We have all been aware of the humpback whales last November/December that were getting seen almost daily round Shetland.

  Capturing underwater gannets With a 6ft wingspan, pristine white plumage, black wingtips, yellow saturation to the head and an impressive dagge

With so many islands creating such a comparatively vast shoreline, the coastal habitats throughout Shetland are varied and highly complex. Ranging fro

Shetland has a high diversity of seabirds, with twenty one species breeding around the coast. In the height of the summer breeding season the colonies

Fair Isle is only 5 km long by 3 km wide and is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. In the height of the seabird-breeding season it provides hom

The weather was OK so headed out to check up on a family of Shetland otters and observed some very interesting behaviour. In particular, this family,

I had been away from home for the last month and could not wait to get out and look for Shetland otters, and see what they were up to. It was a very w

It turned into a special a day for following Shetland otters. I had decided to go and walk a stretch of coast to look for otter that I had not walked