Shooglenifty the eight month old grey seal pup who was rescued from South Voxter beach in Cunningsburgh has recovered well from the lungworm that had...
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Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Three
At last Oskar and Tivacudda came face to face and what an absolute joy it was to see how excited they were to finally meet...
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part Two
The big day arrived to introduce Oskar and Tivacudda to each other, but the first step was to persuade them into their cages…and the best...
Oskar meets Tivacudda – Part One
We decided to see if we could put our two young otters Oskar and Tivacudda together to add some spice to their lives. We’ve never...
Bearded seal in Lerwick harbour
We are somewhat besotted with this beautiful creature who has been entertaining the masses at Lerwick Harbour for the past few weeks. The first photos...
Rescuing Shooglenifty the grey seal
On 5 May received two unexpected phone calls about a seal in trouble on the South Voxter beach at Cunningsburgh from Isobel Work and Vaila Holbourn,...
An otter insurgency
Over the years we have had various attempts by otters to break out of the sanctuary, but this year we had our first break in....
See Ramsay go!
Remember Ramsay, the ravenous young otter who tried to break into the North Haven care home at Brae a while ago? After we managed to...
Releasing Pankhurst the grey seal
Exactly one month after he was found on the side of the road at Boddam with a serious infestation of lungworm that would have killed...
Releasing Rocky
After nine months in the sanctuary it was time to release Rocky the otter rescued from Skeld in July last year. When he came we...