Shetland Storm Force Photography

With Britain's second ever Chestnut- eared bunting recently identified at Virkie we can expect to see another rush of twitchers reach th...

October is the silly season. At one time October used to be the month when twitchers descended on the Sicily Isles but in recent years man...

Kittiwake The familiar sound of the Kittiwakes is less evident now that it was when we first visited the seabird colonies at Hermaness, No...

Seabirds While autumn migration brings some stunning birds to Shetland, including the Magnolia warbler found on Fair Isle yesterday alon...

Whooper swans It was good to hear that Whooper Swans had bred for the first time in nearly 100 years at the RSPB Spiggie Lock in the sou...

Shetland orchids Although 56 species of orchid can be found in the UK, only 10 species have been recorded from Shetland with one of these,...

Starlings Starlings are bold, aggressive noisy birds which can be found throughout Shetland. The Shetland starling ( Sturnus Vulgaris Zet...