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Ewan Miles
- May 23, 2018
- 1 min
Photo in a Volcano!
Standing in the middle of a super volcano and watching cuckoos in the sunshine! Another great excursion across on the #Ardnamurchan peninsula yesterday. Early on in the tour we watched three White-tailed Eagles together, which seemed to spark strong pair bonding between two of the adults. We also enjoyed a nice mixture of small birds, including Linnets, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, Stonechat, Swallows, Sand Martins and Wheatears. Great-northern Divers were looking spectacular as
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Ewan Miles
- Mar 22, 2018
- 1 min
Hitting the Heights...
A great day up in the mountains yesterday with wildlife highlights including three Mountain Hares (two partially white and one clean white), Snow Bunting, adult Golden Eagle and potential Ptarmigan prints. Meadow Pipits were also seen on territory and displaying. The fresh covering of snow revealed countless Mountain Hare tracks around the boulder fields, within a Golden Eagles territory, which is a very healthy ecological sign for the apex predators. This Golden Eagle pair s
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Ewan Miles
- Dec 24, 2017
- 1 min
The Painter of Mountains...
It was a privilege to explore Findhorn Valley earlier in the week. According to legend, the last wolf of Scotland was killed by a huntsman in 1743 in this beautiful area. We enjoyed watching two 1st winter Golden Eagles, Red Squirrels, Red Deer, Roe Deer, a covey of Red Grouse and a Dipper. #WinterTours #Winterwatch #WinterTourism #WinterWildlife #naturetourism #NatureScotland #WildlifePackageHolidays #WildlifeBlog #WildlifeTours #ScotlandWildlife #scotlandwildlife #Wildlife
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Ewan Miles
- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
A Fresh Kill...
A fresh kill... At the weekend we discovered this Rabbit skull 1500 feet above sea level in central #Mull. It was located in a Golden Eagles home-range so this Mammal was potentially a recent victim of these avian predators? #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #MullTour #MullWildlifeTours #IsleofMull #MullPhotography #Mull #NatureScotland #naturetourism #WildlifeTours #WinterTours
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Ewan Miles
- Oct 27, 2017
- 1 min
Day 2 on Islay!
A team photo on day 2 on the Isle of Islay with Iolo Williams and guests. Within 5 minutes of leaving the house we had nice views of a Merlin perched up before taking flight.
Afterwards during a morning walk on the north side of the Island we managed to encounter Chough, Wheatear, WT Eagle and Grey Seal pups. Into the afternoon and we made use of the hides at Loch Gruniart to watch 1000s of Barnacle Geese, Juv Peregrine, Golden Eagles, Ruff, Pintail, Wigeon, BT Godwit, Grey
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Ewan Miles
- Oct 25, 2017
- 1 min
Hauled Out...
It is a privilege to watch Harbour Seals year round on the Isle of Mull. After a busy summer which includes pupping, moulting and mating, this species is now having a bit of down time at the moment. The photo shows this years pup hauled out, as the spring tide is flooding very quickly! #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #MullTour #MullPhotographyTour #MullWildlifeTours #Mull #NatureScotland #scotlandwildlife #WildlifeTours #ScotlandWildlife #WildlifeBlog
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Ewan Miles
- Oct 17, 2017
- 1 min
Candle Birds...
Northern Gannets are feeding incredibly hard around Hebridean waters at the moment, taking advantage of the large food supply and presumably a strong mackerel run. On yesterdays tour we watched a cloud of 200+ Gannets feeding right into the head of Lochbuie for over an hour and they were even accompanied by three 1st winter White-tailed Eagles! This photo was taken aboard a Sea Life Surveys excursion I was crewing on last week. #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #MullTour #MullP
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Ewan Miles
- Oct 15, 2017
- 1 min
Calgary from the Moors...
Calgary Bay viewed from the higher ground. Ling heather is more abundant in central and eastern areas of #Scotland but there is still some lovely expenses here on the west, with the wetter climate being less productive for this species of wild flower. #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #MullTour #MullWildlifeTours #IsleofMull #MullPhotographyTour #Mull #NatureScotland #WildlifeTours #WildlifeBlog #ScotlandWildlife
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Ewan Miles
- Sep 18, 2017
- 1 min
Celebrations in the wilds...
Yesterday we had a private tour across on the #Ardnamurchan peninsula for Greg and Marion who were celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary! Whilst exploring the wild areas we were privileged to encounter a Minke Whale, Otter, White-tailed Eagle, Red-throated Diver, Golden Plover and Grey Seals! Pictured are Greg and Marion outside Mingary castle with the north shore of #Mull in the backdrop. #ArdnamurchanWildlife #ArdnamurchanWildlifeTour #Ardnamurchan #MullWildlifeTour #M
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Ewan Miles
- Sep 16, 2017
- 1 min
THE HIGHLANDS WINTER WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE 2017
THE HIGHLANDS WINTER WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE 2017 Join us at the The Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey this December for an all inclusive wildlife experience to explore stunning winter landscapes in search of iconic Scottish species! http://www.naturescotland.com/highlands-winter-experience #Grantown #GrantArmsHotel #mullwildlife #WildlifeTours #WinterWildlife #ScotlandWildlife #WildlifeBlog
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Ewan Miles
- Sep 14, 2017
- 1 min
Rainbows and a Merlin...
Another stunning day across on the Ardnamurchan peninsula... Sneaky Bottlenose Dolphins on the crossing to Kilchoan before an amazing female Merlin flyby and a dog Otter hunting in strong breaking waves! Lovely changing light patterns and a rainbow to finish off the day! #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #ArdnamurchanWildlife #ArdnamurchanWildlifeTour #Ardnamurchan #NatureScotland #WildlifeBlog #ScotlandWildlife #WildlifeTours
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Ewan Miles
- Sep 4, 2017
- 1 min
Scottish 'Best Newcomer' Finalists!
We are delighted to be a finalist for the Scottish Outdoor Leisure Awards! Thanks very much to everyone who voted! #SOLA2017 #NatureScotland #MullWildlifeTour #MullWildlifeTours #mullwildlife #WildlifeTours #MullTour #IsleofMull
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 20, 2017
- 1 min
Highlands Winter Wildlife Experience 2017!
We are delighted to announce another new Nature Scotland tour... THE HIGHLANDS WINTER WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE 2017 Join us at the The Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey this December for an all inclusive wildlife experience to explore stunning winter landscapes in search of iconic Scottish species! http://www.naturescotland.com/highlands-winter-experience #WinterTours #WinterWildlife #highlands #Speyside #Eagles #Cairngorms #EwanMiles #NatureScotland #WildlifeBlog #WildlifeTours
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 22, 2017
- 1 min
Dolphin Days...
We had a wonderful encounter with Bottlenose Dolphins off the north shore on Mull last week! There was a pod of around 8 animals interacting strongly with our vessal and I managed to get some photos of them. I am enjoying using the new Nikon D7200 along with the 200-500mm telephoto lens, that I am getting more used to all the time. #BottlenoseDolphins #Dolphins #MullWildlifeTour #mullwildlife #MullWildlifeTours #WildlifeTours #EwanMiles #NatureScotland
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 18, 2017
- 1 min
Branching out...
Young eaglet nestlings are starting to branch out into fledglings around the isle of Mull! Pictured, is a newly fledged White-tailed Eagle perched on the basaltic north shore of #Mull this week. #WhitetailedEagle #seaeagle #Mull #IsleofMull #MullWildlifeTour #MullWildlifeTours #WildlifeTours #Wildlife #mullwildlife #EwanMiles
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 16, 2017
- 1 min
Haunting the Fading Light...
We have enjoyed some stunning views of Short-eared Owls on recent evening tours, with adult birds hunting very hard to feed their brood of growing owlets. Join us this summer for a Mull Evening Tour... #MullEveningTour #NatureScotland #WildlifeTours #MullWildlifeTours #MullWildlifeTour #IsleofMull #MullTour #Mull #Sunset #summer
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 4, 2017
- 1 min
Mull Evening Tour - Stunning Sunset!
An amazing sunset on Wednesdays Mull Evening Tour after watching Otters, Short-eared Owls and Hen Harriers... #mull #isleofmull #wildlifetours #mullwildlifetours #naturescotland #hebrides #eagles #wildlife #otters #owls #biodiversity #summer #MullWildlifeTour #MullTour #MullWildlifeTours #MullEveningTour #IsleofMull #WildlifeBlog #WildlifeTours #NatureScotland #Hebrides
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 2, 2017
- 1 min
Wind Surf!
We enjoyed providing a tour of Mull for guests from the Windstar Cruises ship 'Wind Surf' today! Wind Surf is the largest sailing cruise ship in the world and here she is photographed this evening from Nature Scotland HQ, on her way to the Isle of Skye with Ardnamurchan Point and the Isle of Eigg in the backdrop. #MullWildlifeTour #WildlifeTours #MullTour #IsleofMull #MullHalfDayTour #NatureScotland #Eagles #Otter #Hebrides
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Ewan Miles
- Jun 27, 2017
- 1 min
Tawny Primary...
We found this stunning primary feather of a Tawny Owl on yesterdays wild excursion of Mull A highly opportunistic owl species that can take prey such as Voles, Mice, Amphibians, Squirrels, young Rabbits and can even feed on carrion. #IsleofMull #MullTour #MullWildlifeTour #MullPhotographyTour #MullHalfDayTour #MullEveningTour #Mull #MullWildlifeTours #WildlifeTours #WildlifeBlog #NatureScotland
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