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Founded in 1993, we are the only award-winning wildlife and photography holiday business resident in Shetland, Scotland. Follow us for bird, mammal, botanical & landscape posts from the team here at 60° North.
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Two spaces have become available on our 24 - 31 May 2025 'Ultimate Shetland' week. Details are at shetlandwildlife.co.uk/holidays/wil... A few highlights from previous trips ⬇️

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A few pics from our Winter Wildlife & Up Helly Aa trip last week. Highlights included Bufflehead, Ross’s Goose, American Coot, American Wigeon, Hen Harrier, Iceland & Glaucous Gulls, Otters & several Mountain Hares. Pics 🔽 by bsky.app/profile/hugh... #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds

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A few pics from the Lerwick Up Helly Aa fire festival last week. An amazing experience for our two groups! Images 🔽 by bsky.app/profile/hugh...

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How was your spring and summer? Read about ours here in Shetland at shetlandwildlife.co.uk/news.htm

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Nature's very own firework show - a beautiful and very active #Aurora for over an hour here in #Shetland this evening. #auroraborealis #northernlights @stormhour.bsky.social

submitted 62 days ago • 31 comments

BELUGA: No.1 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen on 2024 tours. This beautiful Arctic animal was the 6th record for Shetland and spent just over a week off the north Mainland. We have no idea where it moved to but hope it is thriving and back home in familiar waters. #MarineLife #MarineMammals

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Another super day with #Orcas - this time with the 65s pod off Muckle Roe, #Shetland. Adult bull 'Busta' was with them and as spectacular as ever. We first documented him in 2005 when he was a fully grown bull and we estimate him to be at least 40 years old. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

submitted 91 days ago • 6 comments

No. 2 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 tours: another encounter with #Orcas. This pod spent the day in Bressay Sound - but our Ultimate #Shetland group were on Unst at the time! Dinner delayed and this beautiful sight awaited us. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments

No.3 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 tours: an amazing from-land encounter for our Ultimate #Shetland group with five of the '27s' #Orcas. We enjoyed exceptional views down to just a few metres as they hugged the shoreline. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

No. 4 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 tours: a 'superpod' of White-beaked Dolphins off south Mainland, #Shetland in October. Aerial counts indicated at least 250 individuals. Here's some aerial footage by @hughharrop.bsky.social #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

No. 5 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 tours: Red-backed Shrike. Spring will be remembered for the large numbers that made landfall in May. Nearly 100 birds were recorded by birders across #Shetland on one day alone, including this one in our garden. #ukbirding

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No.6 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 tours: Bluethroat. Very much a sought after species by those on our birding tours, fabled east winds at the right time of year in spring meant we saw several individuals, including a couple of singing males. #BirdingScotland #birds

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No. 7 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 tours - families of Whooper Swans. For many, seeing 'Whoopers' is a winter-only event, but the species first bred here in #Shetland 1994 and is now an annual breeder in very small numbers. #BirdingScotland #ukbirding #birds

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No.8 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on our 2024 #Shetland tours: Risso's #Dolphins. We enjoyed several wonderful encounters throughout the season and also made several 'matches' of known individuals, akin to our photo ID work with Orcas. #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

No. 9 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen by guests on 2024 tours is Turtle Dove. A familiar #Christmas reference to most but their plight is far from festive as both hunting and habitat loss render Turtle Dove one of the world’s most threatened long-distance migratory birds. #ukbirding #birds

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

In the run up to 2025 we'll be featuring our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen on our 2024 tours. To kick the series off, here's No.10 - this magnificent migrant Long-eared Owl which spent a couple of days very conveniently in our #Shetland garden in May. #BirdingScotland #ukbirding #birds

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments