The highlight of the spring as far as birds were concerned, for me anyway, was the appearance of a Booted Warbler in our garden at Bakkas...

There was a small arrival of Waxwings into Shetland during October and the early part of November. This species is always eagerly awaited...

A massive westerly storm had passed through Shetland over the weekend of September 14th/15th 2019, which looked ideal for bringing someth...

The summer of 2019 will long be remembered by Shetland's birdwatchers due to the enormous influx of the usually very rare Two-barred Cros...

We've had lots of nice encounters with Otters over the spring and summer, on Mainland, Yell and Unst in particular. The individual below w...

In a magnificent spring packed full of scarce and rare migrant birds in Shetland, what was probably the highlight was the appearance of a...

May 15th was a gloriously sunny day in Shetland. Just prior to heading out guiding for the day I was putting the recycling out and heard ...

I was lucky enough to spend three days in late April guiding on Fair Isle, my favourite island in Shetland. The weather was beautiful, an...

The big bird news in Shetland recently has been the discovery of a Tengmalm's Owl in the west mainland. It was first seen by Jackie and E...