The Common or Eurasian otter Lutra lutra is mostly found in Scotland along rocky sea shores and coastal areas, the banks of rivers, lakes and streams. Otter territories are sometimes quite large, covering up to 25 miles of watercourses and dense vegetation or wooded areas. They are semi-aquatic, fast, agile swimmers that feed off small fish and crabs. Bubbles of air trapped in their fur give them a silvery appearance underwater. The main threat to otters is from humans, through the destruction of their habitat, from pesticide pollution of fields and watercourses.
Neil McIntyre's work is widely published and used in many national magazines like the BBC Wildlife magazine and national newspapers. Organisations like the Scottish Natural Heritage, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and the John Muir Trust are also amongst my clients. In addition to these, his images have also featured in over 25 books.
Over the years Neil has been fortunate to have won several awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition including the Eric Hoskings Award in two consecutive years, he also been a category runner up and had a further four images highly commended. In the British Wildlife Photography Awards Neil won the portraits category with an image of a red deer stag, with a further 4 other images having been highly commended in that competition to date.
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