Red-necked Phalaropes making more Red-necked Phalaropes... For reasons best known to them, these moments don't last very long so I filmed this action in slo-mo at 120 frames per second. RareBirdAlertUK The British Nature Guide Blue Planet Society Mark Avery Chris Packham Ullapool Sea Savers

Thank you to our friends at The Mousa Boat for an amazing 24 hrs which started with a fabulous midnight trip to the Iron Age broch at Mousa to watch Storm Petrels returning ashore followed by a equally brilliant trip to the Noss seabird colonies with Gannets galore. Magical!

Currently watching five of the 27s pod of ORCAS off the North Mainland with our Shetland Wildlife group. Incredible views as they passed us only a few metres off the coast!

A little snip of footage from our encounter with some of the '27s' #Orcas off the north Mainland of Shetland this week. Includes a few cameo appearances from the calf born in November 2022. 💛🖤 Blue Planet Society Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) Marine Conservation Society VisitScotland NorthLink Ferries Ullapool Sea Savers Karen Hall

Reason number 7,435 why we love our job - moments like this...

Bull Orca '34' from the 27s Northern Isles Community pod surfacing just a few metres away from our Shetland Wildlife group as we stood on the shoreline of the north Mainland, Shetland last week. Magical.

A fabulous start to our seventh Ultimate Shetland week of the season - at least 15 RISSO'S DOLPHINS - including a tiny calf - gave our group fabulous views off Sumburgh Head this morning. They included 'Floppy' who was first documented for Photo ID off Noss back in 2014.

Fabulous pic by 'Ultimate Shetland' June 2024 tour participant Christine Whiffen of bull '34' from the 27s #Orca pod as he swam by us just a few metres away from our shoreside vantage point. What a moment that was!

This splendid Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica, only the 5th record for Shetland, was seen on 13th July. Thankfully it ventured close enough for some decent images to be obtained on a drizzly day. Many thanks to Dave Fairhurst of Shetland Wildlife for telling me where to look.

Portrait of a Northern Gannet Morus bassanus, taken from the boat during a Shetland Wildlife visit to Noss on 8th July. An unforgettable experience.

As shot, and cropped versions of part of a pod of about 10 Risso's Dolphins Grampus griseus, seen swimming off the Shetland coast on 11th July Shetland Wildlife. The scarring and fin-damage may enable some of these individuals to be recognised if seen before, or identified in future.

Fabulous encounter with a pod of c.15 Risso's Dolphins as they moved south through Mousa Sound, Shetland this morning. Certainly some new additions to the photo ID catalogue there.

Comfortably my best view of a Red-throated Diver or Loon Gavia stellata to date, seen in lovely evening sunshine at Hillswick, Shetland on 9th July Shetland Wildlife. The cropped enlargement illustrates the subtleties of the bird's wonderful plumage.

Lovely image of a male Red-necked Phalarope by Ultimate Shetland tour participant David Element.

Bog Orchids are very, very small and very, very rare here in Shetland. They are found at a handful of sites in wet acid bogs and flashes on Mainland, Yell and Papa Stour - but one of those sites just happens to be the biggest colony in Scotland. This afternoon Shetland Wildlife

Portrait of a splendid Northern Gannet Morus bassanus. Taken at Noss during a Shetland Wildlife boat-trip on 8th July.

Cropped photograph of a Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata. Taken at Hillswick, Shetland on 9th July during a Shetland Wildlife holiday.

A Guillemot or Common Murre Uria aalge of the 'bridled' form flying past the Shetland Wildlife boat during the visit to Noss on a sunny 8th July.

A Minke Whale surfacing in Mousa Sound, Shetland. Filmed in slo mo at 120 frames per second. Blue Planet Society SumburghHead The British Nature Guide Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) Marc Riley ⚽️🍺🐳 Ullapool Sea Savers Karen Hall Mammal Society Sea Watch Foundation Saana Isojunno NorthLink Ferries Marine Conservation Society Catherine Gemmell Shetland Wildlife

A nice selection of fins and feathers to kickstart our Autumn tours here in Shetland over the last few days. Highlights have included Greenish, Icterine, Barred and Wood Warblers, Wryneck, Wood Sandpipers, Little Stint, several Minke Whales and a pod of Risso Dolphins.