In the garden
LILY, the supreme illustrator, always has flowers in the house, and whenever I return to Shetland after staying with her I vow to do the…
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Ranger service gets nod to continue
TWO RANGERS will continue to roam the hills and plains of Shetland for at least another two years after a new funding arrangement was agreed…
READ FULL STORYEnvironmental helpers receive awards
INNOVATION, best practice and sustainability were the focus of attention at the annual Shetland Environmental Awards, held at the Shetland Museum on Wednesday. The 10…
READ FULL STORYCard recycling
THE COUNCIL, in partnership with Waste Aware Scotland, the Post Office and Tesco, has again teamed up with conservation charity the Woodland Trust for the…
READ FULL STORYRare ivory gull makes foray from high Arctic to Fetlar
ANOTHER ivory gull was recorded this week in Fetlar, first being observed there on the 14th. Like the individual seen at Seafield, Lerwick, in late…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
DURING the run-up to the festive season the garden invariably gets neglected, but as I like to have it looking just as ship-shape as the…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
AS WE’RE nearing the end of another year, I’ll take this opportunity to tie up a few loose ends. It’s good to know that my…
READ FULL STORYSprouting plants seem fooled by seasons
ANYONE would think it was March or April. Even now, as we approach the coldest time of year, the darkest seedlings are sprouting in vast…
READ FULL STORYIceland gulls land in town harbour
ARCTIC visitors dominate the records this week, with up to six Iceland and three glaucous gulls at the Shetland Catch factory in Lerwick, 22 Slavonian…
READ FULL STORYA close encounter of the s(urr)eal kind
HOW IS your window bird watching going? Bird tables make the easiest wildlife watching stations and with all the inventiveness of modern designers and modern…
READ FULL STORYDead ducks and eiders
A RAFT of about 1,000 eiders is currently frequenting Bluemull Sound but it is always good when something different is found among them, such as…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
AFTER more than 30 years in Shetland, I still can’t get used to the idea of putting up a Christmas tree at the beginning of…
READ FULL STORYCold snap fails to deter wintry visitors or locals
DESPITE the wintry weather, with sub-zero overnight temperatures, there were still a few small migrants around in the last week of November. The coal tit…
READ FULL STORYIt’s taking me a while, but I’m learning to kick the hoarding habit … I think
ANYONE for a Ferrero Rocher? A Chinese takeaway? Eat away, but please don’t throw the containers away. I have a stack of them, neatly stashed…
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