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For over 20 years, Nature in Shetland has been collecting and sharing information on all of Shetland's natural history.

LATEST GALLERY PHOTOS

 

23rd May 2025

Bird Sightings: 

Unst:  3 Tree Sparrows at Valyie.   

Yell:  Sedge Warbler at Sellafirth.  

Fetlar:  Carrion Crow at Houbie.     

Central Mainland:  Osprey seen at Maa Water, and later at Sand Water.  Cuckoo at Kergord.  Little Gull at Loch of Tingwall.   2 Great White Egret at Sandy Loch, Lerwick.  Long-tailed Duck at Meal Beach.  Sparrowhawk at Gulberwick.  

West Mainland:  Quail singing east of Bridge of Walls.  Cuckoo at Tresta Methodist Chapel.  

South Mainland:  Quail singing at Ocraquoy.  White-tailed Eagle headed north over Scousbourgh.  2 Barnacle Geese north, and Kestrel from Sumburgh Head.  

  

Species in red are national (BBRC) rarities. Species in orange are local/Scottish rarities.

For more news of recent sightings visit the Recent Sightings page

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