GUEST BLOG - My summer internship with Nature Scotland - George Hassall (aged 18)
One of my biggest dreams was to be a wildlife tour guide on the Isle of Mull and that dream became reality when I got the opportunity to...
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Ewan Miles
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Autumn Update 2023
It is starting to feel slightly autumnal on the island now as mother nature takes off her summer wear and transitions into her autumnal...
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Ewan Miles
- Sep 7
- 1 min
Always expect the unexpected... 🦉
Always expect the unexpected... A Long-eared Owl fledgling...stunning!
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 31
- 1 min
Red-throated Diver
We have managed to see these wonderful birds on some recent #Mull Nature Explorers along with a summer plumage Black-throated Diver! The...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Slender Scotch!
The Slender Scotch Burnett Moth - A very special island endemic! We have enjoyed sharing these magical moths with our guests on recent...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 26
- 1 min
Orcas again!
An amazing encounter in waters to the north of Mull at the weekend as we watched Orcas John Coe and Aquarius focusing on a concentrated...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 24
- 1 min
Green Hairstreaks
Green Hairstreaks having a moment on a recent #Mull tour... Ewan Miles (June 2023)
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 21
- 1 min
The sunshine coast
Wow...what a spell of weather we are having on #Mull I hope that all of our followers have been enjoying some time with nature this...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Marsh Frit!
The Marsh Fritillary has the most colourful upper sides of all of our fritillaries, being a highly-variable chequered pattern of...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Mull Summer Package with Iolo Williams - 29th July - 2nd August 2023
Wildlife Summary: 29th evening - Day 1 We all met on Western Isles hotel balcony and headed for an early dinner before setting out to the...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 5
- 1 min
Humpback Whale!!
Ewan has provided three private photo workshops this week and on Tuesday it was a focus on the marine life of Mull. We joined the Sea...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Iolo Williams Mull Package 24th-28th July 2023 - Theo de Clermont
Wildlife Summary: 24th evening - Day 1 We all met on Western Isles hotel balcony and headed for an early dinner before setting out to the...
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Ewan Miles
- Aug 2
- 1 min
Chequered Skipper!
Theo and the guests spotted this stunning Chequered Skipper on our Morvern & Sunart Explorer on Thursday! They are one of the rarest...
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 30
- 1 min
Fine and Dandy!
Bumblebees, solitary bees and honeybees all visit dandelions for food, along with hoverflies, beetles and butterflies such as the peacock...
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Tawny Owl
It was nice to see a Tawny Owl out hunting in half decent light last week. They are relatively widespread on #Mull although often heard...
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Cuckoo Copulation!
We had a stunning encounter on Fridays #Mull Nature Explorer! We watched two cuckoos interacting up on the moors and just before the...
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 20
- 1 min
Hoopoe on Mull!
It was a wonderful surprise to see this #Hoopoe on #Mull last Thursday evening! After Jack and Theo saw the report on BirdGuides.com...
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Corncrakes
A day out on the Isle of Iona proved to be fruitful for one of the UKs rarest breeding birds, the #Corncrake! We recorded 8 calling males...
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Ewan Miles
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Look at that tongue!!
A male Slow Worm on #Mull last week. We search for these stunning Legless Lizards on our tours and they are starting to show a bit better...
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