Pete Walkden

Lobster Dinner.

During a workshop in the summer, here on the Isle Of Mull, I spotted that the otter we were watching had caught something in the loch, and was swimming towards the shore.

I got my clients into a position where I hoped they'd get some images, and then lay down nearby.

The otter surprised me slightly by climbing ashore right in front of me! Thank goodness for silent cameras.

#otter #lobster #mull #wildlife #guiding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Scotland

Nov 25, 2022 at 5:56pmWeb
Show threadRJDNov 25, 2022

@petewalkden I'm guessing not willing to share though!

Amazing shot

Show threadAppagal CrochetNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Lobster for lunch!
Show threadIreneNov 25, 2022
@AppalachianCrochet @petewalkden I was just gonna say!
Show threadAppagal CrochetNov 25, 2022
@irenebal @petewalkden reminds me of the raccoons eating crawdaddies out of the creek behind my gma's house.
Show threadAgent Joséphine BakerNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Wow! Amazing!
Show threadDave IllingNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Wow! -- amazing shot.
Show threadZimboZardozNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden WOW!!!
Show threadAndyNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden A one in a million shot, and well done! I can’t help feeling we live in a very cruel world though…
Show threadCatherine BrownNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden omg what a picture!
Show threadSliotarNov 25, 2022

@petewalkden

And a blue lobster to boot! Aren't they supposed to be rare?

Show threadAotearoaMarieNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Incredible photo!
Show threadMissdemeanourNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden that's amazing.
Show threadShannonNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Excellent photo! Wow!
Show threadlogienickNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden
Oh my word, Pete... Another! All I can say is, beyond a great eye for the beauty of nature, you must have the patience of a saint! ...Bravo 👏
Show threadSascha FreudenheimNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Amazing shot!!
Show threadSue StrongNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden love that perfect shot 🦞 dinner 😋
Show threadWill 📷 🐦Nov 25, 2022
@petewalkden What a shot! :)
Show threadTC MitsNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden living’ large.
Show threadMCooksonNov 25, 2022

@petewalkden

I once, while leaning on a gate in Suffolk, heard a rustle to my right. There was a strong gale, blowing in my face. I looked down and an otter emerged from some shrubbery and sat on my right foot. She couldn't smell me and hadn't seen me.

Sadly, in such an exciting moment, I twitched and she was away down into the adjacent dyke, coming up some way away under a terrified Moorhen and then away again.

Show threadMorticia AddamsNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden amazing capture!
Show threadJasondubh03Nov 25, 2022
@petewalkden amazing photo✅💪
Show threadPeter BrownNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden I believe they prefer eels and fish, so perhaps the lobster was a victim of an eel shortage?
Show threadPatrick HadfieldNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden wow!!!
Show threadραтту ℓαρℓαитєNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden What an incredible photo!
Show threadkatie StrakaNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden amazing picture !
Show threadWallyStevensNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Did one of the other otters bring the melted butter?
Show threadJo Jo Physics girlNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden that is wonderful
Show threadDoug 🇨🇦🌈Nov 25, 2022
@petewalkden
Do otters eat sushi?
Does a bear shit right in front of my garage door?
Show threadProf. Kathy LNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden amazing photo. Made me smile. Thank you
Show threadMirageeNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Spectacular photograph!😍
Show threadSussexbytheseaNov 25, 2022
Please #followbackfriday @petewalkden another amazing photo from a patient photographer #scotland #otter
Show threadGodfrey642Nov 25, 2022
@petewalkden stunning photography. I adore Mull. My mother was born a McClean and i was told i could sign the clan book in Duart Castle. One of my proudest moments 💕
Show threadPatty KimuraNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden This photo may oddly solve a mystery that's bedeviled for years: How did humans know lobsters at the bottom of the sea were edible? Ans: Otters.
Show threadChildhood's EndNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Uhh... lobster in a lake? Not fresh water? I know nothing. Loch is Lake to us Canadians right?
Show threadPete WalkdenNov 26, 2022
@advancehumanism There are both freshwater and tidal lochs here in Scotland. This one is tidal, hence is home to lobsters 🦞
Show threadChildhood's EndNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Very interesting... thanks for the info.
Show threadAnne@101Nov 25, 2022
@petewalkden stunning work
Show threadCat WestNov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Again! You’ve gotten an incredible image from nature as if you are just an inch in front of it! Amazing shot. The focus is amazing.
Show threadKay Ohtie 🎈🌵🐺Nov 25, 2022
@petewalkden Gorgeous shot!
Show threadDennis1212Nov 26, 2022
@petewalkden 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Show threadKay DubNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Amazing photo!
Show threadJillian ShandNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Awesome…..truly awesome👌
Show threadGonny GlassNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden WOW! Who would’ve thought that otters had lobster for lunch…amazing shot 👌
Show threadjackdawNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden such a fantastic shot!
Show threadOor SparraNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Greetings from Tarbert, Loch Fyne.
“For what we are about to receive…”
Show threadEllirahimNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Wow, that Otter sure has fancy tastes.
Show threadKathleen OgradyNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden
Great photograph
Show threadJaqNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Great shot! I bet your clients were thrilled.
Show threadMarkRNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden That would have been a happy otter.
Show threadJames RoddieNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Awesome Pete!
Show threadBigbreakfastNov 26, 2022
@petewalkden Awesome shot and must have been an amazing experience.
Show threadKaraOhkiNov 27, 2022
@petewalkden He wanted you to see what he caught. “Pardon me, do you have some drawn butter? Perhaps a lemon? No, I don’t need a bib.”
Show threadToby OwenNov 27, 2022
@petewalkden thought this was going to be a Matthew Guy toot #auspol
Show threadDoug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Nov 28, 2022
@petewalkden Otter: “Now, where’s the steak?”
Show threadiraNov 28, 2022
@petewalkden Lobster tea. See #TeatimeStoryhour #Chapter1 for more.
Show threadSpaniel MomDec 1, 2022
@iraantlers @petewalkden This is like something out of Alice in Wonderland
Show threadiraDec 1, 2022
@annk @petewalkden Thank you!Hope you enjoy the entire (ongoing) #TeatimeStoryhour
Show threadJoe LaffertyNov 30, 2022
@petewalkden @synaptyx brilliant capture!
Show threadSpaniel MomDec 1, 2022
@petewalkden as a Mainer I love this. Blue lobsters are pretty rare off our coast though. Amazing shot - thank you for sharing it!