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Keeping a low profile. An otter slinks out of a l

Tucking In... Keeping those dangerous claws at a

Tucking In...

Keeping those dangerous claws at a paw's length away, the otter rips off the tail of the lobster to get at the flesh within that tough shell.

#otter #ottersofinstagram #otterlife #otterlove #lobster #mull #scotland #photooftheday #bbcwildlifepotd #wildlifephotography #wildlifeplanet #wildlifeonearth #canonr5 #workshop #guiding

An otter with a taste for the expensive prey... a

An otter with a taste for the expensive prey... a blue lobster.

From a special encounter shared with my clients, recently here on Mull.

It ate the lobster just a few feet in front of where I was hiding, and thanks to the completely silent Canon R5 camera, and close-focusing RF100-500mm lens, I captured the whole sequence without any disturbance.

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#otter #mull #lobster #guiding #wildlife #wildlifephotography #eurasianotter #scotland #canonphotography #canon #canonr5

Common Dolphins. Breaching beside the Lady Jayne

Common Dolphins.

Breaching beside the Lady Jayne this week from flat, calm seas out towards the Treshnish Isles.

The highlight from a five-day workshop here on Mull, which also included sightings of white-tailed eagles, golden eagles, hen harriers, a short-eared owl, otters and more.

#dolphins #mull #treshnishisles #canonphotography #cetacean #commondolphin #wildlifephotography #wildlifeworkshop #photographyworkshop #workshop #guiding #naturephotography

White-Tailed Eagle. Performing a sharp mid-air tu

White-Tailed Eagle.

Performing a sharp mid-air turn...

#whitetailedeagle #mull #eaglesofinstagram #scotland #scottishwildlife #canonphotography #canon #birdsofinstagram #bbcearth #bbcwildlifepotd

Otter. After watching this young otter catch, han

Otter.

After watching this young otter catch, handle and extract the livers of two dogfish, it was clearly time for a drink.

It hoofed up the shore to a stream we were hiding beside.

They're pretty wasteful when it comes to dogfish, as they seem to target just the liver, and leave the fish, still alive on the shore.

It's soon picked off by gulls, corvids or even white-tailed eagles, but when you're watching one with what appears to be such a substantial meal, and then it seems to abandon it after a few moments, you can question why.

The skin of dogfish is very tough, similar to sharks, so the otter has no interest in eating it. Liver out, done.

#otter #guiding #workshop #scotland #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographer #naturephotography #lutralutra #canonphotography

White-Tailed Eagle. Full of concentration and foc

White-Tailed Eagle.

Full of concentration and focus.

#whitetailedeagle #mullcharters #mull #eagle #wildlifephotography #guiding #workshop #birdphotography #canonphotography

Puffin. Busy keeping all of its feathers in top c

Puffin.

Busy keeping all of its feathers in top condition for fishing and remaining warm in the waters around Lunga.

Hats off to the tour operators based around Mull for taking the difficult decision to stop landings to the Treshnish Isles from Monday to hopefully slow the spread of Avian Flu to the seabirds there.

After the lean months from the pandemic, this can't have been an easy decision to make, though I know they all respect the wildlife, so perhaps there was no decision to debate.

They are switching to sea-based cruises now though, so visitors can still see the birds, and perhaps get some different images to normal, from the trips.

Signs of the flu are very apparent further south from Mull's shores, so no doubt it will be here soon. A frightening and sad prospect for all wildlife here.

I just hope as many of the chicks and of course their parents, get away from here before the main wave strikes. I guess we won't know until next year, when the birds return, if their populations have been affected over the winter.

#puffin #lunga #avianflu #treshnishisles #seabird #clownofthesea #wildlifeportrait

Panned Puffin. #puffin #CanonR5 #rf100500 #Lunga

Panned Puffin.

#puffin #CanonR5 #rf100500 #Lunga #birdsofinstagram #birdsinflight #panning

Razorbill When I first started out with a D-SLR b

Razorbill

When I first started out with a D-SLR back in 2006, I loved strolling around with a crop-sensor camera and my EF100-400mm lens. Lightweight and versatile.

Investing in a big prime and you almost feel obliged to use it, carry it around and it is limiting.

Now I've almost gone full circle, and while I still have a big prime (though 500mm isn't big anymore when you consider Canon have a 1200mm prime), I often go out without it, and just take the current evolution of the 100-400, the RF100-500mm lens.

It's still lightweight and incredibly versatile. I can be photographing birds in flight one moment, insects the next. And while the Canon R5 isn't a crop sensor, because it has 45MP on hand, it allows for really hard crops, and still yields pin-sharp images.

Like this one, of a razorbill that wasn't for moving beside the path at Lunga. I just love the detail on the bird's eye.

#lunga #razorbill #CanonR5 #canon #rf100500 #turusmara #scotland #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

A few slow motion clips of the meadow pipits feedi

A few slow motion clips of the meadow pipits feeding the juvenile cuckoo. #cuckoo #wildlife #nature #mull #wildlifeplanet #slowmotion

Cuckoo - feeding time. Whilst out looking for owl

Cuckoo - feeding time.

Whilst out looking for owls this evening, I stumbled upon this sight. And what a treat it was to witness.

A juvenile cuckoo begging for food, and then being fed numerous times by its adoptive parents, meadow pipits.

The size difference is really apparent, and the pipit had to perch on the cuckoo's head or neck to reach inside that cavernous mouth.

Nature really is amazing at times.

#cuckoo #meadowpipit #wildlifephotography #wildlife #wildlifeplanet #bbcspringwatch #springwatch #mull #canonr5 #scotland #1natureshot #earthcapture #bbcwildlifepotd

Puffin. Preening, after spending some time underg

Puffin.

Preening, after spending some time underground in a burrow.

#puffin #highkey #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #portrait #lunga #CanonR5 #rf100500

Puffins A brief spat between neighbours on the Is

Puffins

A brief spat between neighbours on the Isle Of Lunga.

Deliberately over-exposed on a bright, overcast day, to create high-key images.

#puffin #lunga #seabird #birdphotography #treshnishisles #turusmara #scotland #wildlifephotography

Puffin With bright but overcast conditions, I pla

Puffin

With bright but overcast conditions, I played with some high key images of the puffins as they preened and snoozed on the cliffs.

#puffin #lunga #highkey #highkeyphotography #portrait #birdphotography #scotland #canonr5

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