Category: Mousa Broch
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39. Day Six in Shetland: Storm Petrels at Mousa Broch
The main event of this day: heading out after sunset with the fine folks of the Mousa Boat to see the storm petrels come in from the sea to nest in the wall of the Mousa Broch. I had heard of this phenomenon before I made my final decision to go to Shetland in June…
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36. Day Three in Shetland: Levenwick Beach, Mousa Broch
Long before I left for my trip, even before I had decided to go to Shetland, I had heard of the storm petrels migrating nightly to a broch on a deserted island there. When I started making my plans, I booked a reservation as soon as I could. As the time to leave approached, I…