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Ross Mackenzie
Oxford, United Kingdom
Sometimes travel and wildlife photographer, Sometimes educational technologist. Arctic and Antarctic enthusiast. Happiest outside. Often found in Oxford or on the Shetland Islands.
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Popular Posts (last 30 days)

  • Monthly Report, July 2025
    Another splendid Shetland month, featuring many beach walks and a lot of auk watching. Reporting Days: 31 Location: Shetland Distance Walked...
  • Monthly Report, June 2025
    A good Shetland month --- mostly spent at the south end of the Shetland Mainland hanging out with the Sumburgh Head puffins. So I thought th...
  • Finding Foula
    Foula - from the Shetland mainland The guide books are quite clear. "There is no shop so enough supplies for your stay must be brou...
  • In Search of Strudel around the Tiernsee, May 2016
    Before you reach for your atlases, the Tiernsee doesn’t really exist.   It was invented by Elinor Brent-Dyer at some point in the 1920...
  • Local Patch - Shetland - (II) Quendale Beach
    This is the second of three posts about my  local  patches at the south end of Shetland.   Part One was all about Scat Ness . This time it...

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