Hugh Harrop Wildlife
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Director & guide @shetlandwild | Cameraman | Orcaholic | Co-author of @PrincetonUPress Europe's Sea Mammals, Europe's Birds, Britain's Birds & British Birds.
Shetland, Scotland
Joined November 2009
Two minutes of aerial footage from what was an incredible all-day encounter with the 27s #Orca pod here in #Shetland last week. Wonderful to watch, film and photograph. @Seasaver @TheOrcaProject @Britnatureguide @kasmunro @whalesorg @PromoteShetland @kazcustard @BDMLROrcaAware
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Lovely to watch this migrant Wood Warbler dining in the Sumburgh Hotel garden here in Shetland yesterday evening.
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The beautiful sight of a nursery pod of Long-finned Pilot Whales in Mousa Sound, Shetland yesterday morning. Check out those tiny calves - some just a few days old. @Seasaver @mcsuk @whalesorg @SeaWatchersUK @Britnatureguide @cathgem2000 @sharontrys @Shetnews @NLFerries
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A nursery pod of Pilot Whales! Just a few of the 25+ Long-finned Pilot Whales in Mousa Sound, Shetland this morning. Some of the calves were tiny and looked just a few weeks - if not days - old. An absolute privilege to watch them. With thanks to The Mousa Boat for dropping us on
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RT @klondyker: The humpback whale 13/8/25 was very obliging in giving this fluke shot. Humpbacks have unique patterns, markings and also pi….
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ORCAS!!! Yesterday afternoon and evening we enjoyed an amazing encounter with the '64s' pod as they headed south from Bressay Sound to Mousa Sound, Shetland. We followed them from land and at times the views were incredible as they hunted just a few metres away from us. Here's
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Gannet photographed off Noss, Shetland. Love those eyes!
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RT @ProtectTheWild_: Today marks the start of the grouse shooting season. A blood sport dressed up as tradition, it sees thousands of red g….
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One of our many birding highlights of Spring 2025 was this absolutely stunning female Grey Phalarope in summer plumage at Loch of Spiggie, Shetland for a few hours in early June. Unlike their Red-necked cousins which breed here in small numbers, Greys are extremely rare in
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What was your first birding 'scope? A trip down memory lane today after pulling this prized possession out of the cupboard - a Mirador 25x60 on a Cullmann tripod. My first-ever 'scope which transformed everything as a young teenage birder. A couple of weeks after I got it I can
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RT @M_Steeples: Let the tale of Asher Watkins be an example to others as to why not to go slaughtering beautiful beasts that should be left….
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Millionaire ranch trader Asher Watkins, 52, was out on safari with a professional hunter and an animal tracker on the trail of a prized 1.3-ton specimen bull last Sunday.
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The appropriately named Blood-vein in the MV trap here at Hillwell, Shetland. A migrant to these northern shores. #mothsmatter #teammoth
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Orcas hunting the shallows in Mousa Sound, Shetland last week.
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RT @ProtectTheWild_: Imagine getting dressed up to chase a terrified animal through the woods with a pack of dogs, just to watch them die,….
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RT @nicola_hodgins: 📢 New report shows evidence of high site fidelity & long-term residency of individual Risso's #dolphins off the east co….
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RT @ProtectTheWild_: Gannet chicks are set to be hunted and killed. It was given a green light by @NatureScot - an organisation that suppos….
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The 'crex-crex-crex-crex' of this singing male Corncrake was the late evening soundtrack from our house for most of this summer. The first one we've heard on the patch since 2014.
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