Author: Kate Allan

• 10th Apr 2020

  NAFC Marine Centre UHI secures National Lottery Support

  NAFC Marine Centre UHI has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to establish a, ‘Shetland Community Wildlife Group’. This exciting citizen science project will focus on creating a community led group of volunteers interested in Shetland’s varied wildlife. The project will enable local people to get involved in nature, learn new skills, speak…

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  6th Apr 2020

  Bumblebee Survey

  Bumblebees are important pollinators in Shetland and are a useful indicator species of the general environment quality. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some bumblebee species have declined over recent decades possibly due to changing agricultural practices and as an impact of climate change.