Feature Articles

Shetland Nature Diary - June 2010

The June 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Shetland Nature Diary - April 2010

The April 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Shetland Nature Diary - March 2010

The March 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Shetland Schools Music Festival

This year’s Shetland Schools Music Festival is set to take place from the 8th to 12th March, and will as always feature a packed programme of adjudicated music classes, performances, workshops and concerts, together with the Junior and Senior Young Musicians of the Year competition, throughout its five day run.
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Shetland Nature Diary - February 2010

The February 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Geopark Shetland

As Shetland receives European Geopark Status, Robina Barton takes a look at Shetland’s incredible geology and the work undertaken by Geopark Shetland
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Discover Shetland’s Biodiversity

The one thing that every visitor to Shetland can’t fail to notice is the teeming bird life, there are birds everywhere! Over one million birds of 70 different species breed in the islands
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What's in a Shetland Name?

Any visitor to Shetland using the OS series of maps or reading the road-signs could be forgiven for thinking they had landed in a province of Iceland or Scandinavia. Indeed Shetland did belong to Danish-Norse-Swedish Empire until it was mortgaged to Scotland in 1469
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