Views sought on reserves
Shetland folk and visitors have until September give their views on the Keen of Hamar and Hermaness national nature reserves in Unst and have a
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Globetrotters will be this summer’s Noss wardens
Two young global adventurers are looking forward to welcoming local and holidaying visitors to Noss for the annual open day next Saturday.
READ FULL STORYBBC wildlife man King to open second wildlife festival
The line up for the Shetland Nature Festival 2009 has been announced.
READ FULL STORYBird observatory wins crucial funding
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Work on a new £4 million bird observatory in Fair Isle is set to start in the next few weeks after the…
READ FULL STORYFetlar’s red-necked phalarope on danger list
Author and journalist Charlie Elder visited Shetland in search of an endangered British bird as part of a quest to see our most threatened species,…
READ FULL STORYScrapstore helps otter to recover
An injured otter being cared for in at the Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary is getting a new home, thanks to staff at the Shetland Scrapstore. The…
READ FULL STORYEarly frogs surprise school
The frogs who live in Dunrossness Primary School’s nature area are thriving, according to the school’s eco-committee. Members of the committee went out to the…
READ FULL STORYGood chance now for orphaned otter Kirkikou
Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary is trying to nurse a baby otter back to health after it lost the use of its back legs. Kirikou, a 10-week-old…
READ FULL STORYPlea for children to begin watching their gardens
Shetland schoolchildren and their teachers are taking part in a major birdwatching survey on behalf of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)….
READ FULL STORYBird club talk aimed at saving the albatross
The first Shetland Bird Club talk of the year is tomorrow, when club chairman Martin Heubeck will be giving a slide show entitled “The Atlantic…
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 STORYRanger 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 STORYUnusual house guest goes visiting in Papa
A PAPA Stour resident got a surprise at the weekend when an owl flew into his porch. Oliver Tait, of Northouse, Papa Stour, saw a…
READ FULL STORYBad time for seabird populations
ANALYSIS of this year’s seabird breeding data on RSPB’s coastal reserves shows that kittiwakes, Arctic terns and Arctic skuas have had a terrible season, with…
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