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Goldeneye in flight, Orkney
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) in flight, Loch of Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, taken by Lorna Beattie
28 March 2018
Goldeneye in flight, Orkney
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) in flight, Loch of Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, taken by Lorna Beattie
28 March 2018
Whooper swans, Orkney
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus), Loch of Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, taken by Lorna Beattie. One swan here is upending, a foraging technique where they use their long necks to reach aquatic plants under the surface, with their tails sticking out of the water.
28 March 2018
Skaill House, Sandwick, Orkney
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
Skaill House at Sandwick, Orkney, near Skara Brae, built in 1620 and owned first by the Bishop of Orkney in the 17th century.
15 May 2013
Mute Swans, Bay of Skaill, Orkney
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
Mute swans (Cygnus olor) swimming in the Bay of Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney.
15 May 2013
House 1, Skara Brae, Sandwick
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
House 1 at Bay of Skaill, Skara Brae, Sandwick, Orkeny
13 May 2013
Bay of Skaill, Skara Brae, Sandwick
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Orkney - Sandwick and Skara Brae
Bay of Skaill at Skara Brae, Sandwick, Orkney
13 May 2013
Ragged Robin
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Orkney - Eday
Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) in Skaill, Eday, Orkney. This moisture-loving perennial atracts a range of invertebrate life but has been in decline in the UK ever since wetlands began to be drained for agriculture.
17 July 2015
Common gull colony, Eday
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Orkney - Eday
Colony of (mostly) Common Gulls (Larus canus), Eday, Orkney
17 July 2015
Immature Herring and Common gulls, Eday
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Orkney - Eday
An immature Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) amongst a colony of (mostly) Common Gulls (Larus canus), Eday, Orkney
