Publications

 
 

 

 
 

Books
 
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Pennington, M. G., 1999. Insects. pp 409-438 in: Johnston, J. L. A Naturalists Shetland. T. & A. D. Poyser, London.

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Pennington, M. G., Osborn, K., Harvey, P. V., Riddington R., Okill, J.D., Ellis, P.M. & Heubeck M. 2004. The Birds of Shetland. Christopher Helm, London. [to see reviews click here]

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Forrester. R. W. & Andrews, I. J. (eds) 2007. The Birds of Scotland. SOC, Aberlady. [author or editor of c. 60 species accounts]

Main papers

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Pennington, M. G. 1988.  The breeding birds of North Ronaldsay, Orkney.  Scot. Birds 15: 83-89.

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Pennington, M. G., Martin, A. R., & Heubeck, M. 1991.  The breeding birds of Hermaness, Shetland. Scot. Birds 16: 118-130.

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Pennington, M. G. 1992.  Moths and Butterflies in Shetland (excluding Fair Isle) in 1991.  Shetland Naturalist  1: 37-47.

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Pennington, M. G., Bainbridge, I. P. & Fearon, P. 1994.  Biometrics and primary moult of non-breeding Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla in Liverpool Bay, England.  Ring. & Migr.  15: 33-39.

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Pennington, M. G. 1995.  The Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum and other Odonata records in Shetland.  Ent. Rec. J. Var.  107: 165-170.

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Pennington, M. G. 1997.  Lepidoptera immigration into Shetland during August 1996.  Atropos 2: 17-24.

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Pennington, M. G., Rogers, T. D. & Bland, K. P. 1997.  Lepidoptera new to Shetland, 1994-96.  Ent. Rec. J. Var.  109:265-281.

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Pennington, M., 1998.  Blyth’s Reed Warbler on Unst, 16th September – 1st October 1997, and a summary of previous Scottish records.  Birding Scotland  1: 7-13.

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Pennington, M. G., 1999.  The status of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Shetland. Dipterists Digest 6: 93-104.

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Pennington, M. G. 2000.  Greylag Geese breeding in Shetland. Scott. Birds 21: 27-25.

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Maher, M., Pennington, M. G., and Smith, M. 2003. Stilt Sandpiper at Norwick, Shetland - third Scottish record. Birding Scotland ?

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Thomason, B., Maher, M. & Pennington, M. 2003. The Sykes’s Warbler in Shetland. Birding World 16: 466-468.

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Pennington, M. G., Pennington M., & Maher, M. 2004. Swainson’s Thrush double, Unst, Shetland, autumn 2003. Birding Scotland 7: 35-38.

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Pennington, M. & Maher, M. 2005. Greenland, Iceland and Hornemann’s Redpolls in Britain. Birding World 18: 66-78.

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Pennington, M. G. & Meek, E. R. 2006. The ‘Northern Bullfinch’ invasion of autumn 2004. Brit. Birds 99: 2-24.

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Dickson, W. & Pennington, M. G. 2006. Hooded Merganser on Unst, Shetland, April and May 2006. Birding Scotland 9: 85-88.

 Short notes

bulletMessenger, D., Duckels, A. S., Pennington, M. & Taylor J. 1988.  Kestrel taking Leach's Petrel.  Brit Birds 81: 395.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1989.  Food-caching by Short-eared Owl during winter.  Brit Birds 82: 565-566.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1990.  Birds singing in fields of oil-seed rape and other crops.  Brit Birds 83: 24-26.
bulletPennington, M. G., Osborn, K. & Harvey P. 1991.  Differences in weight: wing length relationships of Razorbill chicks at Hermaness and Fair Isle in 1989.  Scot. Birds 16: 33-34.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1992.  Predation on birds' eggs and chicks by herbivorous mammals.  Scott. Birds  16: 285.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1992.  Rediscovery of the Scarce Chaser (Libellula fulva) in Kent.  Bull. amat. Ent. Soc.  51: 231.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1992.  Ringed Plovers nesting in covered sites.  Brit. Birds 85: 498-499.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1993.  Recent Lepidoptera records from Shetland.  Ent. Rec. J. Var.  105: 173-174.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1993.  Some observations on Bumblebees in Shetland.  Bull. amat. Ent. Soc.  52: 127.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1993.  Apparent egg-dumping by Common Gulls.  Brit. Birds 86: 182.
bulletPennington, M. G. & Rogers, T.  1994.  Notes on Lepidoptera in Shetland in 1993.  Ent. Rec. J. Var.  106: 186-187.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1995.  Greylag Goose fledging in company of Oystercatchers.  Brit. Birds 88: 423-424.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1996.  Red Admirals and washing lines. Bull. amat. Ent. Soc.  55: 2
bulletPennington, M. G. 1996.  Camberwell Beauties Nymphalis antiopa L. (Lep.: Nymphalidae) and Swallowtails Papilio machaon (L.) (Lep.: Papilionidae) in Shetland.  Ent. Rec. J. Var. 108: 67-68.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1996.  The Large White butterfly Pieris brassicae (Lep: Pieridae) in Shetland. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 108: 137-139.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1996.  The Peacock butterfly Inachis io (Lep: Nymphalidae) in Shetland. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 108: 208-210.
bulletPennington, M. G., Okill, J. D. & Osborn K. 1996.  Britain's newest and most northerly wasp population.  Ent. Rec. J. Var. 108: 318-320.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1997.  Siberian Chiffchaffs in Britain.  Birding World 10: 153-154.
bulletPennington, M. & MacLeod, M. 1997.  The Common Yellowthroat on Shetland. Birding World 10: 185-186.
bulletPennington, M. G.  1998.  A sighting of Apatura iris (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in central Spain.  Ent. Gaz. 49: 244.
bulletPennington, M. G., 1998. Another melanistic Black-headed Gull.  Brit. Birds 91: 563.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2001. Xanthandrus comtus (Diptera: Syrphidae): new to Shetland. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 113: 38-39.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2001. Blast from the Past: Collared Flycatcher, Fair Isle, October 1986. Birding Scotland 4: 33-35.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2002.  Juvenile Fulmar eating Fulmar corpse. Brit. Birds 95: 653.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2005. Bedstraw Hawk-moths Hyles gallii (Rott.) (Lep.: Sphingidae) breeding in Shetland and feeding on Fuchsia in the wild. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 117: 76.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2005. First record of Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Odon.: Coenagrionidae) in Shetland. Ent. Rec. J. Var. 117: 84.
bulletPennington, M. G., Maher, M. & Smith, M. 2005. Observations on a Red-backed Shrike nest in Shetland. Scot. Birds 25: 56-58.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2006. Sylvia warblers taking nectar on autumn migration in Shetland. Brit. Birds 99: 579-580.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2007. Aggression by Red-throated Divers towards unfledged chick. Brit. Birds 100: 502-503.
bulletMcGowan, R. Y., Pennington. M. G. & McInerny, C. J. 2008. The first Lesser Grey Shrike in Scotland: clarification and correction. Scot. Birds 28: 49-50.

 Reports, newsletters and magazines

bulletPennington, M. G. 1992.  Vagrant bats and seals in Shetland.  Shetland Bird Report 1991: 76-79.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1992.  Breeding Great Skuas on Hermaness.  Shetland Bird Report 1991: 87-90.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1993.  Butterflies in Shetland.  Butterfly Conservation News 55: 45-47.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1995.  Immigration and Neuroptera in Shetland.  Neuro News 16: 3-4.
bulletPennington, M. G. 1996.  Helophilus trivittatus in Shetland.  Hoverfly Newsletter 21: 14.
bulletPennington, M. 1997. Reports from coastal stations: Shetland. Atropos 2: 80-81.
bulletOsborn, K., Pennington, M. & Harvey, P. 1997.  The status of seals around Shetland Part III – Vagrant Seals.  Shetland Sea Mammal Report 1996: 14-15.
bulletPennington, M. 1998. Reports from coastal stations - 1997: Shetland. Atropos 4: 63-64.
bulletPennington, M. G. (ed.) 1998 et seq. Shetland Bird Report. Shetland Bird Club, Lerwick.
bulletPennington, M. & Rogers, T. 1999. Reports from coastal stations - 1998: Shetland. Atropos 6: 62-63.
bulletPennington, M. & Pennington, M. 1999.  Unidentified dolphins at Uyeasound.  Shetland Sea Mammal Report 1998: 9-11.
bulletPennington, M. & Rogers, T. 2000. Reports from coastal stations - 1999: Shetland. Atropos 9: 74-75.
bulletHarvey, P. V., Osborn, K. & Pennington, M. G. 2000.  The occurrence of turtles in Shetland Shetland Sea Mammal Report 1999: ?-?.
bulletPennington, M. & Rogers, T. 2001. Reports from coastal stations - 2000: Shetland. Atropos 12: 63-64.
bulletPennington, M.  2001. Breeding birds of the Unst Islands, June 2000. Shetland Bird Report 2000: 111.
bulletPennington, M.  2001. A census of breeding Blackbirds on Unst. Shetland Bird Report 2000: 112-113.
bulletHarvey, P. & Pennington, M. 2002. The status of King Eider in Shetland since 1958, including a review of records between 1958 and 1990. Shetland Bird Report 2001: 100-102.
bulletDuffield, S. & Pennington, M. 2002. A census of the breeding landbirds of Hermaness NNR in 2001 and a comparison with a comparison with a similar survey in 1989. Shetland Bird Report 2001: 103-105.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2002.  Breeding Birds of Maghull, North Merseyside and comparisons with the Lancashire Tetrad Atlas of 1997-2000. Lancashire Bird Report 2001: 114-117.
bulletPennington, M. 2003. Reports from coastal stations - 2002: Shetland. Atropos 18: 65-66.
bulletPennington, M. & Harvey, P. 2004. Seabird populations of Shetland. Shetland Bird Report 2003: 120.
bulletPennington, M. & Maher, M. 2004. The status of breeding Whimbrels on Unst. Shetland Bird Report 2003: 121-122.
bulletPennington, M. 2005. Reports from coastal stations - 2004: Shetland. Atropos ??: ??-??.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2005. Additional information on three firsts for Britain recorded from Shetland. Shetland Bird Report 2004: 119-120.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2005. Bird specimens held in Shetland. Shetland Bird Report 2004: 125-127.
bulletPennington, M. G. 2007. Bufflehead on Loch of Snarravoe, Unst: first for Shetland. Shetland Bird Report 2006: 111.
bulletDickson, W. & Pennington, M. G. 2007. Hooded Merganser on Unst: first for Shetland. Shetland Bird Report 2006: 112.

(C) Mike Pennington 2008