60.58824,-0.80616
- Grid ref: HU655900
- Lat/long: 60.58824,-0.80616
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Wildlife awards
Fetlar is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.
Top things to do in Spring
- Spot migrants en route to their breeding grounds further north and look out for the arrival of this season’s first red-necked phalaropes
- Witness carpets of wildflowers – eyebright, dog violets and spring squill
- Listen for the arrival of other breeding birds – golden plovers, red-throated divers, and Arctic terns
Top things to do in Summer
- Look for the delicate and rare red-necked phalaropes along the shore at Loch of Funzie
- Appreciate the sight and sound of waders and seabirds displaying and calling overhead – whimbrels, golden plovers, Arctic skuas and the mournful calls of red-throated divers
- Experience the 'simmer dim' – the twilight hours from dusk to dawn
Top things to do in Autumn
- Hunt for rare passage migrants resting in sheltered places or marvel at the large flocks of redwings, fieldfares and blackbirds as they pass through in their thousands
- Watch the sea for glimpses of otters, orcas and other marine mammals
- See the arrival of overwintering wildfowl – tufted ducks, goldeneyes, wigeons, teals and whooper swans