Sea otters | Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart

Atlantic salmon | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

After their 2000-mile journey, Atlantic salmon return to lay eggs at their spawning ground high up in the Highlands.

Baby dippers escape nest | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Due to extreme rainfall, the baby dippers have to vacate their nest as they venture in their first outing across...

Black grouse | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

As the snow clears, male black grouse with wheezing calls and plumped up feathers battle to gain the best ground for courtship.

Bottlenose dolphins | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Bottlenose dolphins search for spawning grounds to catch Atlantic salmon to eat, although there is a difficulty swall...

Bullying guillemots | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Larger birds take advantage of the guillemots fishing skills and bully them in the air so they drop their catch and t...

Capercaillie | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

There are only 1000 wild capercaillie in Scotland and competition to mate is fraught.

Caring for reindeer | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Highlanders help maintain the reindeer population, who are very docile, bringing in tourism to the local area through...

Conserving ospreys | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Due to egg collectors, the osprey was on the brink extinction until the 1950's when conservation began and they reappe...

Dippers | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Britain's only aquatic songbird, dippers are adept at finding larvae in the water and returning to their hidden cave near a water...

Eaglet fight | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Hunger drives eaglet siblings to fight each other, with the first born always being stronger and having the advantage.

Golden eaglets | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Golden eaglets need a lot of food to grow, with the parents catching up to three full-size hares a day.

Golden-eyed ducklings | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

With the addition of breeding boxes, golden-eyed ducks have been able to spawn ducklings. However once hatched, the...

Grey seals | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Grey seal clans are controlled by one male who is in charge of a harem of females when settled on the beach, and none of the y...

Guillemot attack | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Other seabirds get territorial over the cliffs leaving one guillemot chick to jump poorly and hit the rocks beneath yet ...

Guillemot chicks | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

On the precipitous ledge, hunting for food is tricky job with the chicks needing at least 3 sand eels a day to grow full...

Guillemot eggs | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Guillemots collect on steep cliff edges, laying distinctive eggs so their parents can recognise them, although they are su...

Hoarding squirrels | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

One red squirrel's hard hoarding work, marking and burying food for winter, is all undone by a rival who follows her a...

Human impact | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

The impact of human life on marine seabirds is quite apparent as the seas warm. This has encouraged different types of fish ...

Jumping guillemots | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

The guillemot chicks have to jump from their high cliffs into the water if they are to grow into adults and escape fro...

Lost seal pups | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

When moving around the beach, its easy to become lost as a seal pup. Trying to find mum can be fraught with attacks from o...