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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 L-09) - 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
The following records which have been
published in Shetland Bird Reports but are still requiring submission and/or acceptance.
There are also some unpublished records under consideration.
2004
-
Taiga Bean Goose
- Fetlar, (2), 23rd March (video)
unsubmitted
- White-billed Diver
- Bluemull Sound, 23rd March
submitted
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Greenish Warbler
-
Mousa, 10th June
resubmitted
2005
- Marsh
Warbler
- Catfirth, 1st October
pended
- Booted
Warbler
- Noss, 2nd September
pended
2006
Eastern Subalpine
Warbler
Sumburgh Head, 7th May
pended
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Vidlin, 8th May
pended
Bonelli’s Warbler sp.
Baltasound, 13th-17th October
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