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Grey Seals Grey seals & their pups laying on the shore on Copinsay |
28/03/2008 |
Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea Charters |
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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 |
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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 |
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Basking Shark Basking shark spotted at Rackwick Bay in Hoy on 27th July. |
07/08/2007 |
Posted by: Orcadian Wildlife |
Rissos Dolphins Rissos Dolphins were seen playing south of Auskerry on Saturday 1st July. 6 Rissos dolphins were seen in the area for around an hour during the afternoon |
02/07/2007 |
Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea charters |
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Common Seal pups Many common seals are now pupping around the east and south coast of North Ronaldsay. This pic was taken on 30.06.07. |
02/07/2007 |
Posted by: Carly Simpson |
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Gannets Large colony of Gannets (approx 50) nesting on the Horse of Copinsay |
24/06/2007 |
Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea Charters |
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Common seals pupping Common seals are now pupping at Helliar Holm |
24/06/2007 |
Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea Charters |
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Guillemot chicks 23-06-07 First guillemot chicks of 2007 spotted at Mull Head, Deerness |
24/06/2007 |
Posted by: Explorer Fast Sea Charters |
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