BP has shut down one of its oil platforms, about 75km to the west of Shetland, because of a leak. Oil was released into the water from the Clair platform…
Congratulations to Martin Huebeck, SOTEAG’s resident seabird monitoring officer, who has recently published an article in the journal Seabird. Huebeck, M., Mellor, R.M., Gear, S., and Miles, W.T.S. 2015. Population and…
Production at newly opened gas fields in Shetland could meet 100 per cent of Scotland’s average gas demand, analysts have claimed. Natural gas began flowing from the Laggan-Tormore fields earlier…
The Sullom Voe Association Ltd has recently purchased a RIB on behalf of SOTEAG in order to facilitate the ornithological monitoring programme. For more information on the monitoring programmes please…
Eider ducks are common birds in northern Britain, but genetic studies suggest those in Shetland are closer to the Faroese race than those breeding in mainland Scotland, which makes them…
