Kerr appointed as new SNH advisor
SCOTTISH Natural Heritage (SNH) has appointed Sandy Kerr as local area advisor for Shetland and Orkney. His role is to offer an additional point of…
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In search of botanical treasures
WHAT a great idea to have a Shetland Festival of Nature. Beginning last Saturday, I decided to treat myself to a trip to Skerries to…
READ FULL STORYGlover shown ecological films
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS PUPILS from four junior high schools showed ecological films to chief scientific adviser to the Scottish government Anne Glover this week as…
READ FULL STORYA summer day in Skerries, melting tar and some interesting boring sponges
THIS must surely be the week of the well-kent Luckaminnie’s Oo, the bog cotton. It is in full flower, shining, silvery white fluffy heads catching…
READ FULL STORYOne very golden frog
ALTHOUGH spring migration is just about at an end now, it will all be starting in reverse again soon. Just a few crossbills, swifts and…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
BY Rosa Steppanova NOW that we’re in July the pace at Lea Gardens is slowing down a little, with some chores moving from the essential…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
A COUPLE of days before summer’s official beginning, summer rapidly turned to winter, and has, more or less, remained there since. All growth seems to…
READ FULL STORYA wild day in Nesting’s school grounds
NESTING School held a school grounds action day last Sunday and a great crowd gathered despite the drizzle. The school has been beautifully designed and…
READ FULL STORYCrossbills and golden plovers take a bow
NOTABLE migrants still around this week were crossbills at Lerwick, Busta House and Cunningsburgh. Common crossbills are thick-set, powerful finches and, as the name suggests,…
READ FULL STORYAs migrating season ends, it is over to ghost moths
A HANDFUL of migrant birds, both large and small, were still around last week. A white stork was seen in West Yell on the 16th,…
READ FULL STORYIn the garden
IF YOU are expecting propagation hints, vegetable progress reports, or a piece liberally peppered with those weird botanical epithets you love so much, I’m afraid…
READ FULL STORYOne of those rare midsummer marvels
JUNE won’t wait. Grab it while you can and enjoy every fog, rain and wind free particle of it. You may have a problem making…
READ FULL STORYKing to star in nature festival
A NEW event celebrating wildlife and landscape – the Shetland Nature Festival – will feature Springwatch star Simon King, and run from 5th to 12th…
READ FULL STORYMigrant bonanza over
CONSIDERABLY fewer migrants have been recorded this week after last week’s bonanza. The first summer male surf scoter was still at Catfirth along with two…
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