Our Longa Tonga correspondent has requested a snaaa pic upload. Looking sooth with Weisdale Voe extreme right, Stromness Voe centre with Loch of Strom bottom left and Whiteness Voe top left.
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Whales & Little Birds - Minke WhalesThere were as many as 40 Minke Whale, 60 Dolphin & one Humpback Whale seen from Fair Isle for about a week in a feeding frenzy. Sometimes I c...
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If you landed here...best move right along... - This blog has become rather clumsy, tottering under the weight of its top-heavy content, and I know it's inaccessible on some browsers. So for the momen...10 months ago
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A short overnighter at the Hams O Roe, Muckle Roe - A new work colleague was asking me about places to camp locally as he wanted to make the most of the weather before darkness and autumn closed in. Fancy...
2 years ago -
Partial Solar Eclipse Shetland 10 June 2021 - A few weeks ago Shetland was the best place in the UK to see the partial extent of the annular solar eclipse that was fully visible in a path from Canada, ...
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What Mareel Means to Me - I filmed these interviews on a low resolution DV camera in 2009. The videos formed part of my art school final project and research into Mareel (Shetland...
4 years ago -
Well that was 2018 ! - Well that was 2018 and it was quite a busy year in one way or another ! The first 'highlight' was an email early in the year, to say that two of my p...
5 years ago -
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Lights, Camera... Action. - Last night the Aurora returned and for the first time in a good while, the skies were clear. Starting at about half seven it carried on until around midnig...
6 years ago -
Heavy lift vessels dominate Lerwick Harbour - The heavy lift vessels *Forte *& *Mighty Servant 3 *berthed in Lerwick Harbour this week. The vessels are carrying topside modules for installation in ...
6 years ago -
The day after yesterday(ish) - The day after it turned up at Easington, west Yorkshire. Very nice.
7 years ago -
An interview on Shetlands otters with NorthLink Ferries - I was delighted to be asked recently to do an interview for NorthLink Ferries on otters in Shetland. I found it a really cool and exciting thing to write, ...
7 years ago -
Colour-rings in Spring 2015 - With over 378,000 birds ringed by FIBO, there have been some remarkable movements logged, with ringed birds recovered as far away as Brazil, Canada, Russia...
8 years ago -
THE LAST MINUTES OF THE "UGIEBRAE" - I've ventured into the realms of maritime history with this recently-completed painting of the last minutes of the Peterhead steam drifter "Ugiebrae". S...
9 years ago -
Oslo - As promised I'm getting back to some of the things which I haven't had time to post about, and surely Oslo is well worth a mention since I enjoyed a lovel...
10 years ago -
2013 Nesting & Girlsta Up Helly Aa - The 2013 N&GUHA took plave on Friday 8th February. Stewart Thomson was the Guizer Jarl, respresenting Haakon Haraldsson. ...
11 years ago -
The first Norwegian-ringed White-tailed Eagle in Shetland - One fact that has emerged from the sighting of a White-tailed Eagle with a Norwegian colour-ring is that the Norwegians themselves were unaware of the fir...
11 years ago -
NEW BLOG - TAKE 2! - *MOVING,MOVING, MOVED* This time, dear friends & readers, and in the advent of NordicblackbirdDOTcom's fate, (sudden deletion by the provider) please ...
11 years ago -
Red-necked Phalaropes (inc video) - Lately, these wee birds are certainly proving harder to see! They were seen by myself on almost every visit a few years back, but now they only seem to sh...
11 years ago -
We're moving - Well actually, we've already moved... over to the other side... Wordpress. Come follow us there? xxx12 years ago
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Stofast Bouldering clip - A short clip of a day out at the Stones of Stofast last week.
12 years ago -
Nigel's Week in late August - We started with a visit to Mum who was in good spirits. The week went very quickly and I just cannot remember on which days things happened. I do know tha...
12 years ago -
The Islesburgh Centre - Dale Smith, manager of the Islesburgh Centre, is kindly allowing me to post this photo he took during the 2010 Frenzy, with Eunice giving me a lesson on...
12 years ago -
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Hungary #5 – marsh terns - Keeping a weather eye on Birdguides, I see there are a few Red-footed Falcons and White-winged Black Terns filtering into the UK at the moment. I’d dearly ...13 years ago
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