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Farmers and crofters are being given the chance to learn more about looking after wildlife on their land. A new initiative known as Parklife Project is being launched to help boost numbers of wading birds such as lapwing and curlew. The 10 month initiative is being led by Shetland Livestock Ma... Read more...
They have a distinctive sound that appeals to bird lovers near and far – but the humble whaap is in decline. The local RSPB branch say the UK's curlew population has halved since the mid 1990s. And while the drop in numbers of the much-loved wading bird has been less marked in the isles, She... Read more...
The Shetland Peatland Restoration Project has been highly commended in the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards. The awards are about celebrating the success of those who work hard to protect Scotland's precious natural heritage and who protect that which is under real threat. There were a total of... Read more...
Kimo UK's Fishing for Litter Scotland project, which involves three ports in Shetland, has won the Marine Conservation Award in the RSPB's Nature of Scotland Awards. The awards ceremony in Edinburgh last night brought together more than 200 decision-makers and supporters involved in Scotland's na... Read more...
A fund established in memory of the late doctor Calum Mackenzie will help Shetland youngsters keen on birds to visit Fair Isle Bird Observatory. Dr Mackenzie, who died in 2012, was a keen birdwatcher and in his will left his extensive library of bird books to Shetland Bird Club. After weighing... Read more...
Readers may remember that in July last year, two raingeese (red-throated divers) and a scarf (shag) were trapped in trout nets at Cunningsburgh. One of the divers was rescued but the other two birds had already died from being entangled. We have received a report of trout nets being set in another... Read more...
It will be eyes to the skies on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th January as people the length and breadth of the country take part in the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch. Last year 225 people in Shetland joined over 47,000 Scots to count the birds in their garden or local parks. The birdwatch ... Read more...
A tracking device, which weighs less than a paperclip, has helped scientists uncover one of the world's great bird migrations. It revealed that a Scottish red-necked phalarope migrated thousands of miles west across the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a journey never recorded for any other European ... Read more...
Shetland schoolchildren and their teachers are taking part in a major birdwatching survey on behalf of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch survey, which runs until 30th January, is aimed at establishing which birds are most common in school grounds. ... Read more...
ANALYSIS of this year’s seabird breeding data on RSPB’s coastal reserves shows that kittiwakes, Arctic terns and Arctic skuas have had a terrible season, with virtually no chicks reared to fledging in the far north of the UK. Changes in food supply, which may be linked to climate change, could t... Read more...