Posts in Nature

White-winged Scoter

On Wednesday 18th October Dougie Preston found a Ring-necked Duck on Sand Water, near Gutcher on Yell. A first for the island and Shetlands second in a week- this was in[…]

The Siberian Thrush, Baltasound, Unst, September 2017

I opened our front room curtains about 07:30am. I’d been slow to get up due to your daughter Nula (15 months) having a restless night’s sleep, resulting in me having none![…]

A Humpback ID match UK first: Caribbean/Shetland Islands

I find it quite incredible to write about yet another chapter in the story of Humpback Whales that spent five weeks this winter between Yell, Fetlar and Unst. Each part of[…]