In the garden
Believe it or not, but it’s high time to get out the seed trays and labels. Leeks are best sown in January to ensure nice…
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A great time of year for beachcombing
Fresh gales have whistled and hissed their fury over Shetland again this week. Every blast that lashed the cowering landscape, every thundering wave that crashed…
READ FULL STORYStorms force kittiwakes in
Kittiwakes spend the winter months at sea, with the range of birds from Scottish colonies extending throughout the north Atlantic to Greenland and eastern Canada….
READ FULL STORYHigh numbers of goldeneye
There’s nothing like a male goosander to brighten up a day of horizontal sleet showers. One was at Uyeasound on the 7th and was definitely…
READ FULL STORYWildernews: Review of 2008
A LESSER scaup, a very rare vagrant from North America, was found in Fetlar in January, subsequently re-locating to Yell where it remained into February….
READ FULL STORYHundreds enjoy a New Year’s Day walk
NEW Year’s Day was glorious and hordes of people made the best of the calm, still sunshine to enjoy a walk out of doors. The…
READ FULL STORYBird conglomeration in Skuda Sound
AS 2008 rolled into 2009, the North Isles wildlife scene got off to a rather quiet start. A very large greyish falcon that flew past…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
APART from a few shyly flowering primroses, the New Year’s Day flower count was almost identical to the one on Christmas day. Much to my…
READ FULL STORYCelestial new year and calendar New Year make for a double celebration
HAPPY New Year! The light is on its way back. On the 21st of December, the sun, seen from our kitchen window, set right over…
READ FULL STORYIvory gull highlight of quiet month in north
DECEMBER was a fairly quiet month for wildlife in the North Isles. The highlight has to be the first winter ivory gull found at Oddsta…
READ FULL STORYTysties show off their fine grey winter plumage
THE BLACK guillemot, or tystie, one of our most widespread and best known seabirds, appeared for the first time on the Shetland list in 1769….
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
IT HAS occurred to me on occasion to do a horticultural review of the year that’s (almost) past, but whenever I attempt to write such…
READ FULL STORYBoneshaking gales set the cat howling
THE GALES this week have been real bone shakers. There were gusts on Friday night which shook the house so violently that it woke us…
READ FULL STORYSeasonal robins takes his bow
THE ROBIN is one of our best known and best loved birds. Adults are unmistakeable with their rusty-red bib which covers the entire breast and…
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