Best time of year for the outdoor life
Simmer Dim has to be the most exquisite item on the entire Shetland menu.
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Rare wood sandpipers turn up in Quarff
There were fewer migrants around this week, but two wood sandpipers appeared at Henry’s Loch in Quarff.
READ FULL STORYStrange finds from way back when on St Ninian’s isle sand
Jellyfish are stranding in large numbers on Shetland beaches just now.
READ FULL STORYAnemone hunting in the spring tides
I just can’t resist the big spring tides we had around the turn of the month.
READ FULL STORYLeave roadsides as wild as my garden
What utterly fabulous, occasionally stupefying hot weather we have been treated to lately. However frantically busy or stressed out you are, do try to find…
READ FULL STORYPainted ladies appear all over isles gardens
The big news this week concerns winged animals but not birds – they are painted lady butterflies which were recorded in unprecedented numbers throughout Shetland….
READ FULL STORYAn unusual mousetrap and how it got away
And there it was; really and truly, swimming in the toilet! I ended last week’s Wildernews with hearing a frantic shout from outside the study,…
READ FULL STORYBusy week up north as migrating birds flock in
Star bird in the North Isles last week was an adult Franklin’s gull that put in a brief appearance at Norwick last Sunday morning before…
READ FULL STORYRare laughing gull stops off at south end
The summer-plumaged laughing gull was still in the South Mainland this week, moving between the Boddam and Virkie/Scord area. This is a very rare vagrant…
READ FULL STORYGeopark idea both marvellous and scary
This is a heavenly time of year for gardeners as long as they don’t overdo the bending and digging, with resulting aching backs, blistered fingers…
READ FULL STORYVisiting nightjar a difficult bird to spot
The predominantly east and south-east winds brought a substantial fall of migrants this week. They included nationally rare species such as the lesser scaup, now…
READ FULL STORYNorth Isles burst into bloom
Last week was a good one for cetaceans in the North Isles. On the 10th, at least eight, maybe as many as 10 killer whales…
READ FULL STORYTirricks back in force and doing well in Unst
With winds predominantly in a west to south-westerly direction, and gales during the latter part, last week was a fairly quiet one for migrant birds…
READ FULL STORYAmerican birds spotted
This week bird migration has had a distinctly trans-Atlantic theme, with the following very rare and rare North American species being recorded – a brown-headed…
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