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Monday 12th May 2008
  
Turtle Dove at Haroldswick - Rory Tallack; Wheatears at Sumburgh - Jim Nicolson
A Golden Oriole was reported at Hillwell and a Reed Bunting, a Chiffchaff, 8 Sanderling and 3 Bar-tailed Godwits are at Virkie. A Tree Pipit is at Kergord and 5 Siskins are at Twatt.
On Unst, a Turtle Dove is at Haroldswick and a Greenshank and a Willow Warbler are at Burrafirth.
Sunday 11th May 2008
   
Arctic Terns at Uyeasound - Mike Pennington; Little Gull at Spiggie - Russ Haywood; Kestrel at Sumburgh - George Petrie
An Icterine Warbler, a Pied Flycatcher and a Black Redstart are on Fetlar, and 22 Great Northern Divers are offshore there.
The Golden Oriole is still at Haroldswick on Unst.
A Little Gull is at Spiggie, a Pied Flycatcher, a Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Blackcaps and 2 Chiffchaffs are at Geosetter and 2 Shovelers are at Hillwell. A Pied Flycatcher, a Kestrel, a Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaffs are at Sumburgh, a Blackcap is at Grutness, a Reed Bunting is at Quendale and a Knot, a Sanderling, a Siskin, a Chiffchaff, a Reed Bunting and a Lesser Whitethroat are at Virkie. 21 Knot are at the Sletts in Lerwick and a Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaffs are at Hoswick. A Kestrel is at Eshaness and a Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Blackcaps are on Trondra.
On Noss there is a Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, a Wood Pigeon and 5 Mute Swans.
Saturday 10th May 2008
Reed Bunting and Chiffchaff at Virkie and
Great Northern Diver at Nesting - Dave Gifford
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Wheatear and Cormorant at Uyeasound and Dunlin
at Westing - Wendy Dickson
Turnstone at Boddam and Skylark at Sumburgh -
Jim Nicolson
There are 3 Bluethroats (a male and 2
females) on Out Skerries along with 4 Common Whitethroats, several
Chiffchaffs, a Garden Warbler, a Willow Warbler, a Whinchat,
a Sedge Warbler, a Robin, a male Ring Ouzel and a House
Martin.
A Turtle Dove is at Haroldswick and the
Hawfinch is still at Baltasound.
A Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whitethroats, 5 Chiffchaffs and a Willow Warbler are on Noss.
There are 4 Greenfinches at Sandgarth,
Voe.
Friday
9th May 2008
Long-eared Owl at Scatness - Steve Minton
A Golden Oriole, probably the bird from
earlier in the week, is at Haroldswick and the Hawfinch is still at
Baltasound.
A Quail, a Long-eared Owl and a
Black Redstart are on Fetlar.
A male Bluethroat is on Noss, along with 2 Knot, a Whimbrel, 10 Swallows, a Song Thrush, a Garden Warbler, 4 Chiffchaffs and 2 Willow Warblers.
A Long-eared Owl is at Scatness and a
Reed Bunting is at Virkie. A Siskin, a Chiffchaff and 2
Wood Pigeons are at Helendale, another Siskin is in Lerwick and 2
Wood Pigeons are at Lerwick Observatory. There are 5 Siskins, a
Chiffchaff, a Common Redpoll and a Wood Pigeon are at
Sandgarth, Voe. A Kestrel is at Twatt.
Thursday
8th May 2008
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Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher and Fieldfare on
Lamba Ness - Wendy Dickson
A
Spotted Flycatcher is at Quendale, a male Garganey is on Loch of
Spiggie, a Kestrel and a Garden Warbler are at Scousburgh, a
Brambling is at Bigton and a Common Sandpiper is at Grutness. The
male Bluethroat is still on Mousa.
The male Yellow Wagtail is still on Noss.
A Fieldfare is on Lamba Ness, Unst.
Wednesday
7th May 2008
Hawfinch at Baltasound - Mike Pennington
A male Bluethroat and a Sedge Warbler
are on Mousa.
On Unst, a female Hawfinch is at
Baltasound, a Wood Sandpiper is at Haroldswick, a House Martin
is at Skaw and a Common Redpoll, 4 Purple Sandpipers and
2 Sanderlings are at Norwick.
A Tree Sparrow is at Quendale and a
Carrion Crow and 2 Wood Pigeons are at Wester Quarff. There are 12
Sanderlings at Melby.
A male Yellow Wagtail is on Noss along
with a Garden Warbler and a Song Thrush.
Tuesday 6th May 2008
Garganey at Lerwick - Larry Dalziel
A male Garganey is on Noss, the first for
the island, along with a House Martin, 4 Chiffchaffs and 2
Willow Warblers.
A male Garganey is at Lerwick, the Hawfinch is still in North Road,
Lerwick, and 2 Wood Pigeons are at Helendale. A male Hawfinch is
at Aith.
A Pink-footed Goose, 32 Arctic Terns
and a Cormorant are at Uyeasound. A Kestrel is at Hagdale on Unst.
A Common Redstart is on Mousa.
Monday 5th May 2008
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Great Tit at Norwick - Alastair Wilson; Teal
at Haroldswick - Wendy Dickson; Arctic Terns at Grutness - Steve Minton
On Unst, a Golden Oriole was briefly at
Northdale, a possible Richard's Pipit was at Norwick, with the Great Tit
also still present there, while a Gadwall is at Haroldswick, Common
Whitethroats are at Baltasound and Burrafirth, a Common Swift and
a Short-eared Owl are also at Baltasound, and a male Garganey is
at Easter Loch..
A female Yellowhammer is at Mid Yell.
A Greylag Goose, a Common Sandpiper,
a Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Collared Doves, a Swallow, a
Lesser Whitethroat, a Common Redpoll and a Chaffinch are on
Out Skerries.
A Common Sandpiper, 2 House Martins,
4 Blackcaps, a Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaffs and 4
Willow Warblers are on Noss.
There are 7 Wood Pigeons and a Carrion
Crow at Quendale, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Blackcap at
Sumburgh Head, 250 Arctic Terns at Grutness along with 2 Blackcaps
and 3 Chiffchaffs, a Robin is at Sumburgh Head and 2 Siskins
are at Scatness..
Sunday 4th May 2008
Common Tern at Spiggie - George Petrie
A Hawfinch and a Chaffinch are in
North Road, Lerwick. There are 5 Siskins, 3 Blackcaps, a Robin
and a Redwing at Sandgarth, Voe, and 4 Swallows at
Strand.
There are 3 Blackcaps, a Common
Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaffs and 2 Willow Warblers on Noss.
There are 2 Gadwalls at Haroldswick and a Lesser Whitethroat and 2
Willow Warblers are at Burrafirth on Unst.
Saturday 3rd May 2008
Lesser Whitethroat at Virkie - Dave Gifford; Fulmar at Skaw -
Mike Pennington; Siskin at Oxensetter - Stan Brown
A Hoopoe was flushed from the road near
Loch of Snarravoe, Unst, 3 Carrion Crows are at Uyeasound, a Great Tit
is at Norwick and a pair of Pintails and 9 Swallows are at Skaw.
A Grasshopper Warbler and a Sedge
Warbler are on Whalsay.
A Bar-tailed Godwit is on Out Skerries.
The Wryneck is still on Noss along with a
Whimbrel, a Swallow, a Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcaps,
3 Chiffchaffs and 2 Willow Warblers.
There are 2 Chiffchaffs at Grutness, 2
Reed Buntings at Virkie and a Blackcap and a Willow Warbler at
Hoswick. A Jackdaw, a Brambling, a Chaffinch, 2
Blackcaps, a Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warblers, 3 Robins
and 2 Wood Pigeons are at Quarff. At Sandgarth, Voe, there are 2
Blackcaps and 2 Siskins.
Friday 2nd May 2008
Wryneck at Skaw -
Brydon Thomason
Wheatear, Oystercatcher and Lapwing at Skaw -
Mike Pennington
Wood Warbler at Lunna - Dave Gifford; Iceland Gull at Quendale - Steve Minton;
Willow Warbler at Sumburgh - Jim Nicolson; Shoveler - George Petrie
A Wryneck is at Skaw, Unst, with a Wood
Warbler at Baltasound, a female Bullfinch and a Common Redpoll
at Burrafirth,
Whinchats at Norwick and Haroldswick and a Pied Flycatcher at
Belmont.
There are 4 Blackcaps, 2 Robins and
2 Chiffchaffs at Geosetter, a male Scaup at Loch of Spiggie, a
Ruff, 3 Shovelers and 5 Sand Martins at Hillwell, an
Iceland Gull at Quendale, and a Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting
and a Dunnock at Virkie. A pair of Shovelers are at Loch of
Huesbreck and a Green Sandpiper, a Song Thrush, a Robin, a
Dunnock, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Chiffchaff are at
Ocraquoy.
There are 2 Hawfinches in Scalloway. A Garden Warbler is in Lerwick and a male
Scaup is on Loch of Clickimin. A Chiffchaff and a Siskin
are at Sandgarth, Voe.
A Merlin, a Wood Pigeon, a
Wryneck, 4 Swallows, a Ring Ouzel, 2 Lesser Whitethroats,
2 Common Whitethroats, 4 Blackcaps, 10 Chiffchaffs and 2
Willow Warblers are on Noss.
Thursday 1st May 2008
Lesser Whitethroat at Sumburgh - George
Petrie; Red Grouse at Sand Water and Pied Wagtail at Clickimin - Gordon Waddell;
Cuckoo at Sumburgh - Brydon Thomason
A Wryneck and a female Bullfinch
are at Burrafirth with 3 Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, a
Common Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat at Baltasound, 4 Reed
Buntings at Haroldswick and another at Skaw, and a Ring Ouzel at
Northdale.
A Wryneck and a Ring Ouzel are on
Whalsay.
On Out Skerries there is a Kestrel, a
Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon,10 Swallows, 5 Sand Martins,
a House Martin, a Carrion Crow, a Siskin, 2 Pied
Flycatchers, a Common Redstart, a Whinchat, 3 Tree Pipits,
7 Reed Buntings, 2 Ring Ouzels, 15 Chiffchaffs, 15
Willow Warblers, a Common Whitethroat and 25 Fieldfares.
The Marsh Harrier
is still at Sand Water. There are 8 Swallows at Loch of Clickimin and 5
at Strand. A male Pochard is at Loch of Voe.
A Cuckoo is at Sumburgh Head along with 2
Lesser Whitethroats. A Common Redstart, 2 Whimbrels and 4
Swallows are at Scatness.
A Wood Pigeon, 4 Swallows, 8
Blackcaps, a Common Whitethroat, a Common Redstart, 6
Chiffchaffs, 2 Willow Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat, a
Wryneck, a Robin ,a Fieldfare, 2 White Wagtails and a
Pied Wagtail are on Noss.
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