Best time of year for the outdoor life
Simmer Dim has to be the most exquisite item on the entire Shetland menu.
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In the garden 19.06.09
Just two more days to go until the official start to summer and with it the gradual shortening of daylight hours.
READ FULL STORYRare wood sandpipers turn up in Quarff
There were fewer migrants around this week, but two wood sandpipers appeared at Henry’s Loch in Quarff.
READ FULL STORYStrange finds from way back when on St Ninian’s isle sand
Jellyfish are stranding in large numbers on Shetland beaches just now.
READ FULL STORYAnemone hunting in the spring tides
I just can’t resist the big spring tides we had around the turn of the month.
READ FULL STORYLeave roadsides as wild as my garden
What utterly fabulous, occasionally stupefying hot weather we have been treated to lately. However frantically busy or stressed out you are, do try to find…
READ FULL STORYPainted ladies appear all over isles gardens
The big news this week concerns winged animals but not birds – they are painted lady butterflies which were recorded in unprecedented numbers throughout Shetland….
READ FULL STORYIn the garden 05.06.09
By the time you read this I’ll be back in Shetland after a week in the south of England. So for all I know there…
READ FULL STORYFour isles beaches praised in national awards
Four Shetland beaches have won Keep Scotland Beautiful awards this year – St Ninian’s Isle, Sands of Breckon, Tresta and West Voe. The Seaside Award…
READ FULL STORYAn unusual mousetrap and how it got away
And there it was; really and truly, swimming in the toilet! I ended last week’s Wildernews with hearing a frantic shout from outside the study,…
READ FULL STORYBusy week up north as migrating birds flock in
Star bird in the North Isles last week was an adult Franklin’s gull that put in a brief appearance at Norwick last Sunday morning before…
READ FULL STORYRare laughing gull stops off at south end
The summer-plumaged laughing gull was still in the South Mainland this week, moving between the Boddam and Virkie/Scord area. This is a very rare vagrant…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
Do you remember your first love? Most of us do. Some have married their childhood sweethearts, while others had to kiss a lot of frogs…
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