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Humpback Whales Shetland

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

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richardshucksmith

Photographer & Cameraman
Marine biologist/ecologist
Owner & guide Shetland Photo Tour
Co-author 'Otters in Shetland: The Tale of the 'draatsi''

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Something a little different today and one you don't see too many images of underwater. One of the most common cetaceans seen around Shetland coast and the UK harbour porpoise. Measuring just 1.5 to 1.9 m in length and weighing between 45 and 85 kg, the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the smallest cetacean in the UK. They are fast and shy animals. These were photographed by snorkelling, just laying from still on the surface and then just letting them come and have a look. They would often come in very fast to within a few meters and then zoom off again. ⁠
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I had done a lot of work on harbour porpoise in North Wales with some colleagues (you can read the scientific paper below by copying and pasting that link into google), so I was absolutely delighted to see them underwater. ⁠
⁠ 'Abundance and distribution of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) on the north coast of Anglesey, Wales, UK, 2008, ⁠
Richard Shucksmith, Nia H. Jones, George W. Stoyle, Andrew Davies & Emily F. Dicks: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UnitedKingdom https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315408002579'⁠
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Mum and cubs trying to sleep in a precarious position, one of the cubs kept falling off and then trying to get back on top of them, somehow I don't think this was a too comfortable sleeping position for all members of the family.⁠
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Check this month BBC Wildlife magazine if you have not already, a great article in there by Catherine Smailey about otters on Shetland, great to see my good friend and colleague Brydon Thomason @shetland_nature supply the images for the article. ⁠
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Puffins are cute, maybe even the cutest of the UK seabirds. However, it is deceiving, as they often have little scuffles between themselves. ⁠
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