PUFFLINGS!!! Wonderful to see several young Puffins at their burrow entrances at Sumburgh Head, Shetland yesterday. It won't be long before these bundles of fluff and feather head away from our shores to spend the next couple of years at sea. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

Mother and calf Orcas... The beautiful sight of female '152' from the '27s' pod and her calf born in Autumn 2024 heading south off Sumburgh Head, Shetland just over ten days ago. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Lovey to watch this BASKING SHARK off St. Ninian's Isle. Shetland yesterday evening. Estimated to be around 6 metres in length using Fulmar wing spans in pics and video as measuring aids! 🦈 #MarineLife #UKWildlife #Shark

Not what I was expecting to see in our at garden at Hillwell, Shetland today - a male Hawfinch! Only a handful of previous Shetland July records exist. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

A stunning Burnished Brass from our Shetland garden actinic yesterday. A scarce immigrant to Shetland and just about annual here since the first record in 1997. #mothsmatter #teammoth

ORCA CALVES: a short video from last 'super' Sunday - surely the undoubted highlight of our ninth consecutive @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social 'Ultimate Shetland' trip! #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Over the moon to have found this migrant Honey Buzzard heading over our Shetland garden on Sunday evening - the second 'HB' to have been at 'ours' this spring / summer! #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

Reason 14,876 why I love my job as a guide for @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social - sitting on the cliffs at Sumburgh Head with a Puffin keeping us company as we sat waiting for Orcas to swim by yesterday afternoon.

An amazing start to our @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social 'Ultimate Shetland' trip with incredible views of Orcas as they headed south from Noss to Sumburgh. Delighted to see two known calves in the pod with their mothers - but from differing matrilines. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #UKWildlife

20 YEARS AGO TODAY Hugh photographed and documented the now famous '27s' Orcas for the very first time. At that time back in July 2006 there were four individuals in the pod... #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

A little bit of aerial video of the Atlantic White-sided Dolphins that graced Freester in the east Mainland of Shetland yesterday. Lovely to see quite a few calves in the pod. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Wonderful to watch a pod of c20 Atlantic White-sided Dolphins off Freester in the east Mainland of Shetland this afternoon. Here's two of them... #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Fabulous views of a couple of pods of Risso's Dolphins in Mousa Sound, Shetland early on Sunday evening and lovely to see so many calves. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Mottled Rustic: first-ever Shetland record. Delighted to find this in the garden actinic trap here at Hillwell earlier this morning! #mothsmatter #teammoth #ukwildlife

Female Ghost Moth from the MV trap here at Hillwell, Shetland this morning. #mothsmatter #teammoth #UKWildlife

Footage from our fabulous Friday watching ORCAS here in Shetland. We followed them for several hours (from land) as they slowly made their way south from Bressay to Mousa. Great to see the calf born in late 2022 with its mother 'Vaila' - the matriarch of the '27s' pod. #MarineMammals #UKWildlife

White-billed Diver - the movie! Enjoy a minute of footage of this stunning bird filmed off West Burrafirth, Shetland last week. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

Lovely views of this Marsh Warbler at Sumburgh Quarry yesterday. The warmth of the 'silage tyres' there attracts lots of invertebrates and this bird fed actively among them, occasionally bursting into song! No jokes about drive-through dining please...🙈 #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #UKWildlife

ORCAS! The highlight for guests (and guides!) on our @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social tour last week. On reviewing media, the Scottish KW Photo ID team (Karen Munro, Saana Isojunno, Karen Hall & myself) matched them to encounters off Ardnamuchan a week earlier! #MarineLife #MarineMammals #UKWildlife

A few more pics of the stunning breeding plumaged adult White-billed Diver (aka Yellow-billed Loon) off West Burrafirth out in the west mainland of Shetland on Friday afternoon. Highlight of spring 2026 for me. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

Lovely views of this Greenish Warbler at Sumburgh Head, Shetland yesterday. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

What a stunner! Enjoyed absolutely incredible views of this Arctic-bound White-billed Diver (aka Yellow-billed Loon) in full breeding plumage at West Burrafirth, Shetland yesterday. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

ORCAS! From Oban to Shetland – an EXCITING photo ID match! Monday morning 8 June 2026 could not have started better for David and our ‘Ultimate Shetland’ group. Just after breakfast we received news from our friends and ardent WDC Shorewatch... #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

What a set of whiskers - a Bearded Seal discovered by local fisherman Kenny Williamson in the north Mainland of Shetland yesterday morning. There are around 40 UK records of this Arctic seal with nearly half of these being seen here in Shetland. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #UKWildlife #seal

An incredible day for our @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social 'Ultimate Shetland' group which started off with a wonderful pod of Orcas in Quendale Bay just after breakfast and ended with these Risso's Dolphins out in the west Mainland this afternoon. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Over the moon to have found this migrant Honey Buzzard in our Shetland garden this morning. The bird flew up and drifted around in the fog towards Quendale and we saw it again later when the weather cleared as it drifted off north east. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

Volume up 🔊 - the lovely sound of a migrant Greenish Warbler in the east Mainland of Shetland today. Greenish Warblers are rare but annual visitors to Shetland, predominantly in autumn with spring records few and far between. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

Lovely views off this migrant European Nightjar at Troswick, Shetland this afternoon. Nightjars are scarce migrants to Shetland with spring 2026 proving to be one of the best years ever. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #UKWildlife

A wonderful start to the day for 'Ultimate Shetland' group with lovely views of a nursery pod of Risso's Dolphins off the coast of the south Mainland, Shetland. Some of the calves were tiny. Aerial footage showing a few of them from this morning. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Gannet colony in the fog today at Noss, Shetland. The incredible scenes this afternoon with our @shetlandwildlife.bsky.social group were off the scale with thick fog coming and going and intensifying the already incredible textures of the sandstone cliffs. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #UKWildlife