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The weather may have been atrocious this morning for the Hide Session at The Loons Hide but it didn't stop the serious business of getting the next generation of birds underway. At times the rain was lashing in through the open windows but everywhere I looked, I could see birds in pairs. A pair of...

I had another very pleasant Monday morning at The Loons Hide this week. It was a bit cold at some points but the sun eventually came out and everything began to warm up. Just to tempt you into either coming along to a session or visiting at another time during the week: This is what you missed.... ...

It was the first Hide Session of the year at The Loons today and the morning wasn't promising with heavy snow showers and most of the birds hunkering down out of the wind. I wasn't too optimistic about how many would drop in to the session (you wouldn't believe the numbers of layers of clothing...

Now that it’s Autumn (well, it feels more like winter today...), the practical work parties have started up on the Mainland reserves again. The group is made up of a number of local volunteers who give up their time to help the RSPB. As well as a few stalwarts we have a number of new faces joining...

Last week I had to do a double take when I popped into The Loons hide - for a second I thought we'd got water buffalo and nobody had told me... ..but it turns out it was just some of the young cows of one of our graziers, having newly found out how tasty reeds and bog bean really are! ...

The hide sessions are back in full swing and the birds are putting a great show. Well, when the wind isn’t hitting gale force! At The Loons on the 27 th of April visitors to the hide amongst all the displaying waders were treated to great views of water rail including a territorial dispute ...

Today was the first of this seasons hide 'Surgery Sessions' at The Loons reserve. These sessions will run every Friday from now until the end of July, and then fortnighly into the autumn, at one of these Orkney reserve hides: The Loons , Burgar Hill and Mill Dam . We'll be posting about events...