2011-03 Shetland Iss with Shetland Nature

Ferry

A large ferry that runs between the two larger islands.

Mainland to Yell, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Boat

Seen while we were waiting for the next ferry.

Yell, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Ferry

A smaller ferry than the one between the Mainland and Yell.

Yell to Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Common Rabbits

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Harbor Seals

Phoca vitulina

Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Greylag Geese

Anser anser

Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Fulmars

Fulmarus glacialis

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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17,000 Northern Gannets

Morus bassanus - being heavier, windward cliffs are easier to launch to flight.

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannets

Morus bassanus

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannets

Morus bassanus - tight nesting areas lead to a few squabbles.

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannets

Morus bassanus

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannets

Morus bassanus

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannets

Morus bassanus - nesting behavior.

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Lighthouse

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Lighthouse

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Shetland Sheep

Ovis aries

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Shetland Sheep

Ovis aries

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Golden Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 25, 2011

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Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Eurasian Otter

Lutra lutra - our primary photo subject of the trip.

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Redshank

Tringa totanus

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Dore Holm

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Esha Ness

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Esha Ness

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Esha Ness Lighthouse

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arguata

Esha Ness, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Shetland Rams

Ovis aries - one black, one white.

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Farm

Very exposed, I wonder what this place is like in the winter.

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Coast

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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The Drongs

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Cheviot Sheep

Ovis aries

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 26, 2011

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Mountain Hares

Lepus timidus - most were difficult to get near enough for a good photo.

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 27, 2011

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Mountain Hare

Lepus timidus - this one posed for a short time.

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 27, 2011

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Lower Voe

Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 27, 2011

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Ruined Church & Graveyard

Voe, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 27, 2011

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Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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Eurasian Otters

Lutra lutra - female and her two large juveniles.

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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Eurasian Otters

Lutra lutra - not a very good photo, but a tight pose.

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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Brydon Thomason

Our guide/owner of Shetland Nature.

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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Eurasian Otters

Lutra lutra - with a fish, freshly caught.

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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Eurasian Otters

Lutra lutra

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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Eurasian Otter

Lutra lutra - easily spooked, we were very still and had a very close encounter with the female and her juvenile.

Gluss, Mainland, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, March 28, 2011

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