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LOGANAIR

Your skipper and guide, Dr Jonathan Wills has been birdwatching and boating around the shores of Shetland since childhood holidays. He's an honorary warden of Noss National Nature Reserve for Scottish Natural Heritage, a former boatman to the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse, and wrote his Ph.D. on the historical geography of Shetland.

Jonathan was inspired to take up wildlife guiding by the late Bobby Tulloch, who taught him much of what he knows about seabirds, seals and otters - and how to get close to them without causing undue disturbance.

In the winter and when the weather's bad he works from home in Bressay as a writer and environmental consultant - as well as fishing for the pot around Noss and Bressay. He's also the author of several children's books.

Engineer and First Mate Alan Longmuir has known Jonathan since their schooldays in Lerwick when they started messing about in boats in Bressay Sound. Born in Lerwick, he spent many years in the offshore oil industry before coming 'ashore' to join 'Dunter III'.

A keen amateur jazz musician and stalwart of the Shetland Folk Festival, he also runs the Veesik recording company which specialises in traditional Shetland music and storytelling - you can hear his CDs on board.

The main commentary is in English but between us we can also usually make ourselves understood in French, German and ornithological Dutch and Norwegian.

For group bookings we can arrange for qualified interpreters in most European languages and Japanese, for a small extra fee.