Wednesday 30 June 2010

Flight attendant

More than 300 birdwatchers have requested further information about a job vacancy at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory, 24 miles south of Shetland. With a healthy resident seabird population, and the possibility of rare migrants passing through, the island is a twitchers paradise. The closing date for applications is 5 July 2010.

This fact was sourced from The Sunday Telegraph.



Tuesday 29 June 2010

Island fact - no.1

Anna Meredith from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sudies in Midlothian is currently investigating a disease affecting palmate newts on the Isle of Rum in Scotland. Symptons include 'blister-like nodules or lumps' on the skin 'caused by a protozoal parasite'.

In a bid to discover how widespread this condition is, Anna is asking for people across the UK to report any sightings of newts with lumps and bumps to anna.meredith@ed.ac.uk. (Please do not handle or disturb the animals). 

This fact was sourced from the June issue of BBC Wildlife magazine.

Wednesday 16 June 2010

Saturday 12 June 2010

Tuesday 8 June 2010

Lewis - day 4 - Westside tourist route

Callanish Stones

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

inside Arnol Blackhouse

Friday 4 June 2010