Otters on the Isle of Mull | Wildlife Photography

[@UKSTAGROSCO]

Awesome film I need to get back up Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌🙏

[@trondwestby]

wow...you had an awesome experience there. Great vlog and great perseverance. The otter is a stunning animal.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you Trond! Definitely had a good few hours of looking at nothing much 😅

[@maketzu5966]

This video puts a smile to my face

[@johnsilver754]

great show....smiling

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks John :)

[@tommcleish3541]

One of your best vlogs, love you ethics on disturbing the subject.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you very much Tom!

[@Sawdoctor2]

We have been going to Mull for the last 30yrs. , what a fantastic wild place . I'm sure after all those years I could find Otter , Golden and Fish eagles without too much trouble . Its a wonderfull part of the world.

[@touchedbynature5445]

Excellent film. Thank you very enjoyable, definitely a place to visit.

[@EspenHelland]

Cheers Paul! Absolutely love Isle of Mull for wildlife :)

[@davidbennett3745]

Great video Espen, just back from there myself. Did not get anything where you were it was just choppy most of the week. Did get otters elsewhere including the large male that uses the stretch of water near the ferry at Craignure. Eagles were a bit elusive although the hotel site and near the golf course were visible. Like that ghillie suit!

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks David! Yeah I got one very good quiet day which really helped 🙂 Any good photos of eagles? I had a few goldens and a white tailed, but all far away in flight. Magical island though 😁

[@markattardo]

Fantastic adventure!

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Mark!

[@nwgphotography]

Awesome!! Great experience and you captured it well!!

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you very much!

[@davepayne8500]

Konbanwa (Good Evening) Espen-Sensei! I just watched this incredible video on your Otter adventure and liked it so much I went to get Kaoru and we watched it again together. She was so impressed with your skills and emotional intelligence that afterwards she tolf me “I am so glad you discovered Espen…he’s a good human being! I think it’s a good thing that you want to learn from him (long story short - she is now engaged and fully supports our moving forward together). After the Otters she wanted to watch your “Best Photos of 2020” video, and we did. Thank you for engaging with me and I can see my Photography Journey picking up momentum. and direction in the months ahead!

[@EspenHelland]

Konbanwa :) I sense some wildlife photography from you next David ;)

[@richardharvey1732]

Hi Espen, I saved this video for a day or two so that Janet could watch it with me, so here I am 9pm Sunday, just finished watching, Janet says thank you, we both really enjoyed it. We both approve of the way you describe the experience as more important than the photographic product, tho' what you've shown us is quite enough to make it feel as if we were there with you!. Last Wednesday at Kingfishers Bridge we watched a pair of otters on the lake from halfway down the fence line, we were replacing some fence posts and the pair of cranes flew over and landed at the side of the lake, so we watched them casually walk along the lakeside, when they dropped out of sight behind a bank I turned to watch a Great White Egret on one of the islands, then I noticed a little brown jump on the water, it disappeared, then re-appeared, then another one showed, briefly, then they both swam along popping to the surface every now and then, about two or three hundred metres away, then turned back and climbed out onto an island and trotted around for a few minutes, back into the water and swam back passed us again , away to the west and out of sight. The whole thing lasted maybe twenty minutes but is burned into my memory!. Of course I.d left my camera in the office, I was working!.The same thing stayed with me, that the otters and the cranes were undisturbed by us the whole time, leaves me feeling so honoured, and quite humble. Cheers, Richard.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you both 🙂 That sounds like an amazing experience! A shame you didn't have the camera, but then again if you did you may have missed part of the experience that made it so special. Really want to photograph cranes one day 😁

[@OAPMrTickle]

Excellent, as usual.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you! Appreciate it 🙂

[@u0096]

Another excellent vlog Espen, glad you found the binoculars and loved the outfit too! :-D

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Euan! Don't knock my newest fashion statement! 😉

[@brucehargrave4837]

Great video Espen - thank you! I go to Mull quite a lot for wildlife photography - it's a magical place! Is your ghillie jacket sold by Tragopan? I can't see it on their website - they have a 3D camo suit listed, but it's not the same - and I don't see a link on your kit list page.

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Bruce! It is from Tragopan yes, they must be sold out just now. If you send them an email on the website you can probably find out if they get them back anytime soon.

[@StephenJStephen_Photography]

Great video and good fieldcraft Espen. Like you I enjoy these one one one nature experienceswith the animal behaving normally, totally unaware of your presence.

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Stephen! Best way to do it 👌🏻 most rewarding as well 🙂

[@raypurkissukwildlifeandlan5361]

Great footage mate. It's an area I know well but haven't been in three years. The opposite bank ( South side) is far better from all the trips I've had! It's been great watching your vlogs over the past couple of months 👍👍 Keep up the good work 👍👌

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to go back someday

[@raypurkissukwildlifeandlan5361]

@@EspenHelland your very welcome. Fingers crossed I get up there again soon too. Keep safe

[@GeoffCooper]

Awesome - absolutely love otters! I'm hoping to see some on Jura at the end of April and after watching this I'm really stoked for that trip already :D

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Geoff! Jura will be great! Good whisky 👌🏻 Best of luck!

[@jefffiles9209]

Hi Espen from a newbie. You popped up in my recommendation with the 7d ii tag. Great video, subscibed, now be working my way through your other vlogs. Was in Mull in June, no otters, but saw various birds of prey with a scope. Wonderful footage.

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks for that Jeff :) There were times after hours of looking I thought I'd never see one either. Luckily Mull is so good for all kinds of wildlife!

[@DaniTurPhoto]

Great video man! And a perfect technique! 😉😁

[@EspenHelland]

Cheers Dani! Don't know about perfect, but got there in the end 😅

[@fje042]

Great stuff and super inspiring:)

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you Fred!

[@joskyeboogopro1245]

Espen I'm luvvving your KZbin videos but could you possibly tell me who are the guys ( group) that sing in the background of your videos please as their voices are so calming? Thankyou 👍

[@EspenHelland]

Think it's Cody Francis on epidemicsound :)

[@RadioShackSeven]

Great job Espen, an amazing sighting and some great shots. It looks like very hard work, but it paid off 😁

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Dan! Definitely got a bit sweaty after that run 😅

[@steinmalmberg3413]

Tjueto-tjuetre...oops....twentytwo..... Moderlandet slo inn :-) :-) Flott video. Igjen. Takk, Espen

[@EspenHelland]

🤣🤣 Skjer ofte det! Tusen takk Stein 🙂

[@cillyede]

Great!

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you!

[@fje042]

Btw, i ordered the ghillie poncho and blanket, looks like a good product but the website should be improved a bit:)

[@EspenHelland]

I think you'll enjoy them! Yeah the owner is about to give the website an overhaul.

[@PamelaRuddyUKart]

Absolutely magic, thanks for sharing that experience :D I hope I can see wild otters one day. The music really worked well, is there a service you use?

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you very much Pamela 🙂 hope you do, they're fantastic creatures! I use epidemicsound for the music.

[@danieljohnston5306]

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