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Escape to the tranquillity of Fair Isle


- a unique holiday experience for the birder and non-birder alike

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Stay at the world famous
Bird Observatory, with its warm comfortable accommodation, friendly welcome, good home cooking
and family atmosphere.  

The observatory is open from
late April to the end of October.

Phone 01595-760-258 or email for enquiries.

The sheltered harbour of the North Haven, just below the Bird Observatory
The sheltered harbour of the North Haven,
just below the Bird Observatory


Enjoy the spectacular cliff and coastal scenery, wild flowers, dramatic seabird colonies and a wealth of spring and autumn migrants.

 

Fair Isle is Britain’s most remote inhabited island, situated 25 miles south of Shetland and 25 miles north of Orkney. 

During the Summer it is easily accessible daily by boat or by plane.

Fly London to Shetland direct with Atlantic Airways
See also our Travel Page


Latest Sightings
2008


2006 Report now out
Price £7 incl p&p (UK) or £8.50

Fair Isle’s Seabirds in 2007

As in previous years,
Roy Dennis has attached
transmitters to birds of prey
to follow their migration.
This year he has chosen a family of
Ospreys in Forres
 
(click above link for more)



Orca off Fair Isle Photo Mark Breaks
Orca off Fair Isle Photo Mark Breaks
Orca off Fair Isle, May 2007
 photographs by Mark Breaks

Siberian Rubythroat Photo by Rebecca Nason
Siberian Rubythroat
Photo by Rebecca Nason


Bird Photos by
Rebecca Nason
at
www.rebeccanason.com


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Contact Information
Telephone  01595-760-258
FAX   01595-760-258
Postal address Fair Isle Bird Observatory
Fair Isle
Shetland  ZE2 9JU
e-mail General Information: fairisle.birdobs@zetnet.co.uk
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Last modified: 15 August, 2008   Further information about Fair Isle at: www.fairisle.org.uk