The Boddam Wildlife Sanctuary welcomes genuine nature lovers who are willing to respect the rules of the Sanctuary, but macho bully bird-brained twitchers are not welcome here. See the Legal Section.

This page is for those sufficiently ill-advised to think they have the right to persecute wildlife at Boddam. Introducing:

Hi, I'm the great Hugh Harrop, macho birder and ringleader of the bird-brained gang of witless twitchers currently besieging the Boddam Wildlife Sanctuary. I am the man to come to if you want to know how to upset the wildlife at Boddam.
Contact me for details about maximum harassment.
I have friends in high places and a direct line to the police. I will always be believed against anyone else. I once testified that this woman had intimidated me. She went to jail - that was a great day.
My friends do as I say, they are loyal and faithful servants.

April 7, 2025, Hugh Harrop says: "Sensational views of Shetland's seventh-ever Purple Heron at Boddam today. Great to see it catching a few eels in the burn and equally great to see folk of all ages and levels of interest coming for a look..." Let's see how many people we can get to poke their telephoto lenses at it from as close as possible - that won't be too scary for it, will it?

My advice is to ignore any nonsense about private land and udal law. We need to break these ideas otherwise we will have nowhere to exercise our right to harass the wildlife. If anyone approaches you, ignore them, tell them you have a right to be on the land and be as abusive as you like - they can do nothing. Pass this on to your friends.

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We can do maximum damage with a nice big group. Here's one coming in on the ferry. You can see in their faces, they're all looking forward to causing maximum havoc.
Roughly £26,000 here.
Great stuff.

Now we're talking! Here's a group to be proud of. This lot was stomping over the land looking for an Eastern Crowned Warbler. It desperately needed the help of the twitcher gang and we came in force. The poor ewe in the background doesn't know what to do, but hey ho.

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We take small groups of 4-6, or 6-8, or 8-10, or 10-12 - or more. It just depends how much money we can make or how much damage we can cause. We don't care really.
At £2,000 per head, this group was worth around £24,000.
Photo: Shetland Wildlife site

Will you lot just bugger off and leave me alone.
Photo: Hugh Harrop

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I'm incredibly proud that we can get hundreds of our bird-brained colleagues to come up to Shetland to harass the wildlife.

I'm the great Hugh Harrop. I've got the money and the influence to do what I like. See my massive weapon? I can be really intimidating with this - get out of my way.

I'll poke this right at you if you don't move - and my friend will help me. He's got a big one too, but it's not as big as mine. His just dangles, but mine stands up.

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I've got this drone. I can fly it anywhere I like. I don't have to take any notice of regulations.
Here I am at Boddam on 17 April 2025.

I can fly it over houses, or right down low to flush out wildlife for photographs.

I don't have to take any notice of the regulations for flying drones. I'm Hugh Harrop.

The CAA Drone and Model Aircraft Code:

6. Keep at least 150m away from residential, recreational, commercial and industrial sites.

8. Animals and wildlife: Do not fly where you’ll disturb or endanger animals and wildlife.

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Hi, I'm James Rogerson. I'm a tour guide with Shetland Nature. I've got a cheery smile as I go about my business at Boddam.

I like to come down to Boddam with a full minibus load and let them disturb the wildlife.

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Hi, I'm Roger Riddington, tour guide for Shetland Nature. Thinking about what I can do at Boddam today makes me smile.

I like to park my car on the grass at Boddam. I don't really care if it causes damage.

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Hi, I'm Simon Allan. Here I come with my all-terrain buggy. I love the outdoors.

Think I'll take my chainsaw on the foreshore -

Nice

and pinch some logs.
I didn't damage the verge - that was all the others.

That was a good haul.

And off we go.

Hi, I'm Billy Arthur. I like to leave my car on the Grass at Boddam while I go snorkelling to make money with my award winning pictures. I can go where I like.

This is how I like to park my car.

Boddam's a great place to let my dog loose - maybe flush out some birds or other wildlife.

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Hi, I'm Nat Hall. I like to organise parties at Boddam.

Nothing like a good party to wind folks up.

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We don't know the name of this man, but he let his dog loose on Thursday 17 April 2025, frightening the Purple heron, which flew away.
He lives at Dalsetter Wynd.
Let us know his name, so we can give him a proper entry.

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We do know the name of this man, it's Liam Drosso, Outdoor Access Officer of Shetland Islands Council, but we don't have a picture for him. If he (or anyone) would like to supply a picture, we can show what he looks like.
He was responsible for removing signs at Boddam - aided by the police.

Here's our new sign, shortly to go up, together with new signs at every entrance to the Sanctuary.

Liam Drosso represents an organisation that cannot show any shred of proof of its authority, and which has used every trick in the book to avoid answering Freedom of Information requests.

Explore this site: www.ourfois.com/SIC/ and you will find all the other organisations, from the UK government downwards, who are unable to show how Shetland is part of Scotland - they all admit they do not have the information.

Liam Drosso is just the same as all the other bullies on this site, exercising authority they do not have.

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Twitcher mating call.

Rogues Gallery (Click any one to enlarge)

Here are some that simply refused to come off the land. If you know their names , just let us know.

You can ....................off.

I will do exactly what I like.

No, we can park anywhere.

Just go away.

I'll just ignore you.

No, you go.

We ain't going nowhere.

Bye bye.

We'll just block the entrance

I'll leave car and walk away.

I'll park mine on the grass.

These walls are a nuisance.

Here we are, setting traps.

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Boddam Wildlife Sanctuary

The Boddam Wildlife Sanctuary welcomes genuine nature lovers who are willing to respect the rules of the Sanctuary, but macho bully bird-brained twitchers are not welcome here. See the Legal Section.

We can do maximum damage with a nice big group. Here's one coming in on the ferry. You can see in their faces, they're all looking forward to causing maximum havoc.Roughly £26,000 here.Great stuff.

We take small groups of 4-6, or 6-8, or 8-10, or 10-12 - or more. It just depends how much money we can make or how much damage we can cause. We don't care really.At £2,000 per head, this group was worth around £24,000.Photo: Shetland Wildlife site

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I'm incredibly proud that we can get hundreds of our bird-brained colleagues to come up to Shetland to harass the wildlife.

I'm the great Hugh Harrop. I've got the money and the influence to do what I like. See my massive weapon? I can be really intimidating with this - get out of my way.

I've got this drone. I can fly it anywhere I like. I don't have to take any notice of regulations.Here I am at Boddam on 17 April 2025.

Hi, I'm James Rogerson. I'm a tour guide with Shetland Nature. I've got a cheery smile as I go about my business at Boddam.

Hi, I'm Roger Riddington, tour guide for Shetland Nature. Thinking about what I can do at Boddam today makes me smile.

Hi, I'm Simon Allan. Here I come with my all-terrain buggy. I love the outdoors.

and pinch some logs. I didn't damage the verge - that was all the others.

Hi, I'm Billy Arthur. I like to leave my car on the Grass at Boddam while I go snorkelling to make money with my award winning pictures. I can go where I like.

Hi, I'm Nat Hall. I like to organise parties at Boddam.

We don't know the name of this man, but he let his dog loose on Thursday 17 April 2025, frightening the Purple heron, which flew away.He lives at Dalsetter Wynd.Let us know his name, so we can give him a proper entry.

We do know the name of this man, it's Liam Drosso, Outdoor Access Officer of Shetland Islands Council, but we don't have a picture for him. If he (or anyone) would like to supply a picture, we can show what he looks like.He was responsible for removing signs at Boddam - aided by the police.