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	SHETLAND - LoveToKnow Article on SHETLAND
		The distance from Dennis Head in North Ronaldshay of the Orkneys to Sumburgh Head in.
		The principal capes are Sumburgh Head, the most southerly point of Mainland, a bold promontory 300 ft. high; Fitful Head, on the sOuth-west of the same island, a magnificent headland, 2 m.
		Bard Head (264 ft.), the most southerly point, is a haunt of eagles, at the foot of which is anarchway called the Giants Leg.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SH/SHETLAND.htm (4616 words)

	Ocean Abstracts-Marine Pollution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sub-lethal effects of the spill on breeding kittiwakes were assessed by comparison with an extensive data set collected at the same site (Sumburgh Head) during the 3 yr prior to the spill.
		However, haematological data revealed a significant level of anaemia in the breeding kittiwakes at Sumburgh in 1993 compared to birds sampled in the same year at control colonies elsewhere in Scotland.
		The return rate of adults to the Sumburgh colony between 1992 and 1993 was exceptionally low, and nest-site and mate fidelity also appeared low.
	www.seaweb.org /background/abstracts/marinepol/1997/97oil.1.html (215 words)

	Sumburgh Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		And if Sumburgh Head is the first you see of Shetland when travelling by sea, Sumburgh Airport, immediately to the north, is the entry point for most travellers by air.
		The airfield is interestingly laid out, with the longest runway pointing directly at the heights of Sumburgh Head to the south east and the village of Toab to the north west.
		Between the airport and Sumburgh Head is Grutness Voe, with the tiny settlement of Grutness on its south east shore.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.com /shetland/sumburgh/index.html (733 words)

	Sumburgh Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The RSPB reserve at Sumburgh Head is Shetland's most accessible seabird colony, with Puffins ashore from from May until mid-August in most years, while Kittiwakes, Guillemots and Razorbills are easily seen during May, June and July.
		Sumburgh Head is also recognised as the best place in Shetland to spot Killer Whales and other cetaceans during the summer months.
		This site is not directly connected to any of the organisations mentioned, so comments may not necessarily reflect the views of the organisations, clubs or societies involved.
	www.nature.shetland.co.uk /rspb/sumburgh.htm (202 words)

	Sumburgh Head History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sumburgh had walls of double thickness to keep out the damp, it also had 26 reflectors instead of the normal 21 and in 1822 the annual cost of maintaining this station was £650.00.
		A bell was presented by Captain Leslie's parents and put to Sumburgh Head to be used as a fog bell but on the establishment of a fog signal in 1906 (which was discontinued during 1987) it was removed and hung in the Parish Church at Dunrossness, where it still remains.
		Sumburgh Head is the most northerly transmitting station for the General Lighthouse Authorities Marine Differential GPS Service.
	www.nlb.org.uk /ourlights/history/sumburgh.htm (457 words)

	Richard Chew photography - wildlife and landscapes: My photos: Sea, rocks and sand: Sumburgh Head, Mainland, Shetland
		Sumburgh Head is situated at the southernmost point of Shetland and is a spur of rock crowned by a lighthouse designed by Robert Stevenson and first lit in 1821.
		Sumburgh Head is normally the first and last that most visitors see of Shetland if they are travelling by sea.
		The RSPB reserve at Sumburgh Head is Shetland's most accessible seabird colony and is also recognised as the best place in Shetland to spot Killer Whales and other cetaceans during the summer months.
	www.richardchewphotography.com /photo_33242.html (108 words)

	SHETLAND, or ZETLAND - Online Information article about SHETLAND, or ZETLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Head in North Ronaldshay of the Orkneys to Sumburgh Head in Shetland is 5o m., but See also:
		Bard Head (264 ft.), the most southerly point, is a haunt of eagles, at the foot of which is an archway called the See also:
		Farther north, at the head of a small bay, lies Haroldswick, where Harold Haarfager is believed to have landed in 872, when he annexed the Orkney and Shetland Islands to Norway.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SHETLAND_or_ZETLAND.html (4700 words)

	NATS - News - Press Releases - 17 April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The "golfball" on Fitful Head near Sumburgh Airport - more properly called a radome - is to be replaced after 22 years' service protecting delicate radar equipment and aerials from everything the Shetland climate can throw at it.
		Fitful Head is expected to be ready to resume operations in late 2004.
		Sumburgh will be one of the first radar sites in Europe to use new "Mode S" technology, which provides more information than the current system and will enable air traffic controllers to deal effectively with increasing traffic flows.
	www.nats.co.uk /news/releases/2003/2003_04_17.html (277 words)

	The Braer - The Effects on Breeding Seabirds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Glasgow University Applied Ornithology Unit undertook a 3 year study of the seabirds at Sumburgh (1990 to 1992) in response to this reduction in breeding success and were funded for a further year to look at seabird breeding success at Sumburgh in the wake of the Braer.
		At Sumburgh Head a count from the land revealed 151 nests compared with 304 in 1992 and 508 in 1988.
		The percentage of the sample of chicks which survived to fledging (chick survival) at Sumburgh Head was 100%, a continued increase since 1990 when monitoring began, chick survival in 1990 being 56%.
	www.wildlife.shetland.co.uk /braer/Part10.html (2350 words)

	The Orkney and Shetland Touring Company - The Shetland Islands - Sumburgh Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sumburgh Head (ON Sunnborg - South Broch) after the broch which stood where the lighthouse is now, is one of the best places to get close-up views of Puffins and other seabirds in Summer.
		The Sumburgh area is one of the best in Shetland for birders with its lochs including Spiggie Loch (another RSPB Reserve), Loch of Hillwell, Loch of Brow and Loch of Clumlie.
		The Pool of Virkie is especially attractive to waders, while the garden at the Sumburgh Hotel is a good place to look for passerines during migration.
	www.orkneyshetland.co.uk /sumburgh.html (159 words)

	Travel journal Shetland Islands
		Sumburgh Head is situated on the South Mainlaind.
		Regularly seen also from Sumburgh Head are divers, Storm Petrel, Long-tailed Duck and Little Auk.
		The strong tides that pass around Sumburgh Head frequently attract large shoals of fish in summer and this in turn attracts several species of dolphin and whale (a.o.
	home.planet.nl /~heije257/pages/trshetland.html (1181 words)

	Native Forest Council: News
		At a cliff near Sumburgh Head on Shetland's southern tip, where 1,200 pairs of guillemots assembled to breed in the spring, not a single chick has been produced.
		Arctic terns, of which the last census in 2000 recorded 24,716 breeding pairs in Shetland, have produced no chicks at all in the south of the islands, according to Peter Ellis, the local representative of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
		Shetland alone is thought to house 10 per cent of our eight million seabirds, and birders are the principal visitors heading for the treeless, windswept islands to see species they could not find elsewhere in Britain.
	www.forestcouncil.org /tims_picks/view.php?id=516 (948 words)

	USE OF TIME-AT-DEPTH RECORDERS FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH AND DIVING PERFORMANCE OF EUROPEAN SHAGS
		Minimum, mean, and maximum foraging depths were all deeper at Sumburgh Head com- pared with the Isle of May in 1990 but only the difference in maximum depth was statistically significant (t-test; P = 0.05).
		The maxi- mum depth of 61 m attained by a bird at Sumburgh Head is the deepest dive so far measured and suggests that the record of a bird drowned in a fishing net set at 80 m in the Mediterranean (Guyot 1988) accurately reflects the diving ability of this species.
		Similarly at Sumburgh Head shallow dives were known to have been made close in- shore where the water was less than 10 m deep, while foraging depths of the other individuals were all broadly consistent with the water depth in the feeding area.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v068n04/p0547-p0561.html (8738 words)

	Sumburgh Head Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The views from this room are north over West Voe of Sumburgh, with its bird cliffs, with Fitful Head, Scatness and the Airport in the distance.
		Sumburgh Head is famous for its Seabird Colonies and for the migrating birds which find shelter around the Lighthous buildings and field walls in Spring and Autumn
		As well as birds, Sumburgh Head is also well-known throughout Shetland as a particularly good place from which to see whales and porpoises.
	www.accomodata.co.uk /161299.htm (410 words)

	Lighthouses with overnight accommodations
		Cantick Head Lighthouse - On the Island of Hoy, Orkney.
		Stoer Head Lighthouse - On the northwest coast of Scotland, self-catering accommodation (upper apartment, sleeps four) can be rented per week from March to October.
		Sumburgh Head Lighthouse - In a spectacular clifftop location on the main Shetland Island.
	www.lighthouse.cc /links/overnight.html (3456 words)

	VOLUME 1 (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Head Pattern Both the Fair Isle birds showed a striking supercilium which was palest and most marked behind the eye.
		By contrast the supercilium of the Sumburgh bird was not particularly well marked, being thin and faint, buffish in colour and starting just in front of the eye and fading just behind it.
		The Sumburgh bird had very well marked whitish tertial tips, easily visible in the field as the bird crawled through the grass.
	www.wildlifeweb.f9.co.uk /birdscot/docs/article1-1.htm (1704 words)

	Sumburgh Airport
		Aberdeen airport is under the control of The British Airports Authority, it is their furthermost Scottish airport and provides many links to the Northern Isles and Scandinaviawith services to all the North Sea Oil fields.
		Sumburgh in Shetland is perhaps the most important link withAlthough the BAA are competent operators, Aberdeen airport would benefit from a change of ownership to a more locally
		Theseand Inverness on the mainland, Kirkwall in Orkney and Sumburgh in Shetland.
	www.searcheverywhere.co.uk /search/for/Sumburgh+Airport (346 words)

	The Orkney and Shetland Touring Company - The Shetland Islands - the South Mainland Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sumburgh Head - (Cliffs, RSPB Nature Reserve-birds, whales, lighthouse) It is a 25 mile drive from Lerwick to Sumburgh Head.
		A spine of hills runs most of the way down the peninsula, ending at the dramatic Fitful Head (ON Viti fjall - Ward Hill, (283m) on the west and Sumburgh Head with its lighthouse in the east.
		The top can be reached via a track from Hillwell, or as part of a longer circular walk taking in Noss Hill with its WWII radar site, and the clifftops, perhaps returning via Garth's Ness, the site of the loss of the tanker Braer, in 1993.
	www.orkneyshetland.co.uk /south_mainland.html (1161 words)

	A Shetland Summer \| Play \| Sumburgh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sumburgh Head is the most southerly tip of Mainland Shetland.
		There were quite a few puffins and guillimots in residence, as well as a few seals.
		Close to Sumburgh are a couple of Shetland's most important archaelogical sites.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /shetland_summer/sumburgh.htm (129 words)

	Shetland Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Our first stop will be Sumburgh Head where we will check the rose and thistle patches around the famous lighthouse built by the Stevenson family.
		Finally we will say goodbye to Whalsay and head back down to the Sumburgh area, making the occasional strategic stop if required to take in any exciting migrants that we may have learned of.
		As with any migrant watching we are somewhat at the mercy of the weather but if we have been fortunate enough to have had some easterly winds during the week then this promises to be the highlight of our trip.
	www.shetlandwildlife.co.uk /holidays/wildlife/autumngold.htm (1326 words)

	South Mainland Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		Lerwick and continuing for over 20 miles to Sumburgh Head, the punctuation mark at Shetland's southern tip.
		The road from Lerwick to Shetland's main airport at Sumburgh is excellent and it is possible to cover the ground between them quite quickly.
		The lighthouse at the far end of the head provides magnificent views, as well as giving access to a colony of puffins, and the chance - sometimes - to spot whales feeding in the turbulent waters to the south of Sumburgh Head.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /shetland/southmainland/index.html (656 words)

	Nature & Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Set atop the rugged cliffs of Sumburgh Head, the combination of imposing architecture and spectacular seascapes ensures that it will be an image that will remain with you for a long time.
		Little wonder then that Sumburgh is high on the list of places to visit and it attracts more people than any other outdoor location in the islands.
		The 'head' is an RSPB reserve and hosts about 35,000 seabirds during the breeding season - including everyone's favourite - the Puffin, probably as easy to see here as anywhere else in the British Isles.
	www.lighthouse-holidays.com /pages/sumburgh/nature_&_wildlife1.htm (204 words)

	Car Hire Sumburgh UK from car rentals.co.uk
		At the very southern tip of Shetland lies Sumburgh Head, a 100m spur of rock carrying a lighthouse designed by Robert Stevenson.
		This is most obviously the site of the remains of the Old House of Sumburgh, built by Earl Robert Stewart.
		Sumburgh Airport, immediately to the north, is the entry point for most travellers by air.
	www.carrentals.co.uk /car-hire/sumburgh-guide.html (304 words)

	About the Sumburgh Hotel
		Sumburgh Hotel is one of Shetland’s finest country house hotels, situated at the tip of the southern Mainland of the Islands, where the North Sea on the east meets the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
		As a guest at the Sumburgh Hotel, every available assistance will be given to create a lasting memory of your trip to the isles.
		The Sumburgh Hotel was originally the home of the Laird of Sumburgh.
	www.sumburgh-hotel.shetland.co.uk /about.htm (491 words)

	Sumburgh Head - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Sumburgh Head nature reserve is a spectacular place to see nesting seabirds - fulmars on the cliff ledges, puffins perched outside their burrows and guillemots clustered on the rocks.
		The island of Mousa is famous for its abundant wildlife and well-preserved archaeological sites - including the Iron Age broch, where many of the island's 6,000 pairs of storm petrels nest.
		Most visits to Sumburgh Head last about two hours, but please contact the reserve for more details.
	www.rspb.org.uk /scotland/east/school_visits/sumburghhead.asp (236 words)

	Disastrous year for Scotland's seabirds - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Martin Heubeck of Aberdeen University (who has recorded seabird breeding success at Sumburgh Head for almost 30 years) said, 'This has been an almost unbelievably bad breeding season.
		Guillemot breeding numbers are the lowest since monitoring began in 1977 and fewer pairs than ever before laid eggs, with no more than eight chicks being reared by the 108 pairs which tried to breed in the study plot.
		Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust reported that the situation was very similar to that at Sumburgh Head.
	www.rspb.org /scotland/action/disaster/index.asp (981 words)

	KGQ Hotels
		Shetland, an intriguing scatter of uniquely individual islands from Muckle Flugga to Sumburgh Head, lies at the northermost tip of the United Kingdom.
		It is a land of spectacular views and outstanding archaeological monuments - the brochs and prehistoric villages are amoung the most significant in Europe - where mysterious standing stones dot the landscape, and medieval castles at Scalloway and Muness testify to Shetland's historic importance and ancient links to Scandinavia.
		From wild isolation on the remoter islands to the frendly, bustling warmth of the attractive main town of Lerwick, Shetland holds a seductive fasination which will draw you back again and again.
	www.kgqhotels.co.uk /shetland.html (186 words)

	Places to see in Shetland
		The Sumburgh Head Lighthouse was Shetlands first Lighthouse, built in 1821.
		Close by is a small mill, which used the power of the burn (stream) to grind barley and oats.
		Two of these magnificent beaches lie close to the Sumburgh Hotel, and are popular for bathing as are the sands of Scousburgh, which is a beautiful, sheltered bay.
	www.sumburgh-hotel.shetland.co.uk /places.htm (353 words)

	Explorer's Guide 1
		Humpback whales have been seen off Sumburgh Head for a short period in most recent summers.
		About 8 metres long, they are frequently seen from Sumburgh Head in June and between Fetlar, Whalsay and Out Skerries during July and August.
		Killer whales or Orcas are often seen in Shetland most frequently from Sumburgh Head and in Mousa Sound, where they feed on shoaling fish and hunt seals.
	www.shetland-heritage.co.uk /brochures/themed_brochures/sea_mammals/explorer's_guide_1.htm (606 words)

	Cliff fall at Sumburgh Head
		Meanwhile engineers are to be called in to examine the stability of the rest of the rock face and of the road.
		Currently the RSPB and Aberdeen University rent offices at the lighthouse, and it was staff travelling to work yesterday morning who first spotted the damage, which occurred between 9 and10.30am.
		Sumburgh’s population of seabirds is world famous, partly because it is so easily accessible by road.
	www.shetland-news.co.uk /archives/pages/news%20stories/2004/2004%2001%20January/cliff_fall_at_sumburgh_head.htm (417 words)

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