It 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 STORYStories tagged with Tag: Wildernews
Will 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 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 STORYA 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 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 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 STORY
Get Latest News in Your Inbox
Join the The Shetland Times mailing list to get one daily email update at midday on what's happening in Shetland.