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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.
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