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.

Saturday Clean up . . .
Another great day & an Island tick! We visited the Island of Mousa in the morning & helped count seals & pups - a real priviledge! During the visit we spotted a large flock of Common Eider & the elusive King Eider amongst them. Later in the afternoon after lunch in The Peerie Cafe in Lerwick (my favourite lunching spot!), we looked for the Ring-neckd Duck again. Whilst scanning the Tingwall Loch & Tufted Duck flocks a bird flew in to join them - at last we had caught up with another Shetland tick.