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29 | Birder and BTO A Ringer | Head of Ornithology @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social | Fair Isle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🦉
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Still a wintry theme @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social, with Iceland Gull and two Russian Whitefronts the recent highlights. Signs of spring are beginning to appear though, with the first Mistle Thrush, Stonechat and Pied Wagtail in the last week, and numbers of Ringed Plover and Skylark building

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

A drake Long-tailed Duck soaking in the last rays of the sun on the Peedie Sea in Kirkwall - there can't be many town 'duck ponds' with displaying Long-tailed Ducks a regular feature! #OrkneyBirds

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

It's been a quiet winter for Short-eared Owls in Orkney, perhaps unsurprising after such poor autumn passage through @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social. Extra special then to bump into a roadside group of three birds - hunting, chasing and occasionally bickering with a passing Hen Harrier

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

A handful of 'borealis' Eiders were present in a several-hundred-strong flock near Kirkwall this morning, looking that bit more flamboyant than the locals, with their brighter bills and pointed 'sails' #orkneybirds

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Purple Sandpipers were living up to their name for once in Orkney today - their mantles, wings and even crown feathers gleaming iridescent purple in the low winter sun

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Delighted to be heading back to the magic isle alongside Jonnie in these permanent roles - a very exciting few years coming up, and can’t wait to be able to welcome visitors back to a brand new Obs!

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

We are hiring seasonal hospitality staff! These are exciting opportunities to relocate seasonally to Shetland, working with a close-knit hospitality team at our guesthouse on the UK’s most remote inhabited island. More here: linkedin.com/feed/update/... #Shetland #FairIsle

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

A well-timed visit to the Loons this morning resulted in another brief view of the Bittern that’s currently in residence, as it crept across an open channel in the reeds #OrkneyBirds

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments