'''Fair Isle''' is in the Shetland Islands, midway between Orkney and Shetland.
Get in
Fair Isle can be reached from Shetland by the mail boat ''Good Shepherd IV'' from Grutness at the south end of Shetland or twice a month in the summer from Lerwick. Fair Isle can also be reached by air from Tingwall (a 15 minute taxi ride from Lerwick) in Shetland or in summer on Saturdays from Sumburgh in Shetland. There are no direct services from Orkney or Scotland.
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See
Fair Isle is famed for its bird population, lying as it does on main migratory routes.
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Sleep
There is limited accommodation on Fair Isle at the Bird Observatory, at one bed and breakfast establishment and one self-catering cottage.
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