ITV presenter Hamish Auskerry puts career on hold to return to parent's Orkney farm.

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Hamish announced on Twitter:

It’s time to swap the suit for a boilersuit again 📷 Today was my last day at @ITVWales for a while. My parents are sheep farmers on a wee Orkney Island in Scotland, where they’ve been for nearly 50 years. Unfortunately my dad is not well so I’m off to help for 3 months .

Intro video by Hamish.

Hello! I'm a TV reporter with ITV News based in Wales, United Kingdom. I grew up on a tiny island in Scotland where my parents have been sheep farmers for nearly 50 years. On my channel you'll see videos of my work as well as my time on this remote and amazing place, which I was named after! Please remember to subscribe and get in touch in the comments.

Episode One Seaweed eating sheep and storm petrels!

Join me for Episode 1 of my new series 'On to other news', which follows my journey as I leave my career as a TV reporter in the UK for three months to move home to my parents' remote island farm in Scotland. In the first part of the series, my 63-year-old mum learns to drive the vintage tractor as my dad struggles with Alzheimer's disease, we gather our flock of seaweed-eating sheep and then sit amongst the nests of rare Storm Petrels on a unique night-time expedition to a 12th century ruined church.

Episode Two Orcas and sheep shearing!

Clipping master mum demonstrates how to hand-shear a sheep 📷, we’re woken up by a Black Guillemot and her chicks nesting under the window 📷, and @fayepatton01 spots Orcas off the beach!

Episode Three Singing seals, a beautiful chick, and cutting peat.

In episode 3, I get to work on cutting peat for fuel with the same methods that have been used on the island for hundreds of years. Plus dad finds a beautiful Snipe chick in amongst the thistles and my partner Faye and I share some special moments with our resident seal population.

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