"Fade To Grey" male Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) at Marwick, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #GreyDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wheatear 🪶🌳

Check out the lovely warercolour version of my Wren snap of yesterday, painted by @drrjwarren.bsky.social 🎨🖌👩‍🎨

"Golden Brown, Texture Like Sun" Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) on a lychen- and moss-covered Sycamore (Acer pseudoplantus) branch at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #LittleBrownBirds #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wren 🪶🌳

"Blurry Blooming Background" Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) in a flowering Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Buds #Birds&Bokeh #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Warbler 🪶 #Willow 🌳

"Sitting on the Fence" male Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Sparrowhawk 🪶🦅

"Perambulating Pheasants" mother and juvenile Common Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus) #OutForAWalk at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdOfTheDay #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Tern 🪶

"Terned Wood" Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) perching on a wooden support post of the WW1 seaplane pier, at Swanbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdOfTheDay #MultiColour #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Tern 🪶

"Wattle Be, Will Be" a very amber-eyed male Common Pheasant (Phasianus Colchicus), at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdOfTheDay #MultiColour #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Pheasant 🪶

"A Tale of Two Tysties" two Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle) at Orphir, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"A Drake's Progress" male Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) going for a wander at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Eider #Duck #Quack 🪶 🦆

"Shore Shank" Redshank (Tringa totanus) at Scapa, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #WorldOceansDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redshank 🪶

"Branching Shout" Robin (Erithacus rubecula) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin #Redbreast 🪶

"Special Branch" male Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redpoll 🪶

"The Fairer Sisk" female Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #FemaleBeauty #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Siskin 🪶

"Here's Looking at Coo, Kid" Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) #LookingAtYou at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Woodpigeon 🪶

"Cuck-eyed" Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) #LookingAtYou at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Cuckoo 🪶

"Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside" Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), on a cliff at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #LMNOP #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Oystercatcher 🪶

"Ooh, What a Bill Larva!" Robin (Erithacus rubecula) with a big, fat, juicy caterpillar at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #FoodInBeaks #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin #Redbreast 🪶 🐛

"Identity Crisis" Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) in a Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Willow #Warbler 🪶 #Rowan 🌳

"Cuck-covert" Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) #HiddenInPlainSight at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Cuckoo 🪶 🌳

"Sprawk to the Fuchsia" male Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) lurking in a Fuchsia hedge at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #HiddenInPlainSight #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Sparrowhawk 🪶

"Cuck-concealed" Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Cuckoo 🪶🌳

"Tern Stone" Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Arctic #Tern 🪶🪨

"Furtive Forest Finch" male Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Woodland #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Siskin #finch 🪶🌳

"🎶 Thorn In My Side, You Know That's All You'll Ever Be 🎶" Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing from a Monkey-puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana), at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #birdsoftheworld #Wren #Monkey-puzzle 🪶

"I'm Sisky and I Know It" male Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, yesterday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Siskin #finch 🪶

"Hoppy Easter" baby European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Rabbit #bunny #Easter 🐰🐇

"The Joy of Sisk" female Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, today. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Siskin #finch 🪶

"Catcher Caught on Camera" Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Oystercatcher #wader 🪶

"Ruby Two's Day" two Redwings (Turdus iliacus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, this morning. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redwing 🪶

"Rear View" Robin (Erithacus rubecula) with the morning sun on its back, at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin #redbreast 🪶

"Woodpig-headed" head-and-shoulders shot of a Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Woodpigeon #pigeon 🪶

"Calm Reflection" a snoozing Guillemot (Uria aalge), mirrored in the still waters of Scapa Bay, Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #auk 🪶

"Practically Perfectly-Perched Poll" Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #PerfectlyPerched #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redpoll 🪶

"Shore Footing" Redshank (Tringa totanus) standing on Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redshank #Wader 🪶

"Back in Black" Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) in breeding plumage, at Scapa, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfile #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"Treading Water" Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) at Scapa, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #StandingInWater #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Turnstone 🪶

"Come On, Let Me See You Shake Your Tail Feather" drake Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Duck 🪶 🦆

"Share of Voice" Skylark (Alauda arvensis) at Orphir, #Orkney. #ShoutItOut #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Skylark 🪶

"Whoops Upside Your Head" Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) #SideView, with distinctive #Yellow bill, on the Peedie Sea, Kirkwall, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Whooper #Swan 🪶

"Lark Descended" Skylark (Alauda arvensis) on a fencepost at Orphir, #Orkney, on Saturday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Skylark 🪶

"Kestrelectric" Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) on a power line at Keelylang, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Kestrel 🪶

"Whoop!" Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) on the Peedie Sea, #Kirkwall, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Whooper #Swan 🪶

"Little Wonder" Little Auk (Alle alle) at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #LittleAuk 🪶

"Waiting for Godwit" Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) at Scapa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Godwit #Bar-tailed 🪶

"The Eye of the Whooper" Portrait of one of 23 Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) present on the Peedie Sea, #Kirkwall, #Orkney, on Sunday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Whooper #Swan 🪶

"Scoter d'Azur" female Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) on the blue waters of Scapa Bay, #Orkney, on Sunday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Duck #Scoter 🪶

"Yule Bob" Robin (Erithacus rubecula) at Grimbister, #Orkney. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅 #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin #Redbreast 🪶

"Blue, Blue, Electric Blue" female Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) on #PapaWestray, #Orkney, in September. #BirdOfTheDay #Contrasts #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wheatear 🪶

"Finch Flank" Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #SideProfiles #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redpoll 🪶