Field Notes & Archives
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Aurora sightings, weather moments, behind-the-scenes updates, and announcements from the most northerly network of live webcams in the UK.
April 27, 2026
Aurora Archive: 20-04-2026
April Aurora with stars, clear skies and setting moon
February 11, 2026
Aurora Archive: 10-02-2026
Arc to Active ever so quickly
February 5, 2026
Up Helly Aa 2026
How we streamed Up Helly Aa in 2026
December 4, 2025
Aurora Archive: 30-11-2025
This active region continues to perform
December 4, 2025
Aurora Archive: 29-10-2025
Good views from Cliff Cam 3 and Burradale
August 14, 2025
Lightning Strike over Airport
Lightning Strike over Sumburgh Airport
July 8, 2025
Sometimes Something Special...
Not sure I have the vocabulary to describe this clip
June 22, 2025
Midsummer Flash Bang
Lightening bolt captured over south mainland
June 22, 2025
Midsummer Puffins
Puffins celebrate midsummer in Shetland
May 17, 2025
Aurora Archive: 17-05-2025
Simmer Dim Aurora visible in Shetland across Aurora Cam Network
February 16, 2025
Aurora Archive: 15-02-2025
Burradale managed to escape the cloud to show a brief but active auroral display
February 11, 2025
Aurora Archive: 10-02-2025
Clear skies, moonlight night and a brief burst of activity on what looks like a summers day
January 2, 2025
Aurora Archive: 01-01-2025
Glimpses between snow showers the 2025 aurora archive kicks-off north and south
December 30, 2024
Fireball Flash
Incredible all-sky flash seen across Shetland Islands
November 20, 2024
Town Centre Changes
Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change
November 11, 2024
Aurora Archive: 10-11-2024
Brief activity in the skies above Sumburgh Airport in Shetland
November 6, 2024
Aurora Archive: 10-10-2024
A rare capture of an incredible aurora visible in the southern skies of Shetland
November 6, 2024
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
A comet that even looked like a comet as seen from Ronas Voe Dark Skies live stream
August 6, 2024
Exchanging personal information
Exchanging your personal details safely
July 10, 2024
NLC Archive: 09-07-2024
Noctilucent Cloud makes an appearance in Shetland's northern summer skies
May 5, 2024
Aurora Archive: 03-05-2024
Purple Skies aurora as seen from Shetland's Aurora Camera Network
April 27, 2024
Aurora Archive: 26-04-2024
Purple Skies aurora as seen from Shetland's Aurora Camera Network
April 17, 2024
Aurora Archive: 17-04-2024
Eshaness had the best view as the clouds co-operated
April 13, 2024
Fireball at 60 North
Daytime Fireball with a bang...
January 4, 2024
Plans for 2024
Out with the old...in with the new
January 1, 2024
RedEye Private Stream
RedEye Members get their own private Up Helly Aa Live Stream in 2024
December 3, 2023
Aurora Archive: 01-12-2023
Winter aurora display from Shetland
November 27, 2023
Ronas Voe Moonbeam
Moonbeam appears over Ronas Voe
November 8, 2023
Aurora Aurora
No two displays are ever the same
November 8, 2023
Orca glimpses
You never know what to expect on our live streams
December 31, 2022
Looking forward...
Up Helly Aa 2023 will be streamed live once again
August 27, 2022
Missing in action
The impact of moderation failures
February 10, 2022
Content delivered on 10gbps network
An incredible 3TB of video streamed every 24 hours from Shetland
June 16, 2021
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Common questions that deserve the light of day
February 5, 2021
Streaming the Northern Lights
Shetland Webcams added a brand-new aurora capable camera at Eshaness Lighthouse
January 9, 2020
2020 Vision
A new year and a new look
November 16, 2019
Power Problems
What happens when the lights go out
June 17, 2019
60 NORTH RADIO
Music for Webcam Watching
December 21, 2018
One Year Onwards
One year since the decision was taken to keep Shetland Webcams alive and kicking...
July 16, 2018
Global Streaming
Delivering streams closer to our viewers
May 10, 2018
RedEye Sunset
The sun sets peacefully behind Fitful Head as we come to the end of the amazing RedEye Campaign
April 17, 2018
Disqus Disqus
The role of a moderator....
April 2, 2018
Beatcroft Social Rebooted
Beatcroft Social rebooted! Full playlist and Tom checks out of hospital specially…
March 31, 2018
RedEye Campaign
Shetland Webcams launches 6-week Crowdfunding Campaign
March 30, 2018
The Head at Sumburgh
Sumburgh 'Binaural Audio' Head
March 29, 2018
Live Aurora from Shetland
Shetland Webcams Live Aurora streaming impressed so many on 18th March 2018
March 28, 2018
Beatcroft Social Returns
Tom Morton returns
End of Archive
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