Magnificent Mallimacks
There are Fulmars, called Mallimacks here in Orkney, on the wing at the pier on Papa Westray
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-3953-725x483.jpg)
This one is flying a repetitive flight-path:
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-3952-725x483.jpg)
That makes it easier to photograph it as I’ve got multiple opportunities to compose the right shot, get it in focus and try out different settings.
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-3960-725x408.jpg)
I begin to wonder what it’s doing, but then realise; flying is what they do.
You can’t stay still in the air without expending a lot of energy, so circling around is the best thing to do if you don’t want to land. It’s a clear holding pattern. I think it has a youngster and maybe a partner below on the rocks.
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-3970-725x483.jpg)
I love their flying boat outline:
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-3981-725x483.jpg)
And the pattern of grey feathers on their wings looks just like reptile scales:
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Hall-of-Einar-3984-725x483.jpg)
More Mallimacks
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Fulmar-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fulmars-The-Hall-of-Einar--200x300.jpg)
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Fulmar-The-Hall-of-Einar--300x200.jpg)
![Fulmar and Arctic Skua - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Fulmar-and-Arctic-Skua-The-Hall-of-Einar--200x300.jpg)
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fulmar-The-Hall-of-Einar-1-300x200.jpg)
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fulmar-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-1-300x200.jpg)
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Fulmars-The-Hall-of-Einar-4-300x200.jpg)
![Fulmars - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Fulmars-The-Hall-of-Einar-1627-300x200.jpg)
![Fulmar - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Fulmar-2-300x169.jpg)