Gruney

Also known as Gruney Island

Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies north of the Northmavine peninsula of the Shetland Mainland, from which it is separated by the Gruney Sound.

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Lighthouse.qid: Q28476838
Lighthouse.name: Gruney Lighthouse
Lighthouse.image: Gruney, Ramna Stacks - geograph.org.uk - 1932129.jpg
Lighthouse.caption: Isle of Gruney
Lighthouse.location: Gruney IsleShetlandScotlandUnited Kingdom
Lighthouse.yearbuilt: 1976 (first)
Lighthouse.yearlit: 2004 (current)
Lighthouse.automated: 1976
Lighthouse.yeardeactivated: 2004 (first)
Lighthouse.foundation: concrete base
Lighthouse.construction: metal skeletal tower
Lighthouse.shape: quadrangular tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top
Lighthouse.marking: white tower
Lighthouse.characteristic: Fl WR 5s.
Lighthouse.managingagent: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

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Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies north of the Northmavine peninsula of the Shetland Mainland, from which it is separated by the Gruney Sound.

Gruney has a population of Leach's petrels, one of just two in Shetland. It is not a National Nature Reserve, but the RSPB has a management agreement with the owners.