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Oystercatcher sitting on nest

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Could there be a more spellbinding and mystical setting? This reserve surrounds the monument of the ring of Brodgar. Visit during the summer and hear the unmistakable bubbling cries of the curlews and the drumming of the snipe. You should also be able to see lapwings, dunlins, redshanks and oystercatchers.

Opening times

Open at all times

Entrance charges

None, but donations to help us continue our work here are welcomed

Contact us

01856 850176

orkney@rspb.org.uk

Nearest town: Stromness, Mainland

Grid reference: HY294135

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For directions, please see our How to get here page.

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Oystercatcher sitting on nest - Tom Marshall (rspb-images.com, Ref: D_2005_8328_000 )
Great yellow bumblebee - Mike Edwards (Bumblebee Working Group)
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Mainland, dating to late Neolithic period - Andy Hay (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1031017)
Male shoveler dabbling - Steve Round
Bird illustrations by Mike Langman (RSPB)