Shetland Scenes
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On a remote island in the Shetland archipelago at 60° North. Possibly Britain's most Northerly Bluesky account?! (© All photographs)
Not Shetland but Orkney, from Scapa Pier looking towards Hoy and Lyness, once the home of the Royal Navy Admiralty fleet.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Not Shetland but Orkney, from Scapa Pier looking towards Hoy and Lyness, once the home of the Royal Navy Admiralty fleet.
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While other Scottish councils spent their share of nature/coastal adaptation funds on... nature/the coast, Shetland slushed the money into its general coffers for stuff like IT and vehicle maintenance.
"Completely unacceptable" said
@scotwildlife.bsky.social's @ruchirlives.bsky.social.
"Completely unacceptable" said
@scotwildlife.bsky.social's @ruchirlives.bsky.social.
Council slushed £750k of government climate funding into general coffers
Money from government nature and coastal adaption funds has been spent on council “vehicles, ICT [and] maintenance”, officials confirmed.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
While other Scottish councils spent their share of nature/coastal adaptation funds on... nature/the coast, Shetland slushed the money into its general coffers for stuff like IT and vehicle maintenance.
"Completely unacceptable" said
@scotwildlife.bsky.social's @ruchirlives.bsky.social.
"Completely unacceptable" said
@scotwildlife.bsky.social's @ruchirlives.bsky.social.
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Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
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BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 14, 5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1)
Mark discovers how life in Lerwick is shaped by sea, storms and Shetland spirit.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Shaetlan has finally been recognised as a language in its own right.
The recognition comes after the local language was given its own ISO code by SIL Global, the organisation that handles the international Ethnologue database has been tasked with the handling of international language ISO codes.
The recognition comes after the local language was given its own ISO code by SIL Global, the organisation that handles the international Ethnologue database has been tasked with the handling of international language ISO codes.
Shaetlan receives full recognition as a language
SHAETLAN has finally been recognised as a language in its own right. The recognition comes after the local language was given its own ISO code by SIL Global,...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Shaetlan has finally been recognised as a language in its own right.
The recognition comes after the local language was given its own ISO code by SIL Global, the organisation that handles the international Ethnologue database has been tasked with the handling of international language ISO codes.
The recognition comes after the local language was given its own ISO code by SIL Global, the organisation that handles the international Ethnologue database has been tasked with the handling of international language ISO codes.
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🔴 NEW: Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and bad stewardship”, according to a new report.
Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...
Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔴 NEW: Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and bad stewardship”, according to a new report.
Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...
Our latest: theferret.scot/shetl...
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It's Tuesday lunchtime in Cullivoe and the local hall slowly fills with elderly couples, parents with young children, men in work gear and the odd visitor to the community.
#Powershift
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#Powershift
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‘Every community in Shetland should be able to do what we have done’
A visit to North Yell gives an insight into the transformational power of owning a small wind farm
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September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's Tuesday lunchtime in Cullivoe and the local hall slowly fills with elderly couples, parents with young children, men in work gear and the odd visitor to the community.
#Powershift
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shet.news/8yudn
#Powershift
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Summer is not quite over yet:
A beautiful day-flying hummingbird hawk-moth in a Shetland garden earlier this week.
A beautiful day-flying hummingbird hawk-moth in a Shetland garden earlier this week.
September 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Summer is not quite over yet:
A beautiful day-flying hummingbird hawk-moth in a Shetland garden earlier this week.
A beautiful day-flying hummingbird hawk-moth in a Shetland garden earlier this week.
It's been a scorcher, even my car's A/C tried to turn on one day.
Shetland has been enjoying the second warmest summer on record, with temperatures 1.5°C degrees higher than average.
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Summer 2025 the second warmest on record
Higher temperatures set to become the new normal – even in Shetland
shet.news
September 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's been a scorcher, even my car's A/C tried to turn on one day.
Baltasound, Unst from the top of Valla Field. If you ignore the 30+ mph wind, it's a great day.
August 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Baltasound, Unst from the top of Valla Field. If you ignore the 30+ mph wind, it's a great day.
Shetland has its ferry service woes on occasions but the Calmac ferry at Wemys Bay is chaos, no traffic management, no signs, no staff.
August 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shetland has its ferry service woes on occasions but the Calmac ferry at Wemys Bay is chaos, no traffic management, no signs, no staff.
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A councillor believes there should be a block on further development of “corporate-owned” wind farms in Shetland –
Green councillor Alex Armitage said that “when communities have control of development, projects can meet the needs of local people far more effectively”.
Green councillor Alex Armitage said that “when communities have control of development, projects can meet the needs of local people far more effectively”.
Energy transition should include shift in ownership from ‘corporations to communities’, councillor says
A COUNCILLOR believes there should be a block on further development of “corporate-owned” wind farms in Shetland - with the focus instead on community-led...
shet.news
July 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A councillor believes there should be a block on further development of “corporate-owned” wind farms in Shetland –
Green councillor Alex Armitage said that “when communities have control of development, projects can meet the needs of local people far more effectively”.
Green councillor Alex Armitage said that “when communities have control of development, projects can meet the needs of local people far more effectively”.
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Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart says there is a lack of urgency to fix a technical issue leaving many people in the north of Shetland without mobile signal for six consecutive days.
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MSP detects lack of urgency in fixing mobile fault
SHETLAND MSP Beatrice Wishart says there is a lack of urgency to fix a technical issue leaving many people in the north of Shetland without mobile signal for...
shet.news
July 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart says there is a lack of urgency to fix a technical issue leaving many people in the north of Shetland without mobile signal for six consecutive days.
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Two fishermen are broken, sunburnt and sore after walking 40 miles on Tuesday – but say it was worth it to help raise much-needed funds for the RNLI.
Campbell Hunter and Ross Jamieson set off from Scalloway just after 6am, walking all the way down to Sandwick and then back up to Hamnavoe in Burra.
Campbell Hunter and Ross Jamieson set off from Scalloway just after 6am, walking all the way down to Sandwick and then back up to Hamnavoe in Burra.
RNLI fundraisers ‘feel like we’ve achieved something’ after completing 40 mile walk
TWO FISHERMEN are broken, sunburnt and sore after walking 40 miles on Tuesday – but say it was worth it to help raise much-needed funds for the RNLI....
shet.news
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Two fishermen are broken, sunburnt and sore after walking 40 miles on Tuesday – but say it was worth it to help raise much-needed funds for the RNLI.
Campbell Hunter and Ross Jamieson set off from Scalloway just after 6am, walking all the way down to Sandwick and then back up to Hamnavoe in Burra.
Campbell Hunter and Ross Jamieson set off from Scalloway just after 6am, walking all the way down to Sandwick and then back up to Hamnavoe in Burra.
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One of Europe’s largest demolition and dismantling companies has entered into a new partnership based at the Dales Voe site in Lerwick – with the firm “actively pursuing” new decommissioning projects.
New decommissioning partnership at Dales Voe
ONE of Europe’s largest demolition and dismantling companies has entered into a new partnership based at the Dales Voe site in Lerwick - with the firm...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
One of Europe’s largest demolition and dismantling companies has entered into a new partnership based at the Dales Voe site in Lerwick – with the firm “actively pursuing” new decommissioning projects.
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It took just three weeks for this new printing arrangement to be disrupted by fog.
July 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It took just three weeks for this new printing arrangement to be disrupted by fog.
Terrible idea that fails to benefit the inhabitants, and destroys prime peat land.
Two proposed wind farms on the island of Yell now have a grid connection date – but it is only scheduled for late 2032.
A spokesperson for developer Statkraft said they expect construction to begin on the Energy Isles and Beaw Field wind farms in 2029/30.
#PowerShift
A spokesperson for developer Statkraft said they expect construction to begin on the Energy Isles and Beaw Field wind farms in 2029/30.
#PowerShift
Proposed Yell wind farms given grid connection date of 2032
TWO proposed wind farms in Yell now have a grid connection date - but it is only scheduled for late 2032. A spokesperson for developer Statkraft said they...
shet.news
July 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Terrible idea that fails to benefit the inhabitants, and destroys prime peat land.
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Feature:
At the edge of the cliffs, no-one says a word. Before us are literally dozens of puffins, fawning at our feet on the grass – the only noise their own mutterings and the sound of the waves below.
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At the edge of the cliffs, no-one says a word. Before us are literally dozens of puffins, fawning at our feet on the grass – the only noise their own mutterings and the sound of the waves below.
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Out of the ashes – the resurrection and return of Fair Isle Bird Observatory
AT THE edge of the cliffs, no-one says a word. Before us are literally dozens of puffins, fawning at our feet on the grass – the only noise their own...
shet.news
June 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Feature:
At the edge of the cliffs, no-one says a word. Before us are literally dozens of puffins, fawning at our feet on the grass – the only noise their own mutterings and the sound of the waves below.
@fairislebirdobs.bsky.social
At the edge of the cliffs, no-one says a word. Before us are literally dozens of puffins, fawning at our feet on the grass – the only noise their own mutterings and the sound of the waves below.
@fairislebirdobs.bsky.social
Trig point, St Ninians Isle, Shetland.
May 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Trig point, St Ninians Isle, Shetland.
It's always nice to see LK243 "Swan".
May 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's always nice to see LK243 "Swan".
Some of the WW2 liberation flotilla in Lerwick still, Norwegian D/S Hestmanden.
May 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Some of the WW2 liberation flotilla in Lerwick still, Norwegian D/S Hestmanden.
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Welcome to the vessels who are participating in the Norwegian Liberation Convoy to commemorate VE Day.
More information about the convoy can be found here: www.liberationconvoy.com
More information about the convoy can be found here: www.liberationconvoy.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Welcome to the vessels who are participating in the Norwegian Liberation Convoy to commemorate VE Day.
More information about the convoy can be found here: www.liberationconvoy.com
More information about the convoy can be found here: www.liberationconvoy.com
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The dedication and bravery of the men who served in the Shetland Bus war time operation was commemorated during a moving service and wreath laying at Lunna Kirk on Wednesday.
Shetland-Norwegian friendship celebrated at Lunna ceremony
Importance of Shetland Bus remembered in during service and wreath laying
shet.news
May 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The dedication and bravery of the men who served in the Shetland Bus war time operation was commemorated during a moving service and wreath laying at Lunna Kirk on Wednesday.
Inside the tower on Ander Hill, and the inside story of why it's there. www.archaeologyshetland.org/post/site-in... #shetland
April 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Inside the tower on Ander Hill, and the inside story of why it's there. www.archaeologyshetland.org/post/site-in... #shetland
Easting, Unst
Site of a former Viking settlement and long house.
Site of a former Viking settlement and long house.
April 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Easting, Unst
Site of a former Viking settlement and long house.
Site of a former Viking settlement and long house.