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An introduction to Shetland lichen

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Jon Dunn

I started this blog with a working title of ‘Diving into lichen’ but, on reflection, I realised this was a wildly inappropriate oversimplification. I’ve barely dipped my toe into the lichen shallows. And, if we’re to extend that metaphor a … Continue reading →

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2020 – a year of local wildlife (Part III)

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Jon Dunn

Being at home as much as I was this year brought fresh perspective on some changing aspects of the natural world at the end of the island on which I live. Despite nothing having changed in the land use of … Continue reading →

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2020 – a year of local wildlife (Part II)

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Jon Dunn

During the stay-at-home phase of the early summer’s Covid-19 restrictions I mostly took my daily exercise pottering around on my Shetland croft – I knew I was blessed to have open space all around me and, as we’ve seen in … Continue reading →

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2020 – a year of local wildlife (Part I)

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Jon Dunn

I usually summarise the past year on this blog in one post but, as 2020 has been so very different to every year that’s gone before, it seems appropriate somehow to break it down into some broad themes instead. What … Continue reading →

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Got those Whalsay blues

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Jon Dunn

When I was a keen young birder, on the cusp of leaving school and heading off to university, I spent a week in October on the Isles of Scilly. It was a taste of freedom to come. It was also … Continue reading →

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Lockdown wildflower photography

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Jon Dunn

Every cloud, they say, has a silver lining. I have, I know, been blessed in the past six months to live where I do – during the very strictest weeks of lockdown, I could at least wander outside on my … Continue reading →

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Bog orchids, home and away

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Jon Dunn

Once again, it’s been way too long since I last took a moment to write a personal blog post – though, lately, I’ve started to write for the lovely folk at Promote Shetland about two of my favourite things in … Continue reading →

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Snowy

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Jon Dunn

I think many naturalists have something they’d really, really like to see. One species in particular that they yearn for above all others, a holy grail. For some, that might be a flower that goes decades between sightings – the … Continue reading →

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2017 – a review of a naturalist’s year

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Jon Dunn

Somehow I find myself on the cusp of a new year and realise that, if I’m not quick, it’ll be too late to look back on the past twelve months as I’ll be too busy looking forward to the year … Continue reading →

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A Boxing Day storm on Shetland

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Jon Dunn

Bad weather in Shetland is a funny thing. No laughing matter, of course, but it’s a source of wry amusement that what qualifies as bad weather in the rest of the UK is unremarkable here – and that when we … Continue reading →

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