Photographing The Wildlife Of Argyll

Minke Whale - Photo Taken From Sea Leopard II 11th August 2012

Common Seal at Kinnuachdhrah Jura

Atlantic Grey Seals on a reef in the Sound of Jura

Guilliemot

Minke Whale Gulf of Corryvreckan

Minke whale just west of Corryvreckan Gulf

Minke Whale not far from the Whirlpool

Minke Whale, known as a baleen whale

White Tailed Sea Eagle

Common Seal and Pup

Fallow Deer on Scarba Island

Feral Goat (a Wild Goat)

White Tailed Sea Eagle Takes Flight over the Isle of Jura

Juvenile Black Throated Diver in Loch Craignish

Sea Eagle Chicks at their nest last year

Sea Eagle (Landing)

Osprey Montage, Loch Craignish. Fixing Up The Nest!

Osprey at Loch Craignish

Osprey (Landing)

Gannets (Sound of Jura)

Gannets at the Sound of Jura

Most of the pictures below were taken whilst onboard the - Sea Leopard - of Craignish Cruises,
a boat company that I use frequently, based at Ardfern Boatyard.

One of the Bottlenose Dolphins in Loch Craignish as it came alongside Sea Leopard

A lucky sailboat gets an escort from Bottlenose Dolphins in Loch Craignish near Ardfern

Heron at the Marina in Ardfern where Sea Leopard is moored

An adult Roe Deer with fawn on a peninsula near Ardfern

Red deer, one of about 6,500 on Jura on the north shore of the island, taken from the Gulf

Billy Goat on the Isle of Jura shoreline, with a particularly good set of whiskers, taken from the Gulf

A Seagull showing just how good its well oiled feathers are at keeping out of the water!

Common seals actually taken near Ardfern but just as common around Jura and further afield

Here, the adult seal's face could be used in a dictionary to describe contentment - aaaahh!