Our first common seal of the season arrived on Sunday 3 June. Georgie was found on Rerwick beach by Katie Leask, her brother Grant and...
Wally the walrus reaches Shetland
Wally the walrus who first appeared on Orkney in March and was seen last month in Harris, Kinlochbervie, Wick and John o Groats has now...
Rescuing Ranger the otter cub
We received a message in early June from the Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd salmon farm shore station at Burrastow on Shetland’s West Side, saying that...
Shooglenifty underwater
Shooglenifty the grey seal pup rescued from Cunningsburgh suffering from a severe case of lungworm, is making a steady recovery from the sealpox infection. He’s...
Poor Shooglenifty has sealpox
Poor Shooglenifty! Having just recovered from a severe case of lungworm, due to his low immune system, the eight month old grey seal from Cunninsburgh...
Shooglenifty goes outside
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...
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...