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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...

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! ...

I really wasn't expecting to see very much when I took folk around on yesterday's "Birds for Beginners" walk on the Brodgar reserve. Not having been round for a while, I did a recce on Monday and saw far fewer birds than in previous weeks. It didn't help that the vegetation - crops...

Hello, a quick introduction first. I’m Izzy and I will be based at Onziebust reserve, on Egilsay, for the next 9 months. I will also be keeping and eye on the Trumland reserve on Rousay. I’m originally from the (very) southern county of Kent – but seem to keep migrating north. I spent...

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...