AT LAST OUR NEW PUBLICATION IS HERE - DISCOVER SHETLAND'S BIRDS! By Paul Harvey & Rebecca Nason

OUR EXCITING NEW BOOK 'DISCOVER SHETLAND'S BIRDS' IS OUT NOW! BOOK SIGNING TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT SUMBURGH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE & VISITOR CENTRE 1-2pm. Paul Harvey & Rebecca Nason. ALL WELCOME! HARDBACKS (£24.99) & SOFTBACKS (£19.99) AVAILABLE FRESH FROM THE PRINTERS!

A new identification guide to Shetland’s birds will be launched at Sumburgh Head tomorrow (Saturday 8th August) from 1 – 2pm, with a book signing by authors Paul Harvey and Rebecca Nason.

Discover Shetland’s Birds is an identification guide to 180 species of bird which live in, or regularly visit Shetland. It includes over 400 photographs and insights into the behaviour and lifestyles of each species.
All welcome!

Irene & Allan - Wedding 27th June

Irene & Allan at Scalloway Boat Club - 27th June 2015

I was delighted to be asked to photograph a truly memorable Shetland wedding on Saturday for lovely couple Irene Manson & Allan Garrick - now Mr & Mrs! at Lerwick Town Hall followed by photograph sessions in Lerwick Flower Park before continuing on to the Scalloway Boat Club for further photographs & evening celebrations. The weather wasn't kind over the weekend but the low cloud and foggy conditions (thankfully without the drizzle!) made for some very attractive diffused natural light photography and really highlighted the gorgeous champagne dress that Irene looked so stunning in. It was a very happy day from start to finish and wonderful to meet so many family members and share their special day. I look forward to showing Irene & Allan their wedding photographs on their return from Amsterdam!

Welcome the Shetland Spring!

Puffins are now back on the cliffs and the seabird breeding season is in full swing! Sumburgh Head is a great starting point to photograph Puffins & the trek up to the cliffs of Hermaness will not disappoint for Puffin & Gannet photography with Great Skua's en-route! 

A feisty Raven, one of my favourite birds, here with a small rock in his bill!

A close encounter!

I was delighted to be awarded Runner Up in the Wildlife Behavioural Category of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year with my 'Reassurance' image taken last Summer on Shetland under a Schedule 1 license of a Red-throated Diver & young chick. 

Flower picking is a big no no on Shetland - though try telling that to the Puffins! It's great to see the sea of pink Thrift now out in full bloom along with Spring Squill, Bluebells, Marsh Marigold, Early Purple & Heath-spotted Orchid. . . . the Keen of Hamar on Unst too is coming to life with several rare arctic species now showing well . . .

Buff-tailed Bumblebee! First recorded in Shetland in 2012 and now a relatively common sight from Lerwick South.

The Mountain Hares have now lost their winter white coats.

This stunningly showy CORNCRAKE has delighted visitors and photographers alike as it holds territory in South Mainland. 

Here belting out it's limited comb-brushing tunes . . .

A little wing stretch showing the chestnut wings nicely. 

Raucous Glaucous!

A few images taken in the last few days here on Shetland. I have spent time in the harbour photographing white-winged gulls, seals and reflections as well as heading out into the hills to track and photograph the stunning Mountain Hare, a British mammal found here in good numbers.

A raucous Glaucous  - a nice pale Juvenile photographed in Lerwick yesterday

Juvenile Glaucous Gull - Lerwick

Juvenile Iceland Gull - Lerwick

A beautiful Mountain Hare - Shetland mainland

Some wacky harbour reflections - here with a big bull Grey Seal winking at me. 

Grey Seal side profile in reflections

Feeling Blue . . . .

Spot the American Wigeon - a lucky flyby of the thankfully long staying bird in a flock of Eurasian Wigeon in the West of mainland Shetland.

A 'Tystie' or Black Guillemot at sunset in Lerwick harbour.