Our brand new Fair Isle Bird Observatory Lodge

PLEASE NOTE
The Bird Observatory will be closed to the public, to facilitate staff holidays, from 1^st August 2011 to 7^th August 2011 inclusive.
Prices for 2011 season (May to October):
Prices for 2012 season (May to October):

Facilities available in the new observatory:

•   En-suite Bedrooms

•   Disabled Access Bedroom

•   Large dual aspect Lounge – Bar

•   Interpretative Room

•   Sociable dual aspect Dining Room

•   Extensive Natural History Library

•   Wi-fi

•   E-mail and Internet Access

•   Guest Laundry Room

•   Boot/Drying Room

•   Ringing Demonstration Room

•   Gift Shop

•   Tuck Shop

•   24 hr Tea & Coffee Facilities

•   Gardens & Plantation

•   Wader Pools

FIBOL offers comfortable single, double, twin and family accommodation. Most rooms are first-floor, spacious with en-suite toilet and shower. There are also bathrooms close by. There is a DDA Compliant en-suite bedroom situated downstairs.

There is also an Interpretative Room where information panels and leaflets on all aspects of Fair Isle are on display from its famous Natural History to its equally famous Knitwear and other crafts; from Archaeology to Geology and Social History. This is also where, in the evenings, FIBO Staff deliver illustrated talks to all guests who wish to attend. Parts of the building are Wi-fi internet enabled and there is also a computer for guest use in the Interpretative Room.

As you return from enjoying a day of birdwatching, walking, photography, craft-visiting or relaxing in the fresh sea air of Fair Isle, a heated Boot Room awaits for your outdoor wear. You can then retire to the comfortable lounge for coffee or purchase a drink from the bar and enjoy the superb views out to Buness and the sea or to the picturesque harbour from the full height windows around the room. Maybe you’d want to keep a watchful eye on the Observatory Plantation, the garden or the new wader pools for a rare bird?  Perhaps you may like to browse the extensive Natural History library or obtain a good novel to read prior to your meal or chat to fellow guests about their day. The dining room – again with large windows offering fantastic views to Sheep Craig – is a very sociable place where guests and staff all converse and eat together at large tables, enjoying sumptuous helpings of delicious home-cooked meals with freshly-baked bread and home bakes. After your evening meal there is ample time, during the long summer days, for a relaxing walk to North Lighthouse with its breathtaking cliffs and views to Shetland Mainland and Foula. Or perhaps just to sit on Buness amid the Puffins for an hour or two.

All guests are invited at 9.30pm to join the bird staff for Bird Log whilst enjoying more home-bakes and cocoa before retiring to bed or staying at the bar awhile for some good banter.

Prices for 2011 season (May to October):
Single Room	£55
Double/Twin Room	£50
Single Occupancy of Twin Room	£70
Family Room	£50 per adult, children 12 yrs and under £20, five yrs and under free
All prices are per person, per night, full board. Bed Linen & Towels provided. A deposit of £50 is required at time of booking (except in September & October when 50% is required) with the remainder due the night before you leave Fair Isle.

To book: Call 01595 760258 or e-mail fibo@btconnect.com