Shetland photos.

Here are two more images from the same source.

 

Here are some images of Shetland wild flowers from the same source.

Northern Marsh Orchid



Oyster plant.





Sea pinks and white campions.

 

Here are two more images from the same source.

 

Love the blue sky and I can almost smell the fresh air.

 

Thanks Henry and those two images were taken this afternoon and it's still a bonny day here, there is also a strong breeze, but that keeps the midgies away.

 

Jeff, many thanks for all your photos.. makes me want to travel ->

 

You are welcome and I shall pass your positive comment on to the photographer.

 

Here are four more images from the same source.

 

Awesome sky !!

 

Thanks and here are three more images from the same source, the last image shows a derelict croft house and there are many throughout Shetland, not so long ago they were still lived in and were heated by peat fires and lit by Tilley lamps.

 

Very evocative images there Jeff .. Stunning ..and a tinge of sadness..
Just wondering do the old crofts ever get restored at all?

 

Thanks and sometimes the old croft houses get restored, but not that often as folk usually build a new house on the croft instead and that practise was encouraged for many years, grants were available for new builds but not for renovations, I'm not certain if grants are still available.

 

Here are three more images from the same source, the last image shows a Planti Cro which is a stone enclosure for growing young Kale plants, the stone walls protect them from the wind and salt spray, some are still in use.

 

Here are three more images from the same source.

 

Still no pics of you, Jeff...

 

Hello David, that's me in the last image admiring the view.

 

Yes, I thought it might be. Ever the man of mystery, eh, Jeff!

It's odd how you have a mental image of someone you've never seen - in my experience, when I do get to see or meet them, they never, ever resemble what I've conjured up in my mind's eye...

 

Very good David, .

 

Here are two more images from the same source.

 

Here are three more images from the same source.

 

This short video may be of interest.

 

Here are two more images from the Nordic female photographer.

 

Here are two more images from the same source.

 

Here are two more images from the same source, the first image shows a Sycamore tree which has to grow horizontally because of it's exposed location and the second image shows the remains of two old croft houses with the Haar/sea fog drifting in.

 

Here are two more images from the same source and they show parts of Fethaland and the link below shows a video about the history of the place.

 

Thanks Jeff.

 

You are welcome Martin and here are two more images from the same source and the same location.

 

Here are four more images from the same source, the far coastline in the second image is part of the island of Yell.
There is a Shetland Wren shown in the third image, but a close look is needed to see it and the link below shows information about that bird.
Shetland wren - Wikipedia

 

I think I've spotted the little blighter on the top of the larger boulder, centre left of photograph...

 

Hello David, that's correct and it was fine to see the wrens and to know that those old buildings are still providing shelter for various types of wildlife and sheep too.