White-tailed eagle over Mull Head this morning. #Papay #eagles #Orkney

First #primula in flower on the North hill. #Papay #Orkney #primula scotica

A Sunday Dunter in the tropical seas of #Papay . #Orkney #eiderducks #seaducks

The New Pier, on a fine sunny Sunday tour of #Papay . #orkney #islandtours #pierpleasure

Blue seas, boney middens, Primula almost out, and the plane home. A flavour of today’s #Papay tour. #orkney #islandtours

The highlight of any #Papay Tour - The Knap of Howar. Wonderful evidence of the long lineage of farming here on the island, for at least the last 5500 yrs. A reminder that life has changed so much, but in some ways things remain the same. #Orkney #neolithic #islandtours

The view to the shore, via The Kelp Store today. Sandwich terns providing the soundtrack. #Papay #Orkney #seeview

A fool, and his feathers.
#Papay
#Snipe
#horsegok
#orkney
#feathercurator

As D Hourston our creelman would say “looks like the Caribbean, feels like the Arctic” #Papay in a North wind today. #Orkney

Lesser whitethroat at Surhoose this morning. #Papay #passagebirds #Orkney

Cattie-face doing its best to avoid the mobbers. Nothing upsets the resident birds more than a morning fly by from a Short-eared owl. #Papay #owls #BirdsSeenIn2024 #orkney

Lost days with lost birds on lost houses.
The #ravens of Gayfield on a misty rain kind of day today.
#Papay
#Orkney
#lostbirds
#corvids

Still the only and lonely cloud of the day. #Papay #Springsun #Orkney

The four highlights of a walk around the North end of #Papay in April. Fowl Craig, North Wick, #Selkies and passing Wheatears. #Orkney #islandofbirds #VisitScotland

Whooper swans taking a mid flight stop over on Costa del #Papay today. Next stop Iceland? #Orkney #passagebirds #swan sea #BirdsSeenIn2024

The Nature Library in The Daily Record with lots more about the new space and the collaboration with Scottish Maritime Museum. Opening very soon in Irvine! May 3rd at 10am, to be precise.

dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/scott…

On the 20th of April we will be hosting a bit of a beachcombing fest here on Papay. Beachcomber general Martin Gray Martin Gray will be on the island to lead a walk down the west coast, seeing what gems the sea has brought ashore. #Papay #beachcombing #Orkney

Our first Primula Scotica are just popping their heads up. While the surroundings look very wintery still. #primula #flowersofscotland #orkney #Papay

Purple sandpiper on North Wick this afternoon. #Papay #BirdsSeenIn2024 #Orkney

Westerlies bright and breezy green today. #Papay #pierpleasure #Orkney