grey seal wildlife photography tour

Eco Grey Seal Pup Wildlife Photography and Conservation Tour

Top class Grey Seal and Pups photography 
1 hour walk-in over uneven ground with around 250m of descent, then reverse on way out
Past success rates : 
So far 100% every year
No previous photography experience  required as full tuition given including Lightroom and Photoshop
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Grey seal pupping widlife photography and conservation tour. 

A wildlife photography tour photographing Grey Seals on a remote pupping beach. A proper wilderness experience watching some of the best wildlife action you will see anywhere in the world. We attempt to photograph the pups, mums, bulls fighting and anything else that happens in this epic location.

We go for both action and portraits, near and far. We also explore how to get great animal in there environment type shots. You will be metres from these huge and beautiful creatures all day.
Due to nature of the beach, with lots of rocks to hide behind, the animals don't even know we are there and thus there is no disturbance to these incredible animals at this vulnerable time of year.

Grey Seal photography tour
Grey Seal photography tour
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And you get to help the conservation of grey seals too. We are teaming up with Seal Conservation Society to gather data to help both protect seals and also help with the rehabilitation of seal pups. Your photography will be key to this and you will be involved in all the data gathering we are doing. As some of this will include time lapse and video, you get to learn even more photography skills. Data your photography and you will help us get:
  • Time lapse to record how often seals come out to feed young
  • 5 min video clips of mum feeding pup (will help with assessing behaviour of pups in rehabilitation)
  • Density of pups on beach (how many and how spaced out they are)
  • ID photos of individuals to monitor population
  • Stages of pup development

Covid-19 Safe

  • You will need your own transport to get from our meet location to where we can find seals.
  • Please bring all your own refreshments and food as none will be provided to keep in line with government advice.
  • This workshop is all outside and can be easily done with social distancing in place.
  • Day two's agenda maybe more photography time rather than picture processing, depending on whether we can safely be inside as a group. This will be decided a week before the tour
Agenda Day One
  • 0800 Meet Up

    Meet up and chat through tours agendas and camera requirements. 

  • 1000 Arrive at Grey Seal Colony

    Photographying amazing animals with full tuition given if required. Including mums, pups, bulls and all the incredible interactions

  • 1500 Start of our Citizen Science

    Set up for doing time lapse over night and next morning (using cameras provided by Philip), mum and pup video and ID photos. We also try to get photos of all the pups to see what stage of development they are at. This is all done with no disturbance to the seals as we will be hiding behind some  very convienant rocks!

  • 1600 Seal Pup Count

    We count all the pups on the beach and where they are from a safe vantage point on the way out. Using our cameras to get a record.

  • 1800 Finish

    Should get back to vehicles by this time.

Agenda Day Two
  • 0800 Optional Campbeltown Bird Walking Tour

    There are some great sea birds, including huge rafts of Eiders in Campbeltown so if you fancy a little more photography Philip will take you out for a wee urban safari!

  • 1000 Meet up for Image Review and Processing Tuition

    We meet up to to look through photos, collate ID shots, edit video clips.

    This has 2 functions, first to get all information sent on file for our monitoring and sent to seal conservation society. The second is to allow Philip to help anyone with questions on image processing, including photoshop or lightroom.

  • 1200 Lunch Break

    Philip will go and collect time lapse

  • 1300 Time lapse Review

    We try and see how often mum comes to feed pups.

  • 1400 Finish

Wild Animals - what if they don't turn up? We only use wild animals for all our workshops. Philip works extremely hard to make sure you have the very best chance of seeing and photographing the target species, however as they are wild animals no guarantees are given on success and the agenda may change. If in the unlikely event we don't see the animal we are aiming for you will get a free hide session of your choice from our rental hides provided by Loch Visions. 
What you learn: Camera settings and techniques for both portrait and action photography including shutter speeds and aperture. Grey Seal field craft and ecology. Lightroom and Photoshop Tuition.
Equipment: 200mm lens or longer. We can provide any equipment you need, just let us know.
Location: Campbeltown
Times: 0800 on first day, finishing 1400 on second
Group Size: 4
Price: £299 per person - accommodation and meals not included
Travel: There are good bus links to Cambeltown from Glasgow. Once in Campbeltown we will provide all required transport
Accomodation: Anywhere in Campbeltown or local area. 
Fitness: This is a hard 1 hour walk in, over uneven terrain, so reasonable fitness required.
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