The Shetland orca spotters who helped David Attenborough

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Dozens of local people alerted the Wild Isles documentary film crew when they saw killer whales.

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will investigate how British and Irish woodland, grassland, freshwater and ocean habitats support local wildlife.Shetland-based ecologist and wildlife photographer Richard Shucksmith, 49, helped the film crew get to know the local landscape.Orcas visit the islands in spring to hunt for seals. "You can't predict when [the orcas] will turn up. But because we have a good network of people, when they're sighted, it gets put out to everyone.

He said: "A lot of the killer whales we see around Shetland, we know the pods, we've known them for years, we know what members there are."So a lot of good information gets collected from a citizen science point of view too."He said some shouts attract up to 150 locals racing to see the impressive killer whales, occasionally blocking roads on the islands.

 

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I think the term 'killer whale' is so outdated, and frankly, racist. No room for dolphin racism. And yeah, they're dolphins... Get it right, like Hyundai!

Smart money says that now Third Country Britain can completely ignore intelligent EU Rules aux-various, and simply forget about domestic ones getting in the way of profit, The Animal Welfare Act 2006 & Australia’s obscene form of animal abuse, will be totally sidelined – Hooray!

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Sacked Richard Sharp yet?

Lose Orca’s are woke left wingers. I’m offended that you have shown them

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How on earth can you tweet about David Attenborough after what you did

I wonder if they'll bother to help you cause you're certainly drowning right now!

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Are they migrant Ocra's or Illegal migrants? Are you allowed that on the BBC these days?

Will we see this or is it the one that will only be on iplayer 🤦‍♂️

They are one of life's beauties 😍

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