Dream finds yesterday with Ayda and I finding 2 Columbus Crabs on a washed up buoy covered in goose barnacles on Burra, Shetland. #beachcombing #shetlandswildlife #shetland #marinelife #columbuscrab #atlanticdrift

The 1st W male Siberian Thrush among the autumn leaves today, near Loch of Asta, mainland Shetland. #shetland #rarebirds #om1 #omsystem #itsinournature

The smallest tropical drift seed yesterday on a south mainland Shetland beach! One I’ve dreamt of finding for a while, another 1st for Shetland! An Ipomoea sp, maybe moonflower, which grow on the shores of the Caribbean and Central America. #beachcomber #seabean #driftseed #Shetland #tropicalseeds

1st W male Siberian Thrush at Asta loch, Shetland. #rarebird #shetlandautumn #siberianthrush #Shetland

Aurora over Voe, Shetland late last night. #shetland #aurora #mirriedancers #nightsky #auroraborealis #omsystemcameras

Aurora corona, the rarest shape occurring during strong aurora activity and often accompanied by heightened visible colour. This one was directly over our heads as we approached Reykjavik in January 2025 and was literally shocking pink to the naked eye. #iceland #aurora #auroraborealis #auroracorona

Eshaness Lighthouse and Aurora last week. #Shetland #aurora #aurorahunter #mirriedancers #eshaness #nightsky #nightskyphotography

Photographing the aurora at Eshaness - Shetland last week. Curtains of very bright green, although brief, were pretty spectacular. I’m completely addicted to photographing this magical northern spectacle ….
#Shetland #mirriedancers #aurora #eshaness #nightskies #omsystem

The American Bufflehead on a tiny loch on Foula in late January. A beautiful still winters day to island twitch & then a challenge to photograph a very flighty bird which had become very mobile with teal, wigeon & mallard. #Shetland #rarebirds #bufflehead #foula #britishtick #rarebird #duckmagic