A painted version! These fabulous diving gannet 3D pop out eco-cards are eco-friendly & perfectly suited to our #nossboat tours! FREE to all our young passengers onboard the Noss boat this year! #thenossboat #EcoFriendly #Shetland #gannets #greentourism 💚 etsy.com/uk/shop/SEABIR…

These fabulous diving gannet 3D pop out eco-cards are eco-friendly & perfectly suited to our #nossboat tours! FREE to all our young passengers onboard the Noss boat this year! #thenossboat #EcoFriendly #Shetland #gannets #greentourism #boats

We often look for (mermaid’s purses) shark, ray & skate eggcases on our beach walks. Beautiful rectangular or square empty vessels, light & wonderfully variable in colour, they are always a joy to find! Check out our blog today! shetlandseabirdtours.com/blog/

Shetland has officially been recognised as an Important Marine Mammal Area: bit.ly/3V6UzlW

THRILLED TO BE LEADING THE WAY INTO 2024 WITH THE HIGHEST GREEN TOURISM 'GOLD' AWARD ACCOLADE! 🍃 🥇 A fabulous boost to our 9th year in business as the premier Shetland NOSS BOAT wildlife & photography boat tour experience. Shetland News BirdGuides VisitScotland News Green Tourism

So excited to see an advance copy of my new British Birds book today! A focus for a lot of my time over the past year & a wonderful project to mix my passions for birding & bird photography! Available to pre-order - out in April! ❤️ #InternationalWomenDay

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Dream finds on #Shetland yesterday with my first hamburger bean, a huge sea heart with goose barnacle attachment, a blackmouth catshark eggcase & several Starry Skate eggcases. Nature in Shetland The Shark Trust

Red-necked Grebe update - Andrew Harrop found the corpse on Quendale beach this morning and we measured it in our garage - wing 198, bill 56.0, tarsus 63.9 - which makes it a male holbollii Nature in Shetland RareBirdAlertUK BirdGuides

We are delighted to have won again🥇in the Travel & Hospitality Awards 2024! More on this soon, but a big thank you to all our many passengers, followers & friends from Shetland & across the globe who have helped make this happen. #Shetland #thenossboat #boattours2024

2nd winter Iceland Gull in freezing temperatures & sleet today in Lerwick Harbour, with 1st winter Glaucous Gull & Little Gull also present. #Shetland BirdGuides Nature in Shetland #StormHour OM SYSTEM Cameras

The Quendale Red-necked Grebe - found by Roger Riddington yesterday & a possible candidate for holbollii (American). A bird I was delighted to see this this afternoon in incredibly stormy conditions.
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Beautiful early bird photo tour this morning! #thenossboat #shetland #seabirds

A first for us yesterday with Phil finding a Blackmouth Catshark eggcase while we were beachcombing!! As they are a deeper water species, the eggcases are rarely washed ashore and recorded in the UK. Not sure of any #Shetland records? The Shark Trust Nature in Shetland UHI Shetland

2W Iceland Gull in #Lerwick harbour today along with heavy hail showers & very strong winds. #Shetland #StormHour BirdGuides Nature in Shetland

Little Gull in #Lerwick harbour today. #Shetland BirdGuides Nature in Shetland

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Brünnich's Guillemot has recolonised a former breeding site in Greenland following a 40-year absence, with the nearest extant colony some 150 km away: bit.ly/47PVXMI

Please vote for my Jack Snipe!! Time is nearly up! Delighted to see my pic in the final 😊 Thank you!! 🤩

Common Snipe during snowstorm in central Lerwick last week. #Shetland
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I’m excited to announce that in March DK Books UK are publishing my new book ‘Chris Packham’s Birdwatching Guide’ – everything you need to take you from a beginner to an expert !

Pre-order now at geni.us/BirdwatchingGu…