The south mainland competition in 2010 is a patch year list. So far there are four contestants: Steve has Scatness, The Bell has Sumburgh, I have Virkie/Toab and Professor Harvey seems to have annexed the remainder of south mainland under the guise of “Quendale”. My area looks like this:

And the whole thing looks a bit like this:

Details of the Scatness year list can be found here.

In addition, two further entrants have been received: Russ has Quarff (list here) and Mr Atkinson has Brough on Whalsay (see here).

My Virkie/Toab 2010 list:

1. Starling – 01/01/10
2. Common Gull – 01/01/10
3. Oystercatcher – 01/01/10
4. Ringed Plover – 01/01/10
5. Curlew – 01/01/10
6. Common Snipe – 01/01/10
7. Herring Gull – 01/01/10
8. House Sparrow – 01/01/10
9. Redshank – 01/01/10
10. Bar-tailed Godwit 01/01/10
11. Merlin – 01/01/10
12. Turnstone – 01/01/10
13. Hooded Crow – 01/01/10
14. Dunlin – 01/01/10
15. Blackbird – 01/01/10
16. Goldeneye – 01/01/10
17. Robin – 01/01/10
18. Redwing – 01/01/10
19. Great Black-backed Gull – 01/01/10
20. Lapwing – 01/01/10
21. Woodcock – 01/01/10
22. Gannet – 01/01/10
23. Shag – 01/01/10
24. Rock Pipit – 01/01/10
25. Black Guillemot – 01/01/10
26. Rock Dove – 01/01/10
27. Sky Lark – 02/01/10
28. Twite – 02/01/10
29. Greylag Goose – 02/01/10
30. Great Northern Diver – 02/01/10
31. Long-tailed Duck – 02/01/10
32. Fulmar – 02/01/10
33. Fieldfare – 02/01/10
34. Raven – 02/01/10
35. Water Rail – 02/01/10
36. Black-headed Gull – 03/01/10
37. Brambling – 03/01/10
38. Mallard – 04/01/10
39. Snow Bunting – 05/10/10
40. Cormorant – 06/01/10
41. Jack Snipe – 08/01/10
42. Wren – 08/01/10
43. Eider – 08/01/10
44. Kittiwake – 08/01/10
45. Teal – 12/01/10
46. Peregrine – 12/01/10
47. Grey Heron – 12/01/10
48. Purple Sandpiper – 16/01/10
49. Wigeon – 18/01/10
50. Shelduck – 18/01/10
51. Golden Plover – 20/01/10
52. Red-throated Diver – 11/02/10
53. Brent Goose – 17/02/10
54. Grey Plover – 20/02/10
55. Pink-footed Goose – 25/02/10
56. Tufted Duck – 27/02/10
57. Meadow Pipit – 03/03/10
58. Black-throated Diver – 06/03/10
59. Short-eared Owl – 06/03/10
60. Guillemot – 07/03/10
61. Siskin – 18/03/10
62. Stonechat – 23/03/10
63. Pied Wagtail – 23/03/10
64. Goldcrest – 24/03/10
65. Chiffchaff – 24/03/10
66. Carrion Crow – 25/03/10
67. Linnet – 26/03/10
68. Rook – 27/03/10
69. Greenfinch – 28/03/10
70. Grey Wagtail – 29/03/10
71. Reed Bunting – 29/03/10
72. Collared Dove – 29/03/10
73. Chaffinch – 01/04/10
74. Lesser Black-backed Gull – 02/04/10
75. Whooper Swan – 02/04/10
76. Wheatear – 08/04/10
77. Long-eared Owl – 10/04/10
78. Wood Pigeon – 10/04/10
79. Swallow – 11/04/10
80. Knot – 12/04/10
81. Willow Warbler – 13/04/10
82. Razorbill – 16/04/10
83. Bonxie – 16/04/10
84. Common Redpoll – 17/04/10
85. Dunnock – 17/04/10
86. Whimbrel – 18/04/10
87. Red-breasted Merganser – 20/04/10
88. Sand Martin – 25/04/10
89. Common Tern – 26/04/10
90. Arctic Skua – 27/04/10
91. Sandwich Tern – 27/04/10
92. Red Kite – 28/04/10
93. Common Scoter – 28/04/10
94. Whitethroat – 02/05/10
95. Puffin – 02/05/10
96. Arctic Tern – 05/05/10
97. Hoopoe – 06/05/10
98. Shoveler – 07/05/10
99. Blackcap – 08/05/10
100. Pied Flycatcher – 09/05/10
101. Sanderling – 09/05/10
102. Lesser Whitethroat – 14/05/10
103. Osprey – 19/05/10
104. Garganey – 19/05/10
105. House Martin – 21/05/10
106. Spotted Flycatcher – 27/05/10
107. Black-tailed Godwit – 30/05/10
108. Greenshank – 04/06/10
109. Swift – 05/06/10
110. Common Rosefinch – 07/06/10
111. Red-backed Shrike – 23/06/10
112. Common Crossbill – 29/07/10

Miscellaneous tat (hybrids, escapes etc) to be wheeled out in the event of a tie:
Mallard x Pintail hybrid – 08/01/10
Egyptian Goose - 15/03/10