Month: May 2020

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  27th May 2020

  Meet Sally Huband- Eggcase Hunter…

  Thanks to everyone in Shetland who reports their findings to the Shark Trust’s Great Eggcase Hunt, we now have a good idea of the species that occur locally. But the more records that are submitted the better this understanding will become. It can be a bit confusing at first, working out which eggcase is which…

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  19th May 2020

  Shetland Shark and Skate Eggcase Hunt

  If you have access to the coast and head there as part of your daily exercise we would like you to keep your eye out for shark and skate eggcases or ‘mermaids purses’ as they are often known. Why not get the kids involved too! The shark and skate species around Shetland produce these eggcases…

• 14th May 2020

  How to get an Accurate Grid Reference

  I wanted to talk about grid references, they are very important when it comes to wildlife records as it lets us know exactly where the sighting was so that it can be accurately recorded and mapped. But it can be a tricky thing to get right so thought I would share a couple of ways…