"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 🪶

"Two to Tango" a pair of Oystercatchers at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Oystercatcher 🪶

"In the Pink" Arctic Tern amongst the Thrift at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #tern #arctic 🪶

"Mouth to Mouth" While I was photographing this fledgling Robin, it was photobombed by one of its parents arriving with some food, at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin🪶

"Gee Bee Bee Gees" two Great Black-backed Gulls at Hoxa, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #gull #greatBlack-backedGull #GBBG 🪶

"Poll Position" male Redpoll on a bare Sycamore branch at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #redpoll 🪶

"Singin' the Blues" Willow Warbler at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #willowwarbler #warbler 🪶

"Mr Blue Sky" male Stonechat at Wideford Hill, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #stonechat 🪶

"The Sedge of Glory" a Sedge Warbler singing from one of the bushes in the plantation adjascent to Happy Valley, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #oystercatcher 🪶

This story is quackers! 🦆 Fowl play: flying duck caught in Swiss speed trap believed to be repeat offender www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

"Blue Öystercatcher Halt" an Oystercatcher momentarily pausing on a rock on the shore of the blue water of #Kirkwall Bay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #oystercatcher 🪶

"Wrendition" a Wren singing from a coniferous tree branch at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #wren 🪶

"Crooning Over a New Leaf" Willow Warbler singing from an emerging Sycamore leaf. A definite case of warbling up the wrong tree. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology 🪶

"Owl Be Seeing You" Short-eared Owl at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology 🪶

"Wheatear Shade of Pale" female Wheatear at Yesnaby, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology 🪶