"Ground Snow" Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) near Mid Hill, Firth, #Orkney. #Grounded #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #SnowBunting 🪶

"Happy #NationalRobinDay" Robin (Erithacus rubecula) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin #Redbreast 🪶

"On Reflection" winter-plumaged Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), mirrored in the water of Scapa Bay, #Orkney (on a calmer day than today!) #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #BlackGuillemot #Tystie 🪶

"Fare-y on Top of the Tree" Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), atop a Sycamore at Grimbister, #Orkney, on Sunday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Fieldfare 🪶🎄

"Watery Pleeps" For #twosday, two Common Redshanks (Tringa totanus) paddling just off the shore at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redshank 🪶

"Mussel-bound" Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) with some kind of Mussel, on the shore at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #HoodedCrow #crow #corvid 🪶

"Grabba Dab-ba Doo!" drake Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) with its Common Dab (Limanda limanda) prey, in Scapa Bay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #duck 🪶

"Cowled Corvid" Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #HoodedCrow #crow #corvid 🪶

"Ripit Up and Start Again" Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) catching the sun up Wideford Hill, #Orkney. (Thanks to @stevedudley.bsky.social for correcting my erroneous ID of Mipit). #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #birdsoftheworld #RockPipit 🪶

"Everything's Gonna Be All White" Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) near Mid Hill, Firth, #Orkney, yesterday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #SnowBunting 🪶

"Arch Eye the Noo" a Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) in the gloaming at the Brig o' Waithe, near Stromness, #Orkney. If you look closely, two of the arches of the bridge are reflected in the seal's left eye. #UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Selkie #Seal

"(Standin' On) The Dock of a Bay" Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) on the slip at Scapa Pier, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot 🪶

"Fish Served on a Bed of Seaweed" a foam-covered Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) that had just come ashore with a flatfish meal, at a gloomy Loch of Stenness, #Orkney, on Saturday. #UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Otter

Holiday cruises to Orkney & Shetland from Leith and Aberdeen, 1930s.

"Pop-up Chat" male Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Stonechat 🪶

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"Hawk-eyed" male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Sparrowhawk 🪶

"Fare's Fair" Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Fieldfare 🪶

"The Hunt For Red Oxter Over" finally managed my first photo of a Redwing (Turdus iliacus) this autumn, at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #redwing 🪶

"Owl Along the Watchtower" Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) roosting in my trees at Grimbister, #Orkney, on Monday night (going by its orangey eyes, white V on face, size, and perch height). #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Long-eared #Owl 🪶 🦉

"Flaming Heck!" Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, this morning. The first one I have ever seen. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Firecrest 🪶

"Camera Shy" Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) peering out from behind an autumnal Sycamore leaf, at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Goldcrest 🪶

"Ginger Nut" female Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) at Grimbister, #Orkney, on Tuesday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Blackcap 🪶

"Small, Dark & Handsome" male Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) at Grimbister, #Orkney, yesterday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Blackcap 🪶

"Look! No Hands!" Poplar Hawk Moth catterpillar near Mid Hill, Firth, #Orkney. #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #PoplarHawkMoth 🐛

"I Love You (Even Though You're Boring)" Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #GardenWarbler 🪶

"I Wanna Hebe Adored" Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) nectaring on a Hebe bush at Scapa, #Orkney. 🦋 #butterfly #flutterby #insect #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #RedAdmiral

"She Be on a Hebe" Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) nectaring on a Hebe bush at Scapa, #Orkney. 🦋 #butterfly #flutterby #insect #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #PaintedLady

"If You Go Dun to the Weeds Today, You're Sure of a Big Surprise" Dunlin wading among seaweed at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Dunlin #wader🪶

"Summer Solstice Swan" Here's one at the Brig o' Brodgar, #Orkney, taken about half an hour after sunrise 🌅 on the Summer Solstice this year. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #BlackSwan #Swan 🪶

"Feathered & Tethered" two juvenile Swallows on a mooring rope at Scapa Pier, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Swallows 🪶

"Gull Generations" juvenile and adult Great Black-backed Gulls at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Gulls #GBBG #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds 🪶

"Chatter on the Wire" young Stonechat on a farmer's spool of fencewire, at Wideford Hill, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Stonechat 🪶

"First Lady" I have lived in Orkney for over 20 years, and this is the first Ladybird I have seen here. I think this is some kind of a Harlequin Ladybird, phone-snapped at Grimbister, #Orkney, this morning. #ladybird #harlquin #beetle #BugLife #insects #wildlifephotography 🪲 🐞

"Jenny from the Block" one of the local Wrens at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wren 🪶

"🎶 And I Think to Myself, Wheatear Wonderful World 🎶" female Wheatear at Northside, Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wheatear 🪶

"Gone to Pot" juvenile Woodpigeon exploring the inside of a plant pot at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Woodpigeon 🪶

#SuperSeabirdSunday Puffin, Razorbill, Guillemot, and Kittiwake with two chicks, all at Marwick, #Orkney, last month. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Puffin #Razorbill #Guillemot #Kittiwake 🪶

"Yellowy Youngster" juvenile Willow Warbler at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #WillowWarbler 🪶

"Hawk Kid" juvenile Sparrowhawk at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology Sparrowhawk 🪶

"Kid Kestrel" juvenile Kestrel at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Kestrel 🪶

"Two Heads Are Better Than One" adult Fulmar and chick at Marwick, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Fulmar 🪶

"Shadow Hawk" male Sparrowhawk casting his shadow in the early morning sun at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Buzzard 🪶

"Rover Over Clover" Painted Lady butterfly nectaring on Red Clover at Orphir, #Orkney. This species is known for its multi-generational, ~9,000-mile round-trip migration from tropical Africa to the Arctic Circle. 🦋 #butterfly #flutterby #insect #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #PaintedLady

"One For Sorrow" Magpie Moth on Common Heather (aka Ling) at Orphir, #Orkney. 🦋 #moth #insect #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #MagpieMoth #Heather #Ling

"Red Tag Day" a Buzzard over Grimbister, #Orkney, on 2nd July. It was past the effective range of my lens, but seemed to have a red tag on each upper wing. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Buzzard 🪶

"Eggspended" a spent Black Guillemot egg at the opening of a nest cavity at Orphir, #Orkney (hopefully after successful hatching and not predated 🤞) #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #BlackGuillemot 🪶

"Brown Sugar" male Meadow Brown butterfly nectaring on a Mayweed flower at Swanbister, #Orkney. 🦋 #butterfly #flutterby #insect #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #MeadowBrown #Mayweed

"Have You Ever Had It Blue?" male and female Common Blue butterflies nectaring on Bird's-foot Trefoil at Orphir, #Orkney. 🦋 #butterfly #flutterby #insect #lepidoptera #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #CommonBlue #Birds-footTrefoil

"(What's the Story) Tammie Norrie?" Puffin at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Puffin 🪶