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'When the Tall Ships
came to Fair Isle'
Conrad Molleson's Animation Workshop with the
Fair Isle children:
http://bit.ly/rdtbL5

The Tall Ships Races 2011
Tall Ships Lerwick


Fair Isle
was a Guest Harbour for
CRUISE IN COMPANY
12th-21st July 2011


Fair Isle Area
Weather Forecast

Dry, bright and cool today, though rather cloudy at times. Light W’ly winds becoming S’ly. Staying dry through this evening with a frost at first, but this possibly lifting later in the night as cloud thickens and S’ly winds freshen.

S’ly gales developing by Saturday with outbreaks of rain through much of the day, clearing during the evening as winds ease and veer SW to W’ly.

Bright with showers and moderate or SW to W’ly winds on Sunday. A milder, cloudy day on Monday with outbreaks of light rain and moderate SW’ly winds. Rain at times on Tuesday and Wednesday with strong S to SE’ly winds.

The remainder of next week rather cloudy with some showers or a little rain. Mild at first, but perhaps cooler later as mainly fresh to strong SW’ly winds turn W’ly to NW’ly.
Sea State Next Three Days
M
oderate to slight increasing rough.



THE NEW FAIR ISLE BIRD OBSERVATORY
The almost complete New Fair Isle Bird Observatory - photo Deryk Shaw

'Fair Isle: through the seasons' 
Fair Isle: through the seasons
This new book about the island now available!
Have a look at the website for more details.


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Friends of Fair Isle
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A ten day forecast for the Northern Isles

Tide times for Fair Isle
& other northern harbours
(links to page on BBC website)

Fair Isle
Weather Station
online with
current weather
&
history graphs


 

The Weather in...

                                               
Welcome to
Britain's
most remote - though far from isolated - inhabited island!
An adventure getting here,
sometimes hard to leave,
but always an individual welcome!

In reality virtually unforgettable!

PRESS RELEASES

NEW FAIR ISLE BIRD OBSERVATORY OFFICIAL OPENING

Island with a future: marine protection plan as Fair Isle celebrates official opening of Bird Observatory


Fair Isle

New Information Pamphlet
(3-fold A4)

download the large file (3.5MB)
or the smaller (0.5MB) pdf file

Panoramic views of Fair Isle
South Harbour, South Lighthouse and southern crofts from near Utra


From the North Haven pier
and another
From the North Haven pier


FLIGHTS TO FAIR ISLE
from Shetland
with Directflight

Summer Timetable
21st Feb - 16th October 2011

  

Winter Timetable
For enquiries/bookings phone
Tingwall Tel: 01595 840246

 

Good Shepherd
sailings
Summer 2011

 


‘STANDING INTO DANGER – SHIPWRECKS OF FAIR ISLE’  by local author Anne Sinclair.

‘STANDING INTO DANGER – SHIPWRECKS OF FAIR ISLE’

by local author Anne Sinclair.  

This interesting and very readable booklet has recently been published and copies are now available for sale on Fair Isle and also by mail-order.

(Price £7.95 plus P&P per copy.)
Please click here for further details.



South Lighthouse
Evening light - South Lighthouse
Sheep Tock Evening light
and Sheep Rock 


Disused Fog Horn, North Lighthouse, Fair Isle
Disused Fog Horn

Disused Fog Horn, North Lighthouse, Fair Isle
North Lighthouse, Fair Isle


A brief glimpse
around the Isle

('slide show')



FAIR ISLE WEBCAMS
Fair Isle MetCam (Axis 207W) Looking north to Ward Hill (217')
 Looking north to Ward Hill (217m)

Fair Isle MetCam (Axis 207W) Looking SSW
Looking SSW



FAIR ISLE CRAFTS
Fair Isle Crafts ceased trading
on 9th September 2011

FairIsle Knitwear
Mati Ventrillon's knitwear
 www.fairisleknitwear.co.uk


Fiddlers' Bid Shetland Soap Advert "Here's looking at ewe ... "
"Here's looking at ewe ... "
Shetland Soap Advert


Yachts and Good Shepherd IV, N Haven
Yachts and Good Shepherd IV, N Haven

Cruise ship at anchor - Heridean Princess
Cruise ship at anchor - Hebridean Princess

The Fair Isle Times
Fair Isle's 'local newspaper'
After 32 years of continuous publication subscribers can now received their copy via e-mail or
downloaded it from the FIT website.

As an example here is Vol 33 No1
(This one is quite a large download at 7MB, most are between 0.5-1.5MB


Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative.
(FIMETI)

 Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative (FIMETI) website
As well as lots of background information and photographs, the website also includes all the latest news and updates in FIMETI’s newsletter
 ‘Making Waves’

The latest issue (No.8March 2011) has now been published and is available on-line via the above link.

Hesswalls, looking east to Sheep Rock
Hesswalls, view to Sheep Rock

 
 
The Shetland News
 
 
THE SHETLAND TIMES  
for latest news of
Shetland related matters
 

 

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Text and photographs 2010 Dave Wheeler except where otherwise credited. (Logo picture courtesy of Sumburgh SAR)
If you would like to use photographs from this site please contact
dave.wheeler@fairisle.org.uk
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