Rare in Shetland

When i saw these clouds over Spiggie i thought they looked unusual

I believe these are called Undulatus Asperatus clouds. The name translates approx. as ``roughened or agitated waves''. They are a ``new'' cloud type, relatively rare, the first proposed in 2009 by Gavin Pretor- Pinney who is the founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society based in Somerset England. Undulatus Asperatus was added to the International Cloud atlas in March 2017, it is the first cloud formation added since Cirrus Intotus in 1951

Although the Stratsraad Lehmkuhl is normally a regular visitor to Lerwick, this was its first visit to Scalloway as part of the 75th anniversary of the Hitra sub-chaser ( see ww2preserved.blogspot.co.uk)

It was a superb weekend with lots of people visiting, including around 150 from Norway.

Another super day on Saturday down at Ireland near Bigton. This one looking south to St Ninian's Isle

Another rare sight, the bones of a Pilot whale washed up on the beach at Ireland, normally if whale remains are found early enough they are dragged back into the sea

Don't forget to check out my new blog ww2preserved.blogspot.co.uk which has Shetland links