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Shetland
Nature News:
Compiled by
Brydon Thomason
An early
start to the season
Pods of Killer whales have returned early to the waters around
Shetland with several sightings over the last few weeks. Here,
naturalist
Brydon Thomason describes his first encounter this year, which
took place at the end of March.
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A magical
encounter
We
are truly privileged in Shetland to
enjoy the highest density of Eurasian
otters in Europe, which in turn makes it
arguably the best place in the world to
watch and study them in the wild.
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The
long and the short
THERE
is one family of birds that is sure to draw interest, even for those
with little or no interest in ornithological and that is owls.
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An authentic Arctic encounter
With
the year beginning with the ‘snowy snap’ of weather across
the isles and most of the United Kingdom, I was eagerly
optimistic that Shetland could be graced with some sort of
exotic form of avian Arctic visitor.
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