The Natural History of Shetland (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 64)The first comprehensive account of the Islands plants and animals. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists. com The Shetland Islands are the northernmost part of the British Isles, lying midway between Norway and Scotland, near the edge of the Continental Shelf. Their isolation and mixture of oceanic and Arctic ecologies have given rise to unique plant associations as well as forms of animal and plant species unknown on the British mainland. The