Shetland

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Diary entries documenting my wildlife projects, ideas and encounters....

Jul 25, 2021

Shetland Trail Camera Joys

One of the many things I love about my trips to Shetland, is setting trail cams. I usually travel up a few days before I start guiding,...

Jan 26, 2019

BBC1 – Wild Shetland – Scotland’s Viking Frontier…. a must watch!

As many of you will know, I travel up to the Shetland Isles each year for a week, to guide with Hugh Harrop and ‘Shetland Wildlife’. It...

Jun 25, 2016

#30DaysWild – Day 25 Ultimate Shetland: Shetland Bumble Bee

I have been keeping an eye out, whilst in Shetland, for the Shetland Bumble Bee. I was hoping to capture some good photos, but the winds...

Jun 20, 2016

#30DaysWild – Day 20 Ultimate Shetland 2: A Wonderful Otter Encounter!

A rather grey morning greeted us this morning, but we could hardly complain after the spectacular weather we had yesterday. Loading up,...

Sep 3, 2015

My Shetland Images now online…..

It seems an age ago I was in the stunning Shetland Islands, watching and photographing some of the amazing wildlife there! After a very...

Aug 19, 2015

‘Ultimate Shetland’ with WildlifeKate & Hugh Harrop!

I am extremely excited to be able to announce that I will be running an exclusive and unique departure with Hugh Harrop of Shetland...

Jun 27, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 7 Sunny St Ninian’s & Sumburgh Head

Shetland is an isle of contrasts… you can often see just about all weather conditions in a matter of hours. We have been incredibly lucky...

Jun 26, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 6 Hermaness Headland

We awoke to a bright, but breezy day and decided to head up to Hermaness Nature Reserve. This reserve is in the North of Unst and is home...

Jun 25, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 5 Fetlar Phalaropes and more……

This morning, we all headed up to Fetlar, one of the 100 Shetland Islands which lie at the “cross roads of the North Sea”, roughly...

Jun 23, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 4 Fulmars, Golden Plover & Otter footage

We all had a rather relaxed start this morning after our late bedtime and busy day yesterday before heading up to a rather blustery...

Jun 22, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 3 Otters & Storm Petrels

Wow! What a truly amazing day…. and a very long day, that went on until 2am this morning. We started the day meeting John Moncrieff, a...

Jun 20, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 2

It is quite special to wake up in a location such as this… to stand overlooking the bay with a cup of tea, hoping for a glimpse of an...

Jun 20, 2015

Shetland 2015 – Day 1

I have been looking forward to this week since we booked it in January… a return visit for Pete and I after our last visit in 2011....