Last week I was lucky enough to travel to the tiny island of Copinsay with seabird researchers Juliet Lamb and Yvan Satge. To the east of the Orkney mainland, Copinsay is one mile long, half a mile wide and has been uninhabited since 1958. The island...

The Wildart Workshop in Stromness went well on May 14th and Aileen Meek sends us the following report: Just to say that I joined the Wild Art Workshop this evening. I was part of a group of 6 people, hanging onto Tim's every word in the hope...

On Wednesday 16th May a Little Egret was located at our Loch of Banks RSPB Reserve, an unusual visitor to Orkney at any time of year. Local photographer Morris Rendall managed to get a superb shot of the Little Egret with a family party of Greylag Geese...

This spring has been colder than the whole of last winter with a steady northerly wind recently. Today, while surveying Hen Harriers on the Birsay Moors there were clear signs of spring. I was treated to a pair of Twite getting stuck into a road kill...

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...