Logan Johnson
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Logan Johnson
@ljohnbirding1.bsky.social
Shetland born & bred, birder, naturalist, ZRSG Chair, C-Ringer, native tree and woodland enthusiast, moth-er, Northwoods Rewilding Network member
He's never come across any. But we are in regular contact. Seems to be. I give him a bat. He gives me a Storm Petrel! Welcome to Shetland!
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We ir facing a similar issue in Shetland. D new Viking Energy WF wee 100, 150m turbines are averaging c2+ million a month in payback from government in dumped energy. Locally. They give us 2million in local benefits a year! if we meet the 'requirements' o the fund. <20% o energy goes to grid!
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
That would then make them re-introduced then? Introduced does tend to make you think they shouldn't be there
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Now now lads, just cos the rest o you 'big listers' hae all these fancy lenses 🤣 it's there somewhere, just play some wheres Wally😂
I've just released a 3rd one tonight. Getting calls daily at this rate for slipping them!
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've spoken tae wir guy (Peter Guillver) and he says he's no come across it in Shetland's 'migrant bats' as we don't have a resident pop
In another note I need to make sure I get you the samples o my flatflies next year, keep collecting them n misplacing in the frantic-ness that is the summer!
October 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Shetland as a whole! 2 breeding records in 100 years? 1 on a house near kergord. The other on the cliffs o Noss among the seabirds!
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
No that I keen o. But I can check with the guy who deals with them here. Would you be keen on getting them Denise if he does?
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well I'd actually stopped off to look at a Dog Rose bush full of red berries when I found the kite, maybe I should stick to that 🤣. Red-F Falcon? Red-t Hawk? Red-winged Blackbird? Stick to the berries and get the birds!
September 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Glad somewan got a photo, you dunna want to see my field sketch 🤣
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Found during a mid-survey snooze?😂
June 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I suppose the next piece of data needed, is how waders/Lapwing act in the UK in more 'rewilded/natural' landscapes, as I imagine this buffer won't exist like it does here. As otherwise, how can we ever have functioning ecosystems again in this country
June 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
All that slogging round Yell and you don't even need to get out the car for some good scarce/rares, car birding is clearly where it's at!
June 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
And even one of the chicks from a tagged pair was recovered recently, likely as a breeding male about 2km away, though likely a bird flu death sadly, in 10 years it's my first chick recovered as an adult/breeding bird
June 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
And what tales we've had since then! The last 3 years we've had recoveries o 5 birds, 1 dead (with GLS), 2 caught by me, one of which that we hadn't caught since 2018, and it still had it's GLS attached! With data retrieved! still glad the project is getting more data even now, Dave would be pleased
June 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Surprised with Hoodies as I've encountered probably hundreds of ground nests in heather, and ringed a number, most plantations here and lone trees tend to have them as well if habitat available
May 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It was first recorded here in the 1970s and also noted in Orkney per the Birds of Shetland, it's my 3rd heather nester in recent years
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM