Feature Articles
Otters - A responsible approach - Shetland Nature Diaries
Brydon Thomason's latest Shetland Nature Diary post about one of Shetland's star attractions, otters.
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A Note on Shetland
Scott Dixon was a visitor to Shetland in July/August 2011, he has kindly shared his experience below.
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Island Heaven
Just recently I discovered a very touching poem that my mother wrote in 1953 when she was just 19 years old, about Shetland. She is now 77 and resides in London but still has very fond memories of Shetland.
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Weave - A Long Tradition
Shetland is best known for its wonderful knitwear, in particular, its lace-knitting with the finest yarns making the lightest weight fabrics. But an even older traditional skill is making a comeback in the islands. Weaving, the interlacing of warp and weft threads to form cloth is once again becoming popular, in small scale, high quality, hand made production with highly skilled makers creating vibrant colour and pattern to delight the eye.
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Shetland Place Names - Signposts to the Past
Shetland’s place names reflect our strong Norse heritage, with subsequent Scottish and English influences
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A Trout Fisherman's Paradise
SHETLAND has over 300 trout lochs ranging from rich limestone lochs to dark mysterious, peaty pools, sprinkled all over the mainland and main islands
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Shetland Lace
Islands of Gossamer Thread, Long Tradition of Knitting, Height of Fashion, Gossamer thread, Collections, Hidden treasures, The tradition continues
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Discover the Ancient Secrets of Shetland
The archaeology of Shetland stretches back approximately 6000 years. Throughout the isles there are clues in the landscape to the challenges and resources that shaped the lives of past inhabitants.
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Killer Whales - Shetland Nature Diary
The August 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Gannets - Shetland Nature Diary - July 2010
The July 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Bonxies - Shetland Nature Diary - June 2010
The June 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Puffins - Shetland Nature Diary - April 2010
The April 2010 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Owls - 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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Winter Wildlife - Shetland Nature Diary
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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Killer Whales - Shetland Nature Diary - July 2009
The July 2009 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Red-necked Phalaropes - Shetland Nature
The June 2009 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Shetland Nature Diary - May 2009
The May 2009 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Otter Cubs - Shetland Nature Diary - March 2009
The March 2009 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Humpback Whales - Shetland Nature Diary
The February 2009 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Purple Sandiper & Turnstones - Shetland Nature Diary
The January 2009 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Ivory Gull - Shetland Nature Diary
The December 2008 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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Grey Seal Pups - Shetland Nature Diary
The November 2008 edition of Brydon Thomason's Shetland Nature Diaries.
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