Bousta

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Bousta
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Bousta
Location within Shetland
OS grid reference HU221575
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
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60°18′07″N1°35′56″W / 60.302°N 1.599°W / 60.302; -1.599

Bousta is a settlement on Mainland, in Shetland, Scotland. Bousta is situated in the parish of Walls and Sandness. [1]

Scott's Hawkweed is native to the pastures west of Bousta. [2] Barnacle geese have been observed at Bousta, [3] as well as seals. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Details of Parish of Walls and Sandness". Scottish Places. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Sell, Peter; Murrell, Gina (6 April 2006). Flora of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 4, Campanulaceae - Asteraceae. ISBN   9781139451208 . Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "January 2005 Sightings". Nature in Shetland. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sleeping Seal". Howard Towll. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2014.


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