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Harbour Porpoises

Harbour porpoises spotted off Sandwick in South Ronaldsay on 25.06.08

03/07/2008

Posted by: B Jackson

Basking Shark

Basking shark seen feeding beside pier beside Stromness Museum on 2nd July 2008.

03/07/2008

Posted by: Erik Tait

Killer Whales

Seven killer whales spotted off North Ronaldsay

25/06/2008

Posted by: B Jackson

Minkie Whale

Minkie whale spotted off Herston Head in South Ronaldsay

24/06/2008

Posted by: J McCutcheon

Minkie Whale

Minkie whale spotted off Rerwick Head in Tankerness

31/05/2008

Posted by: L Tait

Grey Seals

Grey seals & their pups laying on the shore on Copinsay

28/03/2008

Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea Charters

Great Yellow Bumblebee

Great Yellow Bumblebees are now very scarce in Britain, but can still be found in Orkney in small numbers. We found one feeding on Comfrey flowers in our Shapinsay garden on 8th September. The one pictured we found earlier in the year feeding on yellow Birdsfoot Trefoil. Note the yellow thorax with a black band running through the middle.

14/09/2007

Posted by: Orkney Island Holidays

Cetacean Sightings

On the 22nd August there were 4 minkie whales, 6 or more rissos dolphins and 20 or more porpoises spotted while onboard the Explorer Fast Sea Charter Boat.

03/09/2007

Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea Charters

Mill Dam Shapinsay Wader bonanza

Loads of newly exposed mud at Mill Dam Shapinsay over the w/e 18th - 21st August 2007. Water levels have been lowered as the RSPB prepare for more digger work this autumn, as part of its ongoing management to improve the wetland. This has attracted a suite of wading birds less common in Orkney, such as :- 3 wood sandpipers, 1 spotted redshank, 1 green sandpiper, 2 greenshank, 14 ruff, 11 knot, 30 dunlin, 80 lapwing, plus juv peregrine and female hen harrier going in for the bounty!

21/08/2007

Posted by: Orkney Island Holidays

Basking Shark

Basking shark spotted at Rackwick Bay in Hoy on 27th July.

07/08/2007

Posted by: Orcadian Wildlife