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Shetland Bird List

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The table contains a complete list of the 473 bird species recorded in Shetland, including the year of the first record and, where relevant, Shetland name, breeding status and category.

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Key to breeding status:

 

C: common (50+ pairs)

u: uncommon but annual (fewer than 50 pairs)

sp: sporadic

e: extinct (regular or sporadic with no 21st century records)

poss: possible breeding spp.

hyb: only bred as part of a hybrid pair

Key to category:

 

C: Category C (not native/introduced)

D: Category D (uncertain provenance)

O: only seen offshore

X: globally extinct

F: only recorded on Fair Isle

P: provisional (believed to have occurred but no accepted records)

Species
Scientific Name
Shetland Name
Breeding Status
First Record
Cat.
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
1984
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
1993
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
1976
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
1859
Temminck’s Stint
Calidris temmincki
1908
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
1994
Sanderling
Calidris alba
1861
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Plivver's Page
C
1809
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
1837
Baird’s Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
1982
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
1822
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
1955
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
1972
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
1958
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
1961
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
1992
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
1988
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
1983
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolus
poss
1809
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
1837
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