Fair Isle's famous bird observatory has reopened - six years after the building was destroyed in a huge fire. The £10m ...

AT THE edge of the cliffs, no-one says a word. Before us are literally dozens of puffins, fawning at our feet on the grass – the only noise their ...

The Fair Isle bird observatory has recorded bird migration at its station between Shetland and Orkney since 1938. A new initiative - the Fair Isle migration project - has now analysed records from ...

Note: This post was scheduled just as news came in that the Fair Isle Bird Observatory had been destroyed by fire on Sunday, 10th March 2019). Thankfully, nobody was injured in the fire.

Firefighters were flown from Orkney to tackle a fire so forceful the building it engulfed was ravaged, leaving only a pile of rubble. But now the world-renowned Fair Isle Bird Observatory (FIBO ...

The first module to replace the fire-damaged Fair Isle bird observatory has arrived, marking a significant milestone in the project. The £7.4 million project will rebuild one of Shetland’s most ...

The delay is yet another blow for the Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (FIBOT) which has weathered a series of complications that pushed the construction of the £7.5million replacement facility ...

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise £650,000 towards rebuilding the famous Fair Isle Bird Observatory after it burned down. The internationally-renowned research centre in Shetland ...

Fair Isle is a tiny island, smaller than 3 square miles. ... The island is known for its observatory, which watches migratory birds, and its particular style of woolen sweaters.

Image caption, The Fair Isle bird observatory, pictured in the background, has recorded the migration patterns of birds. A major survey into bird migration from Africa over the past 60 years has ...