Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca

Uncommon late autumn/winter visitor and passage migrant

· 1963 Male, Ham Voe 22^nd September

· 1970 3, off Strem Ness, 10^th November – 4^th December.

· 2004 One, 20^th March and a 1^st summer male, Ham Voe, 5^th May.