A day off for Theo and myself yesterday so we headed out just after sunrise for some early morning birding. A drake Long-tailed Duck and...

A juv Hen Harrier from a recent #Mull Nature Explorer. It has been a very poor breeding season for this species on the northern moors...

We are sometimes fortunate to see Great Skuas (Bonxies) pursuing seabirds around the coastline on our Mull and Ardnamurchan land-based...

WHAT...A...BIRD ... We have had a huge increase in Sooty Shearwater sightings in #Mull waters this late summer / autumn. Instead of...

A Nature Scotland staff day out with Sea Life Mull - HUMPBACK WHALE! After providing another week of land-based wildlife tours on #Mull,...

On yesterday's #Mull Nature Explorer we had superb views of Gannets feeding hard just off the coastline! Other encounters included five...

Who says aliens don't exist?! This is the exoskeleton of a Common Hawker, left behind by the nymph emerging from a mountainous lochan to...

We encountered this juvenile Cuckoo on a #Mull Nature Explorer this week! It was feeding independently so presumably fuelling up ready...

We have managed to see these stunning Greenshanks on some recent #Mull Explorers. The island is an important wintering site for these...

That perfect #Hebridean sunset… Whilst doing an evening sea-watch this week, we watched our home star disappear down behind the island of...

Our young intern, Joe Fryer, is helping guide on our tours during September and he managed to get these lovely photos of this Slow Worm...

We are enjoying seeing Gannets feeding hard on our recent #Mull Explorers as the food abundance increases around coastal waters. This...

Look at these beauties... We have counted up to four juvenile Curlew Sandpipers on recent #Mull tours. They breed in Arctic Siberia and...

We have enjoyed some wonderful views of Otters on #Mull Nature Explorer and Mull Wilderness Explorer tours this summer. They are mainly...

A Scotch Argus feeding from Devils-Bit Scabious. This was on a flora rich road verge on a straight stretch, causing no restrictions of...

A Common Hawker freshly emerged as an avian predator after a few years living as an aquatic nymph in the murky lochan, 600m high in the...

THE SNOW LEOPARDS OF #MULL... Spot the Ptarmigan We were thrilled to encounter two juveniles in the high mountains last week! This is the...

A male Black Darter from a recent #Mull package expedition with Iolo Williams and guests. This small heathland and moorland species is...

It is the little things in life... Lesser Trefoil under a macro lens on the Calgary machair this summer. The floral diversity continues...

Adult Bonapartes Gull - A first record for Mull! This North American vagrant was first found by Dan Pointon on the 29th July and since...