Ecological Walkover Surveys – Orkney
July has been a busy month with a lot of survey work across the Orkney Islands. It has been a great opportunity […]
Category: mammals
World Otter Day
Today is World Otter Day, a day to celebrate the 13 species of otter which live in Europe, Asia, Africa, North, Central […]
Shetland Environmental Watching Brief
Early start today for an environmental watching brief on the shoreline. Incredible weather at both ends of the day, lends itself to […]
Mountain Hares in Shetland
Although Shetland isn’t really know for its mountain hares, there are a few places where you can find them. In the past […]
Orcas in Shetland
It has taken over a year of being up in Shetland, but finally caught up with some of the local orcas at […]
Otter posing for the trail camera
Part of my job is to monitor the local otters and make sure our construction works aren’t disturbing them. Although we do […]
Otter Sprainting on Camera
This footage almost feels like it needs a caption competition to go with it. The otter comes in, spraints right in front […]
Urban Foxes
Foxes were once thought of as a mammal of the countryside. However, in the last few decades their numbers have been increasing […]
Otter in the Snow
Otters are equally happy in the snow as they are in the water it would appear, if these videos are anything to […]
Otters
Otters just seem to have a great time. I have recently been camera trapping and filming them under licence in Shetland and […]
Sperm Whale – Whiteness Voe, Shetland
There were reports of a young sperm whale in Whiteness Voe this week. It seems its a young male who might have […]
Bird Survey – Glen Coe
Yesterday I was out near Glen Coe carrying out my last wintering bird survey of the year. There weren’t too many birds […]
Mountain Hare – Highlands
Carrying out a wader and raptor survey on a wind farm site today and it’s been hot. Got some really good views […]
Mountain Hare in Winter – Highlands
Mountain hares are one of the few UK mammal species that change their coat in winter. This one was hiding in the […]
Sea Otters – Monterey Bay, California
When I knew I was going to be visiting California, I was keen to try and see the southern sea otters that […]
Oban Otters
I’m off to Mull to carry out a walkover survey later this week so we’ve had an afternoon and evening to spend […]
Weasel – Norfolk
Out on The Wash floodbanks yesterday carrying out an ecological watching brief in my role as ECoW for an unexploded ordnance survey […]