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Shetland Bird Club
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Submission of Rarity
Descriptions
All species requiring
descriptions are indicated in the checklist in every Shetland Bird Report
and in the pdf checklist on
this website. On the latest news pages
species in red are BBRC rarities
and
species in orange are local rarities. All descriptions should be sent via the
County
Recorder, except for those from Fair Isle which should be sent via the FIBO warden
(external
link to FIBO). Records are considered by either British Birds Rarities
Committee (external link to BBRC), the Scottish Birds Records Committee
(external link to
SOC) or the Shetland Bird Club Records Committee (SBCRC).
Records will only be
published in Shetland Bird Reports if a) they are already accepted by a
records committee b) they have been submitted and are under consideration
by a records committee c) the finder(s) have not made a submission but the
bird was seen by a large number of observers and/or photographs or video exists
which make it likely that a committee will eventually accept the record.
- Recent decisions
- Batch E-02 - added
19th October 2009
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Rock Pipit of race littoralis, Scatness, 24-25/04/08 ACCEPTED
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Sabine's Gull, Old Scatness, 05/10/08 ACCEPTED
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Subalpine Warbler, Scatness, 26/05/08 ACCEPTED as 1st summer male,
unraced
- Pectoral
Sandpiper, Gletness, 30/09/08 ACCEPTED
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Marsh Warbler, Foula, 30/09/08 PENDED
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Marsh Warbler, Quendale, 01/10/08 PENDED
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Grey Phalarope, Scatness, 24/10/08 ACCEPTED as phalarope sp. only
- Batch E-01 - added 19th October 2009
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- Ring-necked Duck
Foula 29th September to 11th October ACCEPTED as 1st winter male
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- Batch L-08-04 - added 4th February 2009
01 Corn Bunting, Fair Isle, 06 &
17/06/08 ACCEPTED
02 Surf Scoter (first-summer male),
Catfirth 31/05-10/06/08, then Dales Voe, Delting, 10-22/07/08 ACCEPTED
as probably same as Fair Isle
03 Ring-necked Duck (first-summer
male) Loch of Clickimin, 14-27/10/08 ACCEPTED as 1w male
04 Pectoral Sandpiper, Ulsta, Yell,
08/10/08 ACCEPTED
05 Grey Phalarope, Virkie, 25/10/08
ACCEPTED
06 Grey
Phalarope (3), Moast, Scatness, 26/10/08 ACCEPTED
07 Grey Phalarope (6), Wick of
Ireland, 2 on 26/10, 4 on 27/10, 6 on 28/10, 3 on 29/10 ACCEPTED (at
least 5 considered to be 1w)
08 Marsh Warbler, Norwick, 04/09/08
PENDED
09 Marsh Warbler, Quendale, 01/10/08
PENDED
10 Coal Tit, West Voe 14/10/08, then
Toab 15/10/08 ACCEPTED as unraced
11 Bean Goose (2), Spiggie, 08/11/08,
pres same Fleck 09/11/08 ACCEPTED as prob TUNDRA but should be put
into review
R Blue Tit, Helendale, 29/08/06
ACCEPTED after recirc.
R Black-throated Diver, Burrafirth,
Unst, 12/06/08 ACCEPTED 6-1 after recirc
R Sabine’s Gull (Juv), Funzie,
Fetlar, 15/09/07 ACCEPTED after recirc.
R Rock Pipit A. p littoralis,
Sumburgh Head, 15-16/05/2008 ACCEPTED 6-1 after recirc.
R Arctic Redpoll, unraced, Funzie,
Fetlar, 27/09/2007 NOT PROVEN (4 accepts, 3 not proven) after recirc.
- Batch L-08-03 -
added 23rd February 2009
01 Surf Scoter (first-summer male)
Fair Isle, 16-26/05/08 ACCEPTED as prob same as Catfirth and Dales
Voe.
02 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair
Isle, 22-23/09/08 ACCEPTED
03 Grey Phalarope, Fair Isle, 9 in
total between 11/10 and 9/11/08, ACCEPTED all nine
04 Sabine’s Gull, Fair Isle,
01/10/08 ACCEPTED
05 Nightjar, male, Fair Isle,
30/05/08, ACCEPTED
06 Subalpine Warbler, Fair Isle,
09-18/05/08, ACCEPTED as first-summer female (not attributed to
subspecies as present).
07 Subalpine Warbler, Fair Isle,
17-20/05/08, ACCEPTED as first-summer female
08 Rustic Bunting, found dead, Fair
Isle, 19/05/08, ACCEPTED
09 Rustic Bunting, Fair Isle,
24/05/08, ACCEPTED
10 Rustic Bunting, Fair Isle,
30/05/08, ACCEPTED as male
11 Pectoral Sandpiper, Fetlar,
05/10/08, ACCEPTED as juvenile
12 Coal Tit, (2), Sandgarth, Voe,
24-29/10/08, 1 still present early December, ACCEPTED. Racial
attribution to be looked at in more detail..
13 Black-throated Diver, adult,
Haroldswick, 04/06/08, ACCEPTED
14 Arctic Redpoll, Norwick, Unst,
12-16/06/08, ACCEPTED not assigned to subspecies.
15 Green-winged Teal, male, Melby,
16/05/08, ACCEPTED
- Batch L-08-02 - added
4th February 2009 but circulated on 7th July 2008
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- 01 Black-throated
Diver, Clift Sound, Burra ACCEPTED poss same Quendale
- 02 Green-winged
Teal, male, Scatness, 07/02-24/04/07 ACCEPTED as returning individual
- 03 Ring-necked
Duck, second male, Loch of Tingwall, 30/12/07 into 2008 ACCEPTED
- 04 Pectoral
Sandpiper, Haroldswick, Unst, 20/05/07 ACCEPTED
- 05 Dusky Warbler,
Out Skerries, 12/10 pres. same 16/10/07 ACCEPTED
- 06 Blue Tit,
Helendale, 29/08/06 PENDED
- 07R Short-toed Lark,
Lamba Ness, Unst, 19/09/07 ACCEPTED
- 08R Arctic Redpoll
C. h. exilipes, Fair Isle, 19-22/07/0, trapped ACCEPTED as
exlipes
- 09R Subalpine
Warbler, poss. S. c. moltonii, 20-24/10/07 ACCEPTED
as Subalpine Warbler only
- 10 Dusky Warbler,
Foula, 15/10/07 ACCEPTED
(Batch L-08-01) - added
23rd April 2008
01 Black-throated Diver,
Quendale Bay, 04/05/07 ACCEPT AS DIFFERENT
02 Little Egret, Dam Loch,
Uyeasound, then Baltasound, 23-30/12/07 ACCEPT AS DIFFERENT
03 American Wigeon,
first-winter male, Loch of Vatsetter, Maywick, 11-12/12/07 ACCEPT AS
SAME AS SPIGGIE
04 Ring-necked Duck,
first-winter female, South Punds, Levenwick, 18/11/07, ACCEPT
05 Mandarin Duck, two males,
Papil Water, Cullivoe, 05/05/07 ACCEPT, POSS INCLUDES SCATNESS BIRD
06 Hobby, first-summer,
Swining, 17/06/07 ACCEPT
07 Pectoral Sandpiper, two,
possibly four, Foula, 12/09/07, one until 19/09/07 ACCEPT AS TWO, POSS
FOUR
08 Pectoral Sandpiper,
adult, Fleck, 21-25/09/07 ACCEPT
09 Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
juv, Eshaness, 08-10/09/07 ACCEPT
10 Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
juv, Wart, Sandwick, 08-11/09/07 ACCEPT
11 Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
four, Foula, 12/09/07 ACCEPT AS FOUR
12 Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
juv/first-winter, Skaw, Unst, 30/09-02/10/07 ACCEPT
13 Little Tern, Tresta,
Fetlar, 12/06/07 ACCEPT
14 Nightingale,
first-winter, trapped, Northdale, Unst, 14-21/10/07 ACCEPT
15 Marsh Warbler,
first-winter, Baltasound, Unst, 08-27/09/07 ACCEPT
16 Marsh Warbler, Funzie,
Fetlar, 29/09-01/10/07 ACCEPT
17 Bittern, Channerwick,
08/01/08 ACCEPT
18R Marsh Warbler, Catfirth,
01/10/05 ACCEPT 6:1 on RECIRC
19R Lesser Redpoll, Foula,
10/09/06 NOT PROVEN 6:1 on recirc.
(Batch L-08) - added
1st March 2008
- 01 American Wigeon,
first-winter male, Loch of Spiggie, 3/11- at least 10/11/07, ACCEPT AS
PROB SAME AS MAYWICK
- 02 Little Egret, Grutness,
20/10/07, ACCEPT
- 03 Little Egret, Loch of
Spiggie, (pres same as above), 24/10 – 5/11/07, ACCEPT AS PROB SAME AS
ABOVE
- 04
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Kettla Ness, 17/9/07, ACCEPT
- 05 Short-toed Lark, Lamba
Ness, Unst, 19/09/07, PEND
- 06 Short-toed Lark, Toab,
05/10/07, ACCEPT
- 07 Short-toed Lark, Toab
(pres same as above?), 10-14/10/07, ACCEPT AS PROB SAME AS ABOVE
- 08 Dusky Warbler, Sumburgh
Head, 12/10/07 pres same Sumburgh Farm 14/10/07, ACCEPT
- 09 Rustic Bunting, Sumburgh
Farm, 14/10/07, ACCEPT
- 10 Grey Phalarope, Lamba
Ness, Unst, 14/09/07, ACCEPT
- 11 Ring-necked Duck, male,
Loch of Tingwall, 30/09/07 onwards ACCEPT AS RETURNING INDIVIDUAL
- 12 Surf Scoter, female, Fair
Isle, 21-25/05/07 ACCEPT
- 13 Subalpine
Warbler, 1W female Fair Isle, 23-24/05/07 ACCEPT
14 Rustic
Bunting, Fair Isle, 31/05-04/06/07 ACCEPT
15 Bee-eater, Fair Isle,
04-06/06/07 ACCEPT
16 Arctic Redpoll, c. h.
exilipes, Fair Isle, 19-22/07/07 PEND
17 Pectoral Sandpiper, adult,
Fair Isle, 03/08/07 ACCEPT
18 Greenish Warbler,
first-winter, trapped, Fair Isle, 20-21/08/08 ACCEPT
19 Pectoral Sandpiper,
juvenile, Fair Isle, 17/09/07 ACCEPT
20 Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
juvenile, Fair Isle, 01-03/10/07 ACCEPT
21 Subalpine Warbler,
first-winter male, Fair Isle, 20-24/10/07 ACCEPT AS SUBALP BUT PEND
RE POSS OF ssp. MOLTONI
22 Firecrest, Fair Isle, 1W
female 24/10-07/11/07 (trapped 6th) ACCEPT
23 Dusky Warbler, Fair Isle,
22-24/10/07 ACCEPT
24 Marsh Warbler,
first-winter, Skaw, Unst, 04/09/07, ACCEPT
25 Grey Phalarope, 1W, Loch of
Spiggie, 29/09-06/10, prob since 23/09, ACCEPT
26 Buff-breasted Sandpiper,
juvenile, Fleck, Boddam & Quendale, 06-21/10/07, ACCEPT
27 Pectoral Sandpiper, Skaw,
Whalsay, 09/09/07, ACCEPT
(Batch L-07) - added 9th
January 2008
- 01 Spoonbill, adult,
Isbister, Whalsay 21/02/07 then Graven & Brae, 25/02-06/03/07,
ACCEPTED
- 02 Snow Goose, adult white
phase, East Burrafirth, 10-11/04/07, ACCEPTED
- 03 Little Egret, Brae &
Wethersta, 21-22/04/07, presumed same Laxo, 24/04/07, Out Skerries,
03/05 & 21-22/05/07,
-
Sandwater, 25/05/07 and Brow Marsh 29/05/07 all ACCEPTED as prob same
- 04 Bittern, Burn of
Crooksetter, Sullom Voe Oil Terminal, 23/04/07, ACCEPTED
- 05 Mandarin Duck. Male,
Scatness, 30/04/07, poss same as one of two at Kirk Loch, Yell
ACCEPTED as poss same
- 06 Rustic Bunting, Ocraquoy,
30/05/07, ACCEPTED unsexed
- 07 Rustic Bunting, Grutness,
31/05/0, ACCEPTED unsexed
- 08 Pectoral Sandpiper, Moast,
Scatness, 16-17/06/07, ACCEPTED
- 09 Pectoral Sandpiper,
adult, Boddam, 10-16/08/07, ACCEPTED
- 10 Ortolan Bunting, Hoswick,
25-27/08/07, ACCEPTED as first-winter
- 11 Greenish Warbler,
first-winter, 21-22/08/07, ACCEPTED
- R Black throated Diver,
Fair Isle, 21/10/05, NOT PROVEN
- R Goshawk, Fair Isle,
07/12/05, NOT PROVEN
- R Phalarope sp, off West
Linga, Whalsay, 23/09/05, NOT PROVEN
- R Hobby, Channerwick,
17/07/06, ACCEPTED
- R Hobby, Upper Kergord,
20/08/05, ACCEPTED
- R Greenish Warbler, Gorie,
Bressay, 06/09/06, NOT PROVEN
- R Mediterranean Gull,
Toft, 15/02/06, NOT PROVEN
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