Beaches strain with pulverised seaweed
While the rest of Britain is gently vanishing under a blanket of snow, Shetland gleams in the brilliance of winter sunshine and recent gales have…
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Regular wintering fowl joined by rarer Tundra bean geese
Waterfowl are prominent at this time of the year, when resident wintering duck and geese populations are increased by visitors from further north. Wintering freshwater…
READ FULL STORYFulmars hog nest sites
Sunday morning provided the right conditions to take part in the RSPB Garden Birdwatch. Living at the Shore Station at Burrafirth, it’s always a bit…
READ FULL STORYIt is all in the timing: a valuable lesson in ensuring birds get fair share of food
I have often wondered how to share the bird food I put out more fairly between the various species which frequent the bird table. It…
READ FULL STORYWill sparrow top spotters’ league again?
The 30th RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch was held over the weekend. The aim is to record the highest number of each species of bird visiting…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
January is the month most gardeners, I’m told, could do without. We’ve had some rather trying spells of weather, when the skies opened, the wind…
READ FULL STORYGood chance now for orphaned otter Kirkikou
Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary is trying to nurse a baby otter back to health after it lost the use of its back legs. Kirikou, a 10-week-old…
READ FULL STORYBusinesses win awards for being green and tidy
Shetland Islands Council has handed out awards to 57 businesses from all over the isles in recognition of their contributions to recycling and cutting down…
READ FULL STORYCommunities get green cash
Three Shetland communities are to get a share of £1,494,000 in funding from the Scottish government’s Climate Challenge Fund. Fair Isle Electricity Group, Northmavine Community…
READ FULL STORYStriking shore lark draws birders to Lambaness
The shore lark that continued to be seen at Lambaness, Unst, last week, seemed to cause some renewed interest among birders. The most striking feature…
READ FULL STORYBird club’s Atlantic Odyssey evening features stunning series of seabird shots
Although most records of Iceland gulls are of first winter birds, there have been a few recent records of adults. An adult Iceland resembles a…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
Having been busy for much of last year sowing, planting, cultivating, weeding and harvesting, today we’re going to enjoy the fruits of our labours by…
READ FULL STORYPlea for children to begin watching their gardens
Shetland schoolchildren and their teachers are taking part in a major birdwatching survey on behalf of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)….
READ FULL STORYBird club talk aimed at saving the albatross
The first Shetland Bird Club talk of the year is tomorrow, when club chairman Martin Heubeck will be giving a slide show entitled “The Atlantic…
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