Scaup Aythya marila

Passage migrant and winter visitor to Shetland. Most records late autumn-.early winter. Occasionally as in this case non-breeding birds remain into the summer. Almost annual although poorly documented

· 1957 One in August, specific dates unknown.

· 1974 One on 24^th June – 9^th July.

· 1975 One on 14^th July – 12^th August.

· 1997 Female on 2^nd – 6^th June.

· 2000 One, Mill Loch, on 23^rd – 24^th September.

· 2004 Female on 3^rd – 6^th October.

· 2005 One on 28^th September.