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A classic Volkswagen Campervan at Yesnaby.
A classic Volkswagen Campervan at Yesnaby.
There’s a fluorescent green ring encircling the Earth tonight made by charged particles from a solar wind. As if the milky way …
What was this sculpture originally do you think?
Einar, or Torf-Einar as he is sometimes known, is celebrated in this wonderful stained glass window at St Magnus Cathedral.
She wishes she could find a starfish here; I go looking for one and find one. She thinks it’s because she wished for it; I think it’s because I looked for it.
Spotted a Green Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis at the Bay of Skaill.
A Hermit Crab emerges from its shell, pincers first; it’s just like me getting out of bed in the morning.
We’re sitting in the waiting room at Westray Airfield. I was tempted to say Airport rather than Airfield, but I’m not sure …
A ragged-tailed Fulmar is alive to every variation in the breeze as the sun sets at Noup Head.
Noup Head lighthouse on Westray reflected in a puddle of rain.
When the plane from Westray takes off I’m just over the wheels and I see us let go of our own shadow, …
The evening is idyllic. Sunshine, hail, rain and a double rainbow in just five minutes. The gusty wind means the Gannets are …
The wedding at St Magnus Cathedral had a beautiful vintage car and these wonderful flowers.
It’s time for a day trip to the bright lights and the big city of Kirkwall. That means either an hour and …
I shout into the wind that I can see rain heading over the sea towards us. I’m wrong; it’s hailstones.
At school I chose to take Geography A Level and due to the intricacies of the timetable, which only one man was …
There’s a wonderful Orkney Sky Facebook Group which I joined a little while ago. It’s got over 2,500 members and some really …
Einar used to be a school, the Skelwick Academy School, or at least the Hall used to be a school, while the …
Running past I see that Roadmire is for sale. It looks amazing in this weather, especially overlooking the Bay of Tuquoy. Roadmire …
All Limpets start life as neuters and develop into males at about a year old. When they get to between 4 to …
There’s a Raven perched at the back of Einar. By the time I get my camera it is already in flight. I …
Bones picked clean, floats, driftwood branches and strange objects all collected in a box; I love beachcombing.
Wednesday night is fish and chips night at Jacks Chippy at Pierowall Fish. That’s a source of great excitement to me. I’ve …
There’s a juvenile Sanderling on the rocks. It pitter-patters busily among the seaweed. Suddenly I realise there are a flock of them …
Cars are a danger to wildlife. On the road back from Pierowall there is a Hedgehog corpse. Forty years ago I spotted …
Beadlet Anemones are vicious territorial monsters. There are both male and female anemones and each of them can become pregnant on their …
I love the Westray Industrial Show with a strange and rather bizarre passion. There’s something deeply appealing about the vegetable competition, the …
On a clear day in Westray you can see the Mainland. No, not the mainland of Scotland, but Orkney Mainland.