{"id":1563,"date":"2025-06-18T07:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/fairisleprimaryschool\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2025-06-18T07:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:50:40","slug":"shore-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/fairisleprimaryschool\/2025\/06\/18\/shore-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Shore Watch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a lovely (if not typically windy) week here in Fair Isle. One of our favourite people, Carla the Ranger, invited us to take part in a shore watch as part of the work the Bird Observatory does. This is much more technical than you might think: scanning the horizon in specific sections for certain amounts of time. Whilst there were no orcas on display today, we saw plenty of puffins, gannets, arctic terns and other feeding seabirds. We even attracted the attention of a yacht coming into the island.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, we love connecting with nature around our beautiful island.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1568\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074924\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084210-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074924\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084210-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074924\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084210.png 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1567\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074922\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084156-228x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074922\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084156-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074922\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084156.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1566\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074920\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084146-226x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074920\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084146-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074920\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084146.png 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1564\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074913\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084119-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074913\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084119-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074913\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084119-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074913\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084119.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1565\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074917\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084133-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074917\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084133-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074917\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084133-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/fairisleprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/2249\/2025\/06\/18074917\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-084133.png 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a lovely (if not typically windy) week here in Fair Isle. 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