Here are five more of the Otter..

george how close were you to the otter?

superb quality

[quote=cumberland wildhog]
george how close were you to the otter?

Hi. CW.
I was about 30 feet from it, they are not well sighted, so the photos of it resting, it had no idea I was there, then I made a noise and it was off.... then it resurfaced.... then it knew I was there... the photos of it almost out of the water, that was it trying to see me.. I took about 148 photos of it.. all pretty good.. Might put a larger version on my Otter album on my website tomorrow..

Hi. All.
I was back up in the moors today for a wee bit o angling.. while I was there I took photos of a couple o plants, now I'm hopeless with plant IDs.. the first one is yellow [maybe a buttercup] the second one is really nice, its blue, only about a half inch wide, and da last one is I think bog cotton. I told you I was hopeless wae plants, now if it was birdies, then no problem

Then finally I caught a cracker o a trout, about 20 inches long, pure wild, I caught it in blazing sunlight wae a nymph, I don't know its weight as I returned it to the loch..

The flowers..









The trout..

hi george

great photo's as usual as for your flowers id guess at
1. buttercup
2. water forget-me-not
3.cuckooflower
4.cotton grass

by the way the wild trout look great, love the markings.

Thanks Wayne
Its good to get a ID on the flowers..

That trout nearly pulled the rod oot o my hand..

Whooper Swan [ Cygnus cygnus ]

Breeds on tundra pools and small lakes with sheltering vegetation. but has spread south recently. Migrates to open waters in NW Europe. Hardy,closely following retreat of ice in spring..

And guess what, I found this family breeding on Shetland today, they had three signets..

George-you take my breath away you know-you casually say you are going out to see if you can spot an otter....and you do!! And its like the otters know and say to each other "heres george,look busy" and play for you,catch fish to show you..man you are so lucky!!! Which makes us lucky as we get to see your pics..thanks so much for sharing images a lot of us dont see.

Tass

Thanks Tass.
Yes, the otters probably know me by now, they probably say, heres that auld man wae da camera coming, we better smarten up..

They have been spotted in my garden by at least two of my neighbours, and I found a half eaten crab beside one of my sheds..

Well it was real foggy this morning, but one of my sons told me it was clear on the west side of the island.. :sunshine:

So I headed off oot the door, and drove to the beautiful Eshaness, I did a couple of hours angling, no luck, so I wandered about the hills with just my camera, I just left my rod, net, rucksack, and jacket alongside a loch, of course we don't have any neds in my part o the world. :giggle:

So in my wanders I found a feather, some really small heath plants, and of course the cliffs..

The birds I saw were the usual type for this part o the world..

Great Skua.
Arctic Skua.
Oystercatcher.
Ringed Plover.
Wheatear.
Arctic Terns.
Common Gulls.
4 Red Throated Divers.
Curlew.
and Snipe. Plus the usual starlings..

The feather



The plants







The cliffs





The loch



The loch I was fishing.. Its called the Gerdie Loch.. has very large trout.. the largest one was one of over 8lbs..

hi george
great photos as usual, that coastline looks so much like my local cornish coastline nice and rugged, as for the loch not seen that much flat land since i lived in yorkshire.
for your flowers i would try in order
1. sheeps bit
2. thrift
3. birds foot trefoil not sure of spp

Hi.Wayne.
Thanks for the ID.. the second flower, I think its clover, the last plant was really small, but really nice looking..

My favorite is the feather..... I took it for a bit of fun.....

The cliffs are formed by volcanic rock..

Eshaness means volcanic in old norse..

Its not often you see the Atlantic so serene...

what lovely photos as always george! The second flower is indeed thrift, there is lots of it on the cliffs around here too!

Hi george
not to sure about clover judging by the leaves in a basal rossette
not to sure about the atlantic not being flat calm either, my eldest son has whinging for the last couple of weeks about their been no surf. but stunning scenery nontheless. Do you go sea fishing then seen your throut just wondering if you go spinning for a mackeral supper or even maybe if your lucky some bass.

cheers mate

Thanks Goldfinch, for confirming Waynes ID on the thrift.. shetland is all covered with it, its so colourful..

Wayne.. I used to own two boats, but not any more, so any mackeral I get would be out of the fishshop.. PS.. I love eating mackeral...