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NEW Nature in Shetland blog To enable us to add some discussion and opinion on events which would not really fit in the existing pages we have started a Nature in Shetland Blog. It can be found by clicking this link or clicking the link in the sidebar on the left.

Hopefully, this will be a place for a wide range of extra information that doesn't currently fit in with the current relatively static information pages or with the frequently updated 'date-stamped' news pages, and it will enable us to bring a flavour of ordinary days in Shetland, as well as the extraordinary, whether it is encounters with Orcas, new species to Shetland (not just birds!), special events or tracking down colour-ringed migrants.

Hoverfly identification course A two-day course on Identification of Hoverflies will take place on August 12th and 13th 2010. It will be held at the Shetland Biological Records Centre and be led by national experts Stuart Ball and Roger Morris. It will focus largely on identification with the use of sterescopes and keys but will also discuss recording, distribution and behaviour. No experience is required, just an enthusiasm to try and get to grips with what is one of the easier groups of invertebrates to identify that occur in good numbers in Shetland.

Please contact Paul Harvey at SBRC (07879 444612 or 01595 694688) for further information.

New webpages for Shetland Biological Records Centre The SBRC now has its own site at SBRC and so we will be redirecting observers to that site. These pages will continue to feature information on the activities of SBRC and we will continue to collect and collate information together.

Photo competition Promote Shetland is pleased to announce the Shetland Photographic Competition 2010. The competition is open to resident and visiting amateur photographers. We are looking for unique and inspiring images that capture your imagination and record a moment in time. We want you to capture breathtaking and original images which reflect and portray the outstanding wildlife Shetland has to offer. Subjects may include anything that is wild: birds, wild flowers, whales & dolphins, otters, seals etc etc. Photographs must be taken in Shetland between 15 May and 30th October 2010. Further details are here

County Recorder Mark Chapman, 55 Leaside, Firth, Mossbank, Shetland ZE2 9TF. Tel: 01806 242401. Mobile 07787164365 e-mail msc.1@btinternet.com

Shetland Bird Report 2008 The new report is now available, with a full colour systematic list and literally dozens of colour photos. If you saw any of these birds you need this report. Shetland Bird Club members should already have copies. The 2007 report costs £10 inc. p&p, and now includes a complementary membership of the Shetland Bird Club for a year!

If you would like further details on membership, or back copies of the report, then contact the Treasurer & Membership Secretary: Russ Haywood Lamnaberg, Wester Quarff, Shetland ZE2 9EZ. Tel: (01950) 477419.

For a review of the 2008 report, see this article on BirdGuides.

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Breeding Atlas 2007-11 Work on the third season of summer fieldwork begins in April.

Shetland Bird Club Code of Conduct  Please help to keep Shetland a special place to go birding by following the Bird Club's code of conduct.  Code of Conduct in printable 3-fold leaflet (click here for a pdf).

 

 

Submitting Photos This website is run on a voluntary basis and so there are limits on both time and server space. Therefore, we are not in a position to use all photos submitted. The following guidelines are intended to help contributors decide what photos to send and how to send them:

  • it would be greatly appreciated if all photos are resized first, preferably to a maximum of 800 pixels on the longest dimension.
  • as contributors often add website links to their own photographs, we will no longer provide links to external websites on photographers' names.
  • we will normally only use two photos of commoner species.
  • if your picture is a 'record shot', please consider whether it adds anything to the website.
  • 'record shots' of rarities are always welcome, but will normally only be used if there are no better photos.
  • we reserve the right not to use photos taken at or near the nest if they involve 'Schedule 1' birds, or those that are scarce breeders in Shetland, as we do not wish to encourage disturbance to breeding birds (note that some species require licences for such photography).

 

LINKS
weather 
Magic Seaweed * Met Office Pressure Charts * Met Office Shipping Forecast * Northern Isles Weather  * WeatherOnline
 
photos and artists with Shetland connections
aardfoto * Rob Brookes * David Gifford * Hugh HarropMichael McKee * Lee Mott * Rebecca Nason * Bobby Tulloch * Austin Taylor * Howard Towll * Wildfocus
blogs with Shetland connections
A Tale of 2 Halves * Bitter Bonxie * Burravoe Birding Blog * FIBO Warden's Diary * Lee Mott Photography * Of Pies and Birds * Rob Fray's Shetland Birding Blog * Robbie's Northern Exposures * Shetland Exposure * Shetland Misfit * Shetland Otter Watching
wildlife tours, guides and boat trips in Shetland
Cycharters * Mousa Boat Trips * Seabirds-and-SealsShetland Nature * Shetland Otters * Shetland Photography Holidays * Shetland Wildlife * Visit Shetland
other Shetland sites
Braer * Fair Isle * Fair Isle Bird Observatory * Foula Heritage * Found on Foula * Shetland inter-island ferries * Tide Prediction for Shetland
 
birds 
Birdforum * Birdguides * BBRC * BOU * BTO * Fatbirder * Isles of Scilly Bird Group * Punkbirder * Rare Bird Alert * RSPB * SOC * Surfbirds * Western Isles Wildlife  
European birding (these are updated fairly regularly)  
Azores * Dutch Birding * Faroe Nature * Fugler Net (Norway) * Icelandic Birding Pages * Irish Rare Birds Committee * Netfugl (Denmark) including Faroese sightings
world birding
African Bird Club * Internet Bird Collection (videos) * IOC World BirdnamesNeotropical Bird Club * Oriental Bird Club
 
others 
North Atlantic Killer Whales ID project * UK Moths

Please note that we do not do reciprocal links. The links on this page are selected to expand on the current content of these pages. You are, of course, free to link to this page without asking, as this is the sort of thing the internet was designed for.

PUBLICATIONS
 
SHETLAND LICHENS This book by Kery and Claire Dalby has been published by Shetland Amenity Trust. Click here for further details.
 
 

SHETLAND SEA MAMMAL REPORT 2004 If you'd like a copy contact Hugh Harrop for further information. Back issues are available. For more details download a order form in pdf format or check the SSMG reports page.

 

BIRDS OF SHETLAND Read reviews of Shetland's most recent avifauna.
 
RARE PLANTS OF SHETLAND A review of Shetland's rarest plants.
 
 
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