Timetable and fares Information Whichever sailing you choose, and many do both, please don’t • RSPB welcomes responsible access to this important Nature Reserve leave your trip to the last day of your visit as all sailings are weather dependent. • Mousa has the largest breeding colony of storm petrels in UK All sailings depart from Sandsayre pier, Sandwick unless • Keep to the designated paths to avoid disturbance otherwise advised. Other sailing times and group booking and damage to wildlife The Mousa Boat rates are available on request. • The is a twenty minute walk from Mousa pier • Care should be taken on the paths – they may be Daytime sailing timetable slippery or over rough ground Your ferry to the isle Operates daily (except Saturday) from April to mid-September, • Appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear should no booking required. During April and September please check be worn 2021 which days the Mousa Boat is operating. • Care should be taken within the broch Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri Depart 11:30hrs Return 14:30hrs • A torch may be helpful on dusk trips Sun Depart 13:30hrs Return 16:30hrs • Flash photography is not permitted near storm petrel nest sites Daytime sailing fares • Please take your rubbish back with you Adult £16.00 Travel Children (5-16 years) £7.00 By car: Head south 10 miles from Please check your sailing is operating two hours before leaving on the A970, turn left at departure time by visiting www.mousa.co.uk or phoning fi rst Sandwick junction following signs Lerwick Gremista, Times, The by Printed 07901 872339. for Mousa. The pier is one mile on the left. Storm petrel dusk sailing timetable (BOOKING REQUIRED) By bus: The Number 6 Service from Sailings are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Trip Lerwick or Sumburgh has suitable duration is approximately 2 hours. connection times with sailings most

May Departs 22:30hrs days - please check with the bus Mousa ysandison.com operator for times (Leasks of Lerwick June Departs 22:30hrs tel 01595 693162). Ask the driver for the July Departs 22:30hrs nearest drop-off point and allow for the 10 minute walk down to the pier. Please check the website for dates and bookings. For more information on Shetland visit www.shetland.org Storm petrel dusk sailing fares Adult £30.00 Children (5-16 years) £10.00 The Mousa Boat Shetland by Nature

Mousa Boat (Shetland) Ltd Tel 07901 872339 email [email protected] web www.mousa.co.uk / TheMousaBoat Images: www.johnmoncrie photography.com, www.rspb-images.com, www.garr www.rspb-images.com, photography.com, Images: www.johnmoncrie Welcome to Mousa Storm petrel dusk trips Walk with the warden One of Shetland’s most spectacular sights is the return in late Join RSPB Scotland for a guided walk to discover The enchanting Isle of Mousa with its ancient Iron Age broch evening of hundreds of these small birds after several days Mousa’s natural treasures. Adults £5, Children (5-16 and incredible wildlife is the perfect place for visitors to feeding out at sea. The northern latitude means it never really years) £2. RSPB and Wildlife Explorer members half price. experience the essential nature of Shetland. gets dark in early summer (the “Simmer Dim”) and the birds use Price above does not include ferry fare. Situated at 60˚north this wild and now this half-light to evade predators on their return to nest in the Visit: www.rspb.org.uk/mousa uninhabited island has been visited Mousa Broch and nearby field walls. many times over the centuries, in fact The Mousa Boat We run our very popular and acclaimed guided walks to Mousa the broch even features in a couple of Broch at dusk to observe this display from late May to mid-July For many years a Mousa Boat has taken visitors on the the Sagas. Mousa today is an on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays – please see timetable 15 minute crossing from Sandsayre at Sandwick in South RSPB Nature Reserve and is home to for dates and sailing times. Shetland to Mousa. Owned and operated by Shetlanders, their important breeding colonies of seals and seabirds including See booking details below. knowledge of these waters and Mousa will make your trip a the extraordinary storm petrel. There are many opportunities pleasant and informative experience. The latest purpose-built for visitors to observe a fascinating range of plant and wildlife, Mousa Boat is a twin engine Class VI vessel fully equipped to and you may even be fortunate to catch a glimpse of an elusive MCA safety regulations, which has seating for 60 passengers otter or passing whale! and is available for private charter and short cruises.

Mousa, a place of time SEASON 2021 COVID-19 The Sandsayre Centre We at Mousa Boat hope you are all keeping safe following Stepping ashore on Mousa (“Mossy Island” in Old Norse) Your journey begins at the historic Sandsayre pier where what has been a very trying year for everyone. you can sense the passage of time all around you with its the old boatshed, complete with a former ‘flit’ boat, has To keep our customers safe during our trips we will be running archaeological sites, desolate ruins and most famously been developed into a fascinating centre with a maximum of thirty passengers at a time. This allows the Mousa Broch - the best preserved Iron Age tower in interpreting the life and times of the local space for social distancing, even though you will be seated on existence from the hundreds built around the northern area. For those who wish to know more, a an open deck, we would ask that all passengers wear face coasts of Scotland. Even today the visitor can still climb visit to the nearby Hoswick Visitor Centre masks (unless exempt) and also that you use the hand sanitizer the spiral staircase to marvel at the commanding view and (2 miles) with its eclectic collections and provided as you board. workmanship of this 2000 year-old building. The purpose of archive will be a rewarding experience – it also has a homely If required we will do a second boat run -half an hour later- if these brochs remains a mystery but one thing we do know, cafe that can provide a ‘flask and sandwich’ service for Mousa the visitor numbers on the day are greater than thirty, so no Mousa Broch makes a unique nest site for hundreds of storm visitors. Please note, the nearest bus stop for the Mousa Boat is one will miss out. petrels. about a ten minute walk down to the pier and public toilets are

available nearby.

To book any of our trips Tel: 07901 872 339 Email: [email protected] www.mousa.co.uk /TheMousaBoat