• Surveys, Sun & Shetland Team
    Hello from the RSPB Shetland Team It has been a busy and exciting few weeks since our last blog post. Every month, the Shetland team runs a learning and development session intending to improve our...
  • 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...
  • The issue of disturbance
    Welcome back to another RSPB Shetland blog. This week we wanted to touch on a slightly less enjoyable side of our roles here in Shetland, and indeed a common theme for colleagues around the country...
  • A look back at the breeding season
    In previous blogs we’ve talked about the surveys we carry out and recently, the team have been spending time number crunching and writing annual reports, so thought it would be nice to share how species...
  • Monitoring storm petrels on Mousa
    There's nothing very exciting to report from the reserves team this week. Some of the team are off on holiday whilst the rest of us have continued keeping an eye on the reserves, checking cows, cutting...