• Posing puffin
    Last night when I left the office at Sumburgh Head, I took a quick peek over the wall to see what I could see. Right in front of me was this peerie fellow ("peerie" in Shetland dialect means "small")...
  • Wader data and photography, all in days work for the reserve team
    Hello, the last few weeks for the reserve team have involved lots of different surveys and many miles walked! We have nearly completed our wader surveys, breeding bird squares and AECS wader surveys...
  • Autumn Migration
    Apologies for the lack of updates over the last few weeks, a combination of staff holidays and end of season report writing has taken up a large portion of our time. One of the truly special things...
  • A month in Shetland - Keith's sabbatical
    My sabbatical on Shetland was planned from mid-May to mid-June, as although quite early in the season for many species so far north, it is a key time to help with breeding bird survey work, and there...
  • Wildlife viewpoints, surveys and biosecurity trails - it's all happening!
    Hello from the RSPB Shetland Team I’m thrilled to start this blog off with some good news - the wildlife viewpoint at Loch of Spiggie is now open to the public! The building was installed for us by...