Author: Kate Allan
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June Highlights
The Simmer Dim is here, days are at their longest and Shetland’s wildlife is at its busiest, feeding and looking after their young. Keep your eyes on the sea as you may well get a view of cetaceans such as Orca and Harbour Porpoises. Harbour Seals are pupping in June and may be spotted along…
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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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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…
Shetland Community Wildlife Group 