Scarce passage migrant with a small breeding population
around Shetland
The first record is of one
on
In 1983 a pair was reported
to have bred on the island (Pennington et al., 2004). The only
other breeding record was in 1996, when a pair of eggs were laid during that
summer, but unfortunately failed.
One or two (and up to 4) birds
are seen on passage most springs when an observer is present. Autumn does not
see as many as the spring, but there are occasionally
one or two birds noted, especially in August and September. An exceptional 12
were seen on