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Shetland Islands

Species recorded in Shetland Islands

307 species

Rock Pipit

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 90,101

European Golden-Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 89,058

Northern Pintail

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 88,832

Sandwich Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 88,504

Brant

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 87,250

Common Eider

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 86,739

Common Cuckoo

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 80,853

Common Redpoll

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 78,542

Common Greenshank

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 77,228

Corn Crake

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 76,750

Green Sandpiper

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 76,512

Peregrine Falcon

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 69,886

Western Yellow Wagtail

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 69,276

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 68,995

Ruff

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 67,669

Razorbill

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 66,509

Bar-tailed Godwit

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 65,771

Red-throated Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 61,757

Garden Warbler

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 59,895

Black-bellied Plover

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 59,861

Red-breasted Merganser

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 59,855

Lesser Whitethroat

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 59,298

Whimbrel

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 58,553

Common Scoter

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 57,365

Sanderling

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 56,821

Hooded Crow

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 56,265

Red Knot

Group: Birds
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 53,928

Common Nettle

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 53,331

Barnacle Goose

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 47,758

Whooper Swan

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 45,803

Common Feather-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 44,396

Spotted Flycatcher

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 43,874

Spotted Ray

Group: Fish
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 42,579

Cypress-leaved Plait-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 41,845

Ribwort Plantain

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 39,026

Atlantic Puffin

Group: Birds
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 38,357

Springy Turf-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 37,320

Brambling

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 36,793

Common Redstart

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 35,860

Arctic Tern

Group: Birds
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 33,992

Firecrest

Group: Birds
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 33,295

Common Starfish

Group: Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 33,273

Common Loon

Group: Birds
Peak month: January
Records since 2000: 32,765

Pointed Spear-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 32,268

White Clover

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 31,709

Capillary Thread-moss

Group: Mosses
Peak month: March
Records since 2000: 31,536

Manx Shearwater

Group: Birds
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 30,622

Daisy

Group: Flowering plants
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 29,849