Shetlandrecording area

Area covered

All Shetland except Fair Isle.

Local recorder

Mark Chapman
55 Leaside
Firth
Mossbank
Shetland
ZE2 9TF
tel 01806 242401

Record submission

The preferred means of record submission is in Excel or Word files, but we will accept any format, including email. More details on the Nature in Shetland web pages www.nature-shetland.co.uk.

Supporting body

Shetland Bird Club.

Shetland Bird Report

Editor

Mike Pennington.

Address for correspondence and purchases

Martin Heubeck, Shetland Bird Club, Sumburgh Lighthouse, Shetland, ZE3 9JN.

First published

1973.

Cost of back issues

Most still available - most recent with full colour systematic list £10.00 (including p&p); previous issues negotiable depending on number - ask Martin Heubeck.

Other local reports

Shetland Sea Mammal Group Report and Shetland Entomological Group Report both in abeyance. More details on the Nature in Shetland web pages.

Shetland Bird Club Rarities Committee

Members

Mark Chapman, Pete Ellis, Paul Harvey, Brian Marshall, Mike Pennington, Roger Riddington, Deryk Shaw.

Species that the committee considers

Bewick's Swan, Bean Goose, Snow Goose, Mandarin Duck, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, Ruddy Duck, Black-throated Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Common Bittern, Little Egret, Purple Heron, White Stork, Spoonbill, Honey Buzzard, Red Kite, Goshawk, Golden Eagle, Hobby, Spotted Crake, Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope, Mediterranean Gull, Sabine's Gull, Roseate Tern, Little Tern, Black Tern, Barn Owl, Nightjar, Common Kingfisher, European Bee-eater, hort-toed Lark, Scandinavian Rock Pipit (A.p. littoralis), Dipper, Common Nightingale, Marsh Warbler (autumn), Subalpine Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper, Jay, Arctic Redpoll, Ortolan Bunting, Rustic Bunting, Corn Bunting.