is at
Baltasound.
An adult male Peregrine Falcon is at
Firth, a female Shoveler is at Loch of Trondavoe, near Scatsta, and 2
male Scaups are at Lochend. There are 5 Iceland Gulls at the Catch in
Lerwick.
A Slavonian Grebe and 3 Red-throated
Divers are on Loch of Spiggie and a second-winter Glaucous Gull is at
Scatness.
Thursday 12th March 2009
There are 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at
Baltasound.
Wednesday 11th March 2009
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Garganey at Burrafirth - Wendy Dickson;
Goosanders at Strand and Coot at Tingwall - George Petrie; Shelduck at Spiggie -
Charles Gifford
A male Garganey is at Burrafirth,
equalling the earliest-ever Shetland record, on Fair Isle on 11th March 1973.
There are 2 Mistle Thrushes at Burrafirth.
A Pied Wagtail is at Rova Head, Lerwick,
there are 9 Iceland Gulls and 3 Glaucous Gulls in Lerwick, and 29
Knots at the Sletts, with 2 Greenfinches and 3 Chaffinches
in a garden there most days. A Coot is at Loch of Tingwall and 4
Goosanders are at Strand Loch.
There are 2 Glaucous Gulls at Scatness.
Tuesday 10th March 2009
Mistle Thrush at Lamba Ness - Mike Pennington;
Merlins at Dalsetter - Gary Bell; Long-tailed Ducks and Iceland Gulls at Lerwick
- Steve Minton; Long-eared Owl in Lerwick - Juan Brown
The Shore Lark and the Mistle Thrush
are still at Lamba Ness on Unst.
A Long-eared Owl was picked up dead in
Lerwick.
There are 47 Purple Sandpipers at Melby
and 120 Wigeons at Norby.
Monday 9th March 2009
Mistle Thrush at Lamba Ness - Rob Brookes;
Grey Heron at Cunningsburgh - Jim Nicolson
The Shore Lark and a Mistle Thrush
are at Lamba Ness on Unst and a Lesser Black-backed Gull is at
Baltasound.
There are 4 Goosanders at the mouth of the
Burn of Weisdale.
Sunday 8th March 2009
A Lesser Black-backed Gull is at Quendale.
There are 2 Goosanders at the mouth of the
Burn of Weisdale.
Saturday 7th March 2009
Iceland Gull at Quendale and White-fronted
Geese at Spiggie - Steve Minton; Glaucous Gull at Virkie and White-fronted Geese
at Spiggie - Gary Bell
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst, along with the Shore Lark,
while there are 2 Glaucous Gulls and an Iceland Gull at
Burrafirth.
An Iceland Gull is at Quendale, a Glaucous
Gull is at Virkie and 2 European White-fronted Geese are at Spiggie.
Friday 6th March 2009
Woodcock at Geosetter - Gary Bell; Starling, Turnstone and
Oystercatchers at Scatness - Steve Minton; Twite at Sandwick and Iceland Gull at
Lerwick - Jim Nicolson
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Black Guillemot and Iceland Gull in Lerwick;
Red Grouse at Nesting - Hugh Harrop; Skylark at Skaw - Wendy Dickson; Snow
Bunting at Skaw - Rob Brookes
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst, and a Moorhen is at
Norwick.
There are 8 Iceland Gulls and 2
Glaucous Gulls in Lerwick. Another 7 Iceland Gulls are at Laxo. A
male Pheasant is at Catfirth.
There are 3 Woodcocks at Geosetter and the
Mallard x Pintail hybrid is still at Scatness.
Thursday 5th March 2009
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Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper at Scatness -
Hugh Harrop; Whooper and Mute Swans at Uyeasound - Wendy Dickson
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst, and the
Tundra Bean Goose is still at Norwick, along
with the White-fronted Goose, while there is a Glaucous Gull is at
Burrafirth. There are 2 Goosanders on Loch of Snarravoe.
A Tundra Bean
Goose and a Pink-footed Goose are at Sandwick, and a
Glaucous Gull is at Maywick. The dark juvenile Peregrine Falcon is
still around, this time at Quendale.
A Pink-footed Goose is still on Fetlar.
A Water Rail and a Dunnock are on
Out Skerries.
Wednesday 4th March 2009
Long-tailed Ducks at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
A new Tundra Bean Goose
is at Norwick, along with a White-fronted Goose, while the flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst.
There are 3 Iceland Gulls at the Catch in
Lerwick. Two adult Greenland White-fronted Geese are at Spiggie.
A Common Redpoll is on Out Skerries.
Tuesday 3rd March 2009
Bean Goose at Spiggie - Steve Minton (3
photos); Jim Nicolson
Long-tailed Ducks, Herring Gull and Iceland
Gull at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
A Tundra Bean Goose
is at Spiggie and a Woodcock is at Scousburgh. A Hen Harrier is at
Brindister, south of Quarff.
There are 8 Iceland Gulls and 2
Glaucous Gulls around the Catch in Lerwick. A Goosander is on Strand
Loch.
Monday 2nd March 2009
A Lesser Black-backed Gull is
at Quarff.
A female Sparrowhawk is at
Unifirth in west Mainland.
Sunday 1st March 2009
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Shore Lark at Lamba Ness - Wendy Dickson;
Iceland Gull showing characters of 'Kumlien's Gull' at Quendale - Steve Minton
Bean Goose at Maywick; Long-tailed Ducks,
Glaucous Gull and Eider at Lerwick - Hugh Harrop
The flock of 7 Tundra
Bean Geese is still at Lamba Ness, Unst, along with the Shore Lark.
An adult Glaucous Gull is at Rova Head and
3 Iceland Gulls are at Lerwick.
A Tundra Bean Goose
was
at Ireland and later at Maywick and a Greenland White-fronted Goose is at
Maywick. A big ugly Iceland Gull showing characters of Kumlien's Gull is
at Quendale. Several Skylarks were heard in song in Dunrossness.
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