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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Over the moon (to put it mildly) to find this first year male SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN in our garden at Hillwell, Shetland this morning. The fifth record for Britain and a first for Shetland. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's wool week eve!⁠ ⁠ This year's Shetland Wool Week patron is Helen Robertson.⁠ ⁠ Wishing Helen and her family a wonderful, joyful week! ⁠ ⁠ – from all of us at Nielanell 💙⁠ #ShetlandWoolWeek #Shetland #Knitsky

Helen Robertson, knitter and designer wears a Nielanell cape in turquoise and green over a long white shirt, leggings and boots outside a stone shed in Hoswick, Shetland

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A note if you're coming to see us soon - in search of a Smookie jumper.⁠ ⁠ In the studio, we have a few in stock. Plus some on pre-order (8 week lead time). ⁠ But, as usual, they are moving quickly!⁠ ⁠ Info: nielanell.com/collections/... ⁠ NB Currently, Smookies are out of stock online ⁠ #Shetland

Katie wears a navy and pale grey fair Isle jumper on a lane in Lerwick. It's a sunny September day

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you're around on Sunday 4 October, the day after Shetland Wool Week ends, we’re hosting a Makkers’ Drop-in at Hoswick Visitor Centre.⁠ ⁠ Join Katie and her family along with wool weekers, locals and tutors. All welcome. Bring your WIP, or just yourself.⁠ #Shetland #ShetlandWoolWeek #KnitSky 1/3

The Leask family at Hoswick Visitor Centre, at the Makkers' Drop-in at Shetland Wool Week

A knitter at Hoswick Visitor Centre for the Makkers' Drop-in at Shetland Wool Week

Anne Eunson, Shetland lace expert in a cardigan of her own design at Hoswick Visitor Centre

Knitters at Hoswick Visitor Centre for the Makkers' Drop-in. During Shetland Wool Week

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A magical morning at Sumburgh Head, Shetland watching at least six Minke Whales. Shortly after we found a 'superpod' of over 100 White-beaked Dolphins! Here's one of the Minkes... #MarineLife #MarineMammals #UKWildlife

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@leedsinshetland.bsky.social thanks for all the sharing you do of our posts! Appreciate it 😊

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Saand holiday jumpers! ⁠ ⁠ We now have a few of these favourite, lightweight jumpers in the studio.⁠ ⁠ Available online at a later date.⁠ #Knitstagram #Shetland 1/4

A woman stands on grass looking at the sea in Shetland. She's wearing a finely knitted, loose yellow jumper

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Enjoyed incredible views of this North American Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Eshaness, Shetland this morning. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you so much for all your orders and purchases of our Conversation Pieces gauntlets.⁠ ⁠ We are so pleased to have these available again, after a very long absence!⁠ You'll find the gauntlets in our studio shop in Hoswick and online: nielanell.com/collections/... ⁠

mitts finely knitted in greys, blues and coral in a curvilinear pattern. Contemporary Scottish knitwear

mitts finely knitted in greys, blues bright turquoise in a curvilinear pattern. Contemporary Scottish knitwear

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Shetland Wool Week runs between Sunday 27 September and Saturday 3 October. At Nielanell, we have a programme of events including behind the scenes tours, makkers' drop-in and our daily open studio. Most events are free. All welcome! Full details: nielanell.com/blogs/journa... #ShetlandWoolWeek

Shetland Wool Week, what's on at Nielanell

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love these pictures of Alison.⁠ The last photo in the thread is one of our favourites. ⁠ Taken on a sunny September day in Hoswick by Austin Taylor, who tolerated our silliness and mountainous quantities of knitwear.⁠ #Shetland #Knitstagram #Scotland 1/4 ⁠

Alison bends over laughing while wearing a byre contemporary Shetland cape in dark grey and stone white.

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Love this brilliant seabird mural currently on display at Sumburgh Head painted by local Shetland school children and facilitated by the amazing team at Sumburgh Lighthouse and Shetland Amenity Trust. Puffins galore plus Arctic Skua, Gannet, Razorbill, Guillemot, Shetland Wrens and Orcas! Brilliant!

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This stunning juvenile male Pallid Harrier has now been with us here in the south Mainland of Shetland for the last three weeks. At one stage it was joined by a juvenile female for a couple of days. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Up in town at twilight. Lerwick shapes. #Shetland

Industrial sheds in corrugated tin. Painted in dark green and red. Also a concrete shed wtih pebble dash render. In Lerwick, Shetland.

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A migrant Greenish Warbler hovering to search the underside of the sycamore leaves for insects in the Grutness garden, Shetland. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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J Hanlon @jahanlon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you so much @rogerriddington.bsky.social for an amazing opportunity to see this 3rd Egyptian Nightjar for Britain next to your house on Shetland! Pls pass thanks too to a wonderful team of helpful local birders (Phil, Kevin & others) who made us feel welcome in the downpour. #MEGA

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Dianna Walla @diannawalla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Got an email about the Shetland Wool Week Annual being available for preorder, and love seeing the preview of the pages on "Knitting with the seasons of Shetland" because of the season names: voar, simmer, hairst, and yöl.

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thanks so much to everyone who has ordered or bought a pair of our Conversation Pieces gauntlets. They've been so popular since coming back into stock! nielanell.com/products/con...

Conversation Pieces gauntlets knitted in fine yarn and an abstract curvilinear pattern. Coral and blues

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

And then there were two! Watching the long-staying Pallid Harrier at Brow Marsh, Shetland last Thursday and delighted to find a second individual. Both birds put on a brilliant display as they glided around the marsh before going to roost. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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Tony Skerl @tonyskerl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Abstract Shetland

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Britain's third and Scotland's first-ever EGYPTIAN NIGHTJAR at Virkie, Shetland this evening. A brilliant find by Roger Riddington. Stunning. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK

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Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting this to interrupt work today - news of an Egpytian Nightjar found by Roger Riddington in his #Shetland garden! A tense drive down to the South Mainland was all worth it though - what a gorgeous bird this was. Clear skies tonight though...

Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) © Jon Dunn

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One of several amazing prehistoric sites to visit in Shetland.

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Enjoyed some wonderful views of this juvenile Pallid Harrier in the south Mainland of Shetland for the last few evenings. An absolute stunner! #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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The Scottish Farmer @thescottishfarmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Magnus and Karis Sandison celebrated their marriage with a traditional three-day Shetland wedding filled with family, dancing and local customs.

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Magnus and Karis Sandison celebrate their Shetland wedding

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Scottish Islands Passport @islandspass.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#StampStories Today it's #PapaWestray, see the story in Orkney dialect then in English. Orkney Dialect The stamp fur Papa Westray celebrates the flight atween Westray and Papay, which is the shortest scheduled passenger flight i’ the wirld, the queeckist een wis chist 53 seconds lang.

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Shetland News @shetnews.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Islanders were able to enjoy as once in a generation solar eclipse on Wednesday evening despite extensive cloud cover on the wester horizon. Thanks to everybody who has send in photos of tonight's eclipse shet.news/v24w7

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Shetland Elects @shetlandelects.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Population of Shetland by area, 2022: Lerwick: 6,554 (+427) Tingwall: 1,866 (N/A) Dunrossness: 1,445 (+597) Scalloway: 1,199 (N/A) Sandwick: 1104 (+394) Whalsay: 974 (+104) Yell: 942 (-201) Burra: 877 (+312) Delting: 874 (N/A) Brae: 871 (N/A) Walls & Sandness: 860 (+377) ...

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Shetland Elects @shetlandelects.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How has the population of Shetland changed over time? A higher proportion of Shetlanders live in Lerwick today than in 1931. However, Lerwick was not the main beneficiary of the population boom in the 1970s, which instead largely went to districts in the north and south Mainland.

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Ross Mackenzie @rossmackenzie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wet and blustery morning at Sumburgh Head - but still lots of puffins on the cliffs #Shetland

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Pictish carving of a dog-headed man, known as the ‘Mail Stone’. Possibly dating to the late C7th or early C8th, the carving was found by a grave digger at Mail cemetery, Cunningsburgh, Shetland in 1992. Part of the collections at Shetland Museum & Archives 📸 My own #FindsFriday

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Shetland News @shetnews.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Shetland is going to be represented at this year’s Parkinson’s Scottish International Open table tennis championships. Paul Bendix, from Vidlin, will be flying the flag for Shetland after taking up the sport last year as one way of helping to manage his Parkinson’s symptoms. shet.news/3dftm

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Shetland News @shetnews.co.uk · 28/07/2026

Award winning singer-songwriter Claire White has been appointed Shetland’s first Shaetlan scriever, taking up a year-long residency with the National Library of Scotland. shet.news/ofpux

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Claire White selected as first ever Scots scriever from Shetland

White will produce original work in Shaetlan language during year-long residency

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Scottish Islands Passport @islandspass.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#StampStories Today it's #PapaStour, see the story in Shetland dialect then in English. Shetland Dialect Da stamp for Papa Stour shaas a sea stack. Der a lock o stacks aroond da isle, shappit oot o da costline – dramatic ta look at, an photograph.

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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Check out this article about MASTS member and marine mammal research forum co-convenor: @emily-hague.bsky.social. Read about Emily's life in Shetland after she moved there after her PhD. 🌊Emily works at @uhishetland.bsky.social, which is part of the MASTS Alliance www.shetland.org/blog/whales-...

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Whales, lifeboats and a spectacular commute - Emily's life in Shetland | Shetland.org

Marine mammal researcher Emily Hague has thrown herself into life in Shetland since moving to the islands. She spends her days spotting whales, dolphins and porpoises, volunteers as a lifeboat crew me...

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Shetland News @shetnews.co.uk · 05/08/2026

Paid for content: The summer’s not over yet – August at Mareel is packed with an exciting mix of cinema, live events, music and creative activities, whether you’re looking to keep the bairns entertained over the holidays, enjoy a night out, or try something new. shet.news/yr4p2

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What’s On this August at Shetland Arts

The summer’s not over yet - August at Mareel is packed with an exciting mix of cinema, live events, music and creative activities, whether you’re looking...

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Wonderful to follow creatures around Shetland over the years (and sometimes decades!) thanks to work by people like @hughharrop.bsky.social.

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Enjoyed some lovely displays of Bog Pimpernel out in the damper margins of the west Mainland of Shetland last week. #wildflowers #ukwildlife

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you're coming to #ShetlandWoolWeek – ⁠ ⁠ We'll soon be sending out a newsletter compendium of all events at Nielanell.⁠ ⁠ Includes behind the scenes tours, daily open studio and makkers' drop-in. ⁠ ⁠ Most of our SWW events are free.⁠ ⁠ Sign up: confirmsubscription.com/h/r/782D7DEC... #KnitSky

A cone of pink yarn with grey strands wrapped around it in the Nielanell knitwear workshop, Shetland. In the background are further cones of yarn in several colours.

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Ross Mackenzie @rossmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The pufflings at Sumburgh Head looking increasingly restless - but the parents seem to be managing to keep them from venturing too far #pufflings #shetland

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Gold Spot in our Shetland garden last week. Stunning. #mothsmatter #teammoth

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Lin Anderson @linanderson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Kirkwall launch event with Lin Anderson for her newest book The High Island. Introducing the Orcadia Mysteries series, an offshoot of her Rhona MacLeod series. DI Erling Flett is pulled back to Orkney to unravel the mystery of a chilling discovery on Hoy. bit.ly/4wzoN1b

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This evening - chamomile above the shore at Hoswick. #Shetland

Chamomile flowers and grasses above the pennies beach at Hoswick, Shetland. Sea in the background. It's a slightly cloudy summer evening

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Scottish Islands Passport @islandspass.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

English The stamp for West Burra depicts a detail from the Monk’s Stone which was found in the graveyard at Papil Kirk. Download our free app to collect your own island stamps and find out more about West Burra: islands.scot/the-passport/ #WestBurra #Shetland #GetYourIslandFixIn2026

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Our Passports - Scottish Islands Passport

All about Scottish Islands Passport free to download app, set of travelogues and on-island travelogue stockists.

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you thought there wasn't anything more adorable than a puffin then let us introduce you to PUFFLINGS. Thanks to @hughharrop.bsky.social for sharing these photographs!

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Nielanell @nielanell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you're coming to #ShetlandWoolWeek 2026, hopefully you’ll now have a bit of your schedule sorted! Tickets are going as quickly as ever.⁠ ⁠ For those still around the day after the programme ends, we’re hosting our popular Makkers’ Drop-in on Sunday 4 October. ⁠ Details below! 1/3 #KnitSky

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Mother and calf Orcas... The beautiful sight of female '152' from the '27s' pod and her calf born in Autumn 2024 heading south off Sumburgh Head, Shetland just over ten days ago. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

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