Lend a helping hand on Handa Island this summer
News
More than 50 volunteers are being recruited to help our ranger look after one of Scotland’s busiest breeding seabird colonies this year. Handa Island lies a few miles off the …
Avian Influenza (bird flu) – how you can help
Blogs
Alarming reports are coming in of wild seabirds dying in large numbers around Scotland’s islands and coastlines. Avian Influenza (or bird flu) has now been confirmed in seabirds including terns, …
Reflections from Handa Island
Blogs
We have now been living on Handa for over four months, which is challenging to comprehend. In some ways, a third of a year seems like a very long time, …
Good year for kittiwakes and bonxies on Handa
Blogs
It’s well known that seabird numbers are in decline nationally and globally, with good news stories becoming less frequent as climate change impacts the availability of the food on which …