Wildlife and nature species seen on our cruises

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View our gallery of 100 individual species photographed while on our cruises by guests and crew.

The St Kilda Wren Mike Temple

Short-beaked Common Dolphins by Nigel Spencer

Red deer stag in velvet on the Isle of Rum by Wildlife Guide Lynsey Bland

Gannets Georgina Kelly

Grey seal on Mingulay by guest Richard Rees

nesting shags on Lunga, Treshnish Isles Derek Prescott

Basking Shark in the Cairns of Coll by James Fairbairns

Manx shearwater Alan and Janet Dixon

Grey Heron by Lynsey Bland

Puffin on Lunga Heather Parry

Sea Thrift on Hyskier Richard Rees

Dunlin in breeding plumage Mick Temple

Lions Mane Jellyfish Peter Skelton

Otters Bob Brewer

Meadow Pipit Alan and Janet Dixon

Golden ringed dragonfly Nigel Spencer

Arctic Tern Nest on Hyskier Richard Rees

Arctic Tern Chris Gomersall

Eider Nest Richard Rees

Herring Gull Nest Richard Rees

Herring Gulls Richard Rees

White tailed eagle Nicola Kulesza

Rare St Kilda Dandelion Nigel Spencer

Black Guillemot or Tystie at Oban Peter Skelton

Bluebells on Inch Kenneth Christina Macaulay

Caterpillar of fox moth Sultan Saddiqui

Corncrake on Iona Nigel Spencer

early purple orchid christina macaulay

Storm Petrel Will Smith

Snowy owl St Kilda Chris Gomersall

Primrose and corncrake Richard Rees

Red Admiral Butterfly on Canna Lynsey Bland

Soay Lamb St Kilda Julie Achroyd

English Stonecrop Alan and Janet Dixon

oystercatchers Richard Rees

Scallops Peter Skelton

Razorbills Georgina Kelly

Cuckoo flower Christina Macaulay

Eriskay Foal Julie Ackroyd

Rock Pipit Alan and Janet Dixon

Golden Eagle Nigel Spencer

Eyebrighy Peter Skelton

stonechat nigel spencer

Painted Lady butterfly Lynsey Bland

Golden Plover Mick Temple

Moon Jellyfish Peter Skelton

Bridled guillemot Sam Udale-Smith

green hairstreak butterfly Iain Grieve

Adder Lynsey Bland

Wild thyme Janet and Alan Dixon

Orca Nigel Spencer

Lousewort Peter Skelton

Great northern diver Chris Gomersall

Northern wheater Mick Temple

Garden tiger moth caterpillar Kerren Harris

Sundew Will Smith

Red breasted merganser Mick Temple

Young Highland Cow Sanday Nigel Spencer

butterwort Peter Skelton

Sunfish Chris Gomersall

kittiwake bob brewer

ringed plover Georgina Kelly

pied wagtail Mick Temple

Sandeels in Puffin Beak Murray Foote

Fulmars by Peter Skelton

spotted orchid by Janet and Alan Dixon

northern marsh orchid Will Smith

Butterfly orchid Ian Grieve

Hebridean spotted orchid Hirta StKilda Peter Skelton

common seal bob brewer

Minke whale and calf Sam Udale-Smith

Foxglove on Eigg Nigel Spencer

Whimbrel on the Shiants Lynsey Bland

Orange tip butterfly with wings close, feeding on cuckoo flower. Photo Derek Prescott

Bottlenose dolphins. Photo Nigel Spencer

sandpiper Will Smith

Bell Heather on Ushenish Peter Skelton

Twite Mick Temple

Flag Iris at Tobermory Lighthouse Lynsey Bland

Great Skua or Bonxie James Fairbairns

Fin Whale Lynsey Bland

Common Frog Alan and Janet Dixon

Porpoise Alexa Kershaw

Cats ear in machair James Fairbairns

Snipe Bob Brewer

Common Tern Alan and Janet Dixon

great crested grebe Nigel Spencer

small spotted catshark eggcase on iona lynsey bland

Mallard James Fairbairns

Bog Asphodel on Ushenish Peter Skelton

Mute swan Nigel Spencer

Rissos Dolphins Alexa Kershaw

Hedge Bedstraw Hirta St Kilda Peter Skelton

lapwing Nigel Spencer

Male Hen Harrier Lynsey Bland

Scotch Argus Mr Lonsdale

Kestrel Nigel Spencer

ragged robin Lynsey Bland

Redshank Nigel Spencer

Pearl bordered fritillary on knapweed

Arctic Skye Mick Temple

Fly agaric mushroom James Fairbairns

This was a new kind of holiday for us. The whole trip was good from beginning to end. Even the weather was fine and it only rained on the very last day. Chris, Alexa, Craig and Mags looked after us and walking on the lonely islands was an experience we will long remember.

Janet Burns: 21 September 2019
Idyllic Islands: Mull, Iona, Staffa & the Treshnish Isles