Pace slackens in North Isles
What a difference a week makes. In contrast to the previous one, last week in the North Isles was much slower paced. A common crane…
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In the garden
What perfect gardening weather we’ve enjoyed of late, but – dare I say it – we could do with a few nice showers, just enough…
READ FULL STORYBid to join Geopark network
Shetland is making a bid to become part of a network of European Geoparks, Lerwick Community Council heard this week. Jonathan Swale and Robina Barton…
READ FULL STORYGreen group?
A public meeting may be held later this month to gauge support for the setting up of a Friends of the Earth Scotland (FOES) local…
READ FULL STORYSea litter scheme praised by Trawlermen skipper
A well-known skipper in the north-east of Scotland has praised the Fishing for Litter Scheme, which originated in Shetland and is designed to clean up…
READ FULL STORYBiomass project team to visit isles
Representatives from a project looking into the potential to grow biomass in Northern Europe are to visit the isles next week. The PelleTime International Steering…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
Suddenly it’s all go. The snowdrops and crocuses are a distant memory and the chionodoxas are just starting to go over. Early spring is a…
READ FULL STORYHoopoe puts isles in the pink
Last week was a colourful one for North Isles wildlife and Whalsay was certainly “in the pink”. Surely one of the most sought-after birds to…
READ FULL STORYSea eagle seen over the isles
The largest and most impressive bird of prey in Britain was recorded this week, when a white-tailed eagle was seen flying over the South Mainland…
READ FULL STORYCome and join us on cliff top walk from Ireland to Maywick – there is lots to see
Where exactly was that round towered church in Ireland, Bigton? Every time I am near enough, I scan the cluster of buildings that makes up…
READ FULL STORYNew role to help reduce carbon emissions
Shetland Amenity Trust has appointed a carbon reduction officer to implement a range of new initiatives throughout the isles. Harriet Bolt began work on 1st…
READ FULL STORYSound of the flight of the bumblebee
Humming is good for you. There is something wonderfully calming and reassuring about it. It can help you get to sleep when insomnia strikes, soothes…
READ FULL STORYSummer migrants move in as winter birds leave
Last week a steady trickle of summer migrants moved into the North Isles.The first day of April produced a stock dove and pied wagtail at…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
Remember when hostas were all the rage, and whole borders were scrapped to make way for the fashionable plant of the 1980s? I still have…
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