No, not that kind of circus. I mean Circus cyaneus, the Hen Harrier. Sitting in the window seat looking over the fields and out to sea I see a huge brown raptor flying towards Einar. It looks like a chunky owl until I see the characteristic white rump and long tail. With a wingspan of [...]

 
Seabird City

Noup Head, the RSPB reserve, is seabird city. Here is a Fulmar, crouching  ungainly on the cliffs, waiting to wheel into the air.

 
Tammie Norries at the Castle o' Burrian

We’re up at dawn to see the Tammie Norries (Puffins), a short walk from our house, at the Castle o’ Burrian on Westray.

 
Footprints on the Beaches

Footprints of gulls pattern the sand.

 
Mallimack

A Fulmar glides past like a flying boat over the Knowe o’ Skea on Westray.

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