A walk on Shetland's Westside brings you face to face with nature in all its amazing variety. You'll have good views of seals, seabirds, skuas, and moorland species such as skylark, curlew and golden plover.

The long, winding tideline teems with wildlife, with everything from rock pools full of hermit crabs and sea anemones to sheltered, sandy shores with razor shells and cockles. The geology of the west side is equally fascinating - displaying outcrops of granite and volcanic rocks in a heavily glaciated Old Red Sandstone.

Wild flowers abound in a landscape where traditional crofting methods have preserved many plants and habitats fast disappearing on mainland Britain.