An accident closed the A9 at Dunkeld at 10:30 6 hours ago. Still not open and the area for miles around is gridlocked. Just get the people out open the road and stop fucking about @PoliceScotland The cost to the economy is immense.

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Lunge feeding under a group of birds. Moray Firth, Scotland. Thanks to ecoventures.co.uk 03 August 26 @EcoVenturesUK @whales_org @orca @BBCSpringwatch #cromarty #blackisle #whale

Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) Moray Firth, Scotland. This species is sexually dimorphic. This is a male - lighter coloured head and very steep almost square-shaped forehead or melon. ecoventures.co.uk @whales_org @ORCA_web #cromarty #whale @wildscotland

North Atlantic Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) Cromarty Firth, Scotland. Thanks to wwww.ecoventures.co.uk @whales_org @ORCA_web @SeaWatchersUK @BBCHighlands @BBCSpringwatch @wildscotland @VisitScotland #whale #cromarty #blackisle

Bottlenose dolphin. Tail, or flukes. BND have median notch This one has multiple rake marks, likely from other individuals of the same species. Sutors, Moray Firth. Thanks to ecoventures.co.uk @EcoVenturesUK @wdc @orca @BBCSpringwatch @wildscotland #dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin Mother #1086. 'Severus' and two calves less than 2 weeks old. Only one calf is hers. South Sutors, Moray Firth ecoventures.co.uk 26 July 26 @EcoVenturesUK @whales_org @ORCA_web @BBCSpringwatch @BBCHighlands #dolphin #morayfirth

Bottlenose dolphin Calf or neonate less than 2 weeks old. Foetal folds are clearly visible. Thanks to ecoventures.co.uk 26 July 2026 #dolphin #ecoventures #scotland #morayfirth #calf @whales_org @ORCA_web @VisitScotland @wildscotland @BBCHighlands @EcoVenturesUK #Cromarty

Another from the archives 20 years ago - Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Full breach from rear. Taken from land at Chanonry Point, Moray Firth, Scotland. 15 July 2006 @whales_org @ORCA_web @VisitScotland @wildscotland #dolphin #wildlifephotography

Hillockhead panorama. The Moray Firth from Whiteness to Chanonry Point 21:30 on 20 July-26 @VisitScotland #morayfirth #blackisle

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Loch Broom, Scotland. Part of a group of 50+ Thanks to Shearwater Cruises Ullapool. @whales_org @ORCA_web @wildscotland @VisitScotland @BBCHighlands

Bottlenose Dolphin Calf of 'Sprite' #1182. Taken using a GoPro without entering the water. Off The Sutors, Moray Firth. Thanks to ecoventures.co.uk @whales_org @ORCA_web @wildscotland @VisitScotland @BBCHighlands @BBCSpringwatch #morayfirth #blackisle @GoProUK @GoPro

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with Herring Gulls. Moray Firth between The Sutors and Culbin. Thanks to ecoventures.co.uk 16 July 26 @wildscotland @VisitScotland @whales_org @ORCA_web #morayfirth #cromarty #scotland #whalewatching @BBCSpringwatch @EcoVenturesUK

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Moray Firth between The Sutors and Culbin.Thanks to ecoventures.co.uk 15 July 26 TIMR8462 #minke #whale @whalesorg_de @whales_org @ORCA_web @VisitScotland @wildscotland @BBCSpringwatch

From the archives for World Orca Day. Orca (Orcinus orca) Strait of Gibraltar, between Tarifa, Spain and Morocco. 01 August 2016 #worldorcaday #orca #killerwhale @whales_org @ORCA_web #tarifa #straitofgibraltar

Underwater Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) off North Sutors, Moray Firth, Thanks to Ecoventures. Taken on a GoPro. @gopro @whales_org @ORCA_web #morayfirth @EcoVenturesUK #cromarty @VisitScotland @wildscotland

From the archives. Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Chanonry Point. 26 July 2016 Taken with a Canon 1D Mk4 - my all time favourite camera and a 500mm F4. Both of which I still have. @CanonUKandIE @ORCA_web @whales_org @VisitScotland @wildscotland #dolphin #blackisle

From the archives. Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Group swimming in heavy seas. Pico, Azores. 11 June 2008. Thanks to Pedro at espacotalassa.com @espacotalassa #acores #azores

Bizarre behaviour from a Razorbill which repeatedly flew from side to side across the bow of our boat Moray Firth. Explanations welcome. @EcoVenturesUK @Natures_Voice @RSPBScotland @RSPBNorthScot @SeabirdCentre #morayfirth #cromarty

Bottlenose dolphin Chanonry Point, Is this a breach? One definition is that 2/3 of the body needs to be out - so maybe..... 03 July.@VisitScotland @wildscotland @whales_org @ORCA_web #morayfirth #blackisle #dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Double breach. Chanonry Point, Moray Firth. Up to 10 animals were in the area with some breaching and a few fish caught. 12:30 on 03 July 2026 @whales_org @orca @wildscotland @VisitScotland #blackisle #morayfirth #dolphin