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All about wildlife photography, underwater and above, based on the Shetland Islands in the far north

Shetland Island based nature photographer who provides unique and dedicated photographic holidays for individuals and small groups through Shetland Photo Tours. Richard Shucksmith is a photographer and ecologists whose images have won many awards. Richard's ethos is about getting the photographer in the right place at the right time. To get the best from the subject and the light, to create beautiful inspiring images

08/01/2025

Following a mum and two cubs, another otter appeared and wanted to fight with one of the otter cubs. Mum obviously knew the otter, I think one of her cubs from the previous year. They would sniff each other, and then mum would ignore it. However, while mum was fishing, it came ashore to the two cubs; one cub was ignored, but the next it fought with. Initially, I thought it may be a one-off, but it happened several times over 10 minutes, where this intruder targeted the same otter cub. However, it never happened when mum was with the cubs. The cub's interaction with this otter caused the cubs to come out very close to me. I was thankful for the silent shutter, but my lens was a bit too long, being a prime lens, and I could not zoom out. The intimacy of an otter family always amazes me, but it always seems to be more intense after an interaction like that.

01/01/2025

I got to spend some time recently with one of my favourite animals. Mum and her two cubs she brought in a variety of prey, but by far my favourite to see her catch is an octopus.

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08/09/2024

I am so looking forward to speaking at the Big Picture Conference next weekend, about Scottish Seas and killer whales, see the details below, it will be a fascinating and interesting day, covering many different aspects of rewilding, and why Scotland can be a leader in nature recovery.

The Big Picture Conference is taking place on 14th September.

Join me and other speakers for a fun and fulfilling day of presentations, learning, and discussions. All centred on this year's theme 'Why Not Scotland?' Tickets for the conference are still available.

Book your place now: http://scotlandbigpicture.com/conference

01/09/2024

The one last time I got to see the puffins at Hermaness, the weather/light was amazing, enhancing the wildness of this place. I loved every minute, even though I got wet through several times with heavy showers. The magic of the coast and the seabird cliffs keeps on inspiring and will never stop in what has to be one of Scotland's Wild Wonders, the cliffs of Hermaness National Nature Reserve.

21/07/2024

It was amazing to get up on Hermaness National Nature Reserve with and the group he had brought to Shetland. I never tire of Hermaness, how can you, with amazing scenery and the cliffs brimming with seabirds. The light and seabirds were amazing. It was so nice to see so many puffins on the cliffs.

09/06/2024

It was a day of changing light, and being there in the middle of the day meant I was exposed to the harshest midday sun. To be fair, it was amazing; it was sunny being Shetland, and to feel the warmth of the sun. Noss National Nature Reserve is open between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. I went mainly for a walk around the cliffs and to spend some time with the seabird colonies, not really intending to take images. However, there were few puffins about and the flowers along the cliff edge looked beautiful. I could not resist taking a few images, even though the light felt very harsh.

19/01/2024

Still image of the rare Beluga whale of Hilslwick, Shetland this week. It was great to see what I assumed to be feeding. Big shout out to Williams for getting us out there in his Land Rover. The weather conditions were extremely challenging, both for photography and for driving. Let's hope the Beluga stays, as the weather is looking to break this weekend and everyone will get to see it.

17/01/2024

Amazing to see this Beluga in Shetland today. Beluga whales are more Arctic and sub-Arctic whales and are rarely seen in Shetland, very few records of these whales in Shetland. Big thank you to Phil, Bec and Ayda from Shetland Seabird Tours - The Noss Boat for picking me up in their 4x4; otherwise, I would not have made it due to the track to my house being deep in snow. Big shout out to the people who first saw it and got it out on the local cetacean groups/facebook.

23/12/2023

Shortest day of the year; I went and spent it with an otter family, a mum and two cubs. It was an amazing day, full of wintery squalls, bringing horizontal heavy snow showers (that filled my lens hood with snow), followed by periods of calm with the occasional sun, creating that gorgeous winter light. It was brutal at times, and my gloves got wet towards the end of the day. I was struggling even to feel the camera's shutter button. Which means I had the wrong gloves. It was a fun few hours seeing the otter family feeding, playing and sleeping.

11/12/2023

Filmed this November, the last thing before dark shows members of the 27 pod either playing or practising hunting techniques, or both of these results in the same learned behaviour. Through play, they learn hunting behaviour. This was ongoing for well over 45 minutes. What I managed to observe (it was not always easy to follow due to the speed of the action and disappearing below the surface out of sight for a while before reappearing) was centred around the youngest member of the pod. Other pod members, the two bulls plus another individual, were off hunting in a voe up to 2 km away before making their way back, collecting the playful group, then carrying on their way.

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