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📆 On Tue 13 Oct 2026 we're hosting 'An Evening with the Shipwreck HMS Royal Oak' alongside Scapa 100. Emily Turton, Project Leader of the HMS Royal Oak Survey will present their 2025-2026 findings plus a Q&A session.

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A man's leather shoe on the seabed.
September 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
stevedudley.bsky.social
On this day #OrkneyBirding ... Western Sandpiper was new to #Orkney and remains the sole record of this Nearctic peep. The Spotted Sandpiper is only the second of three county records. Three Citrine Wagtails and four Olive-backed Pipits are a standout run of records. #rarebirds
A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 28 September in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 28 September Mandarin, 1998, North Ronaldsay American Wigeon, 2015, ♂, Loch of Swartmill, Westray Spotted Sandpiper, 2008, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 2015, Lettan, Sanday Western Sandpiper, 1998, 1CY, Deerness Sabine's Gull, 2015, ad, off Black Craig, Stromness Balearic Shearwater, 1988, pelagic, off North Ronaldsay Continental Barn Owl, 2012, alba, Gerraquoy, South Ronaldsay Black Kite, 1970, ad, North Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1998, Stronsay Shorelark, 1977, Westray Shorelark, 2007, Start Point, Sanday Short-toed Lark, 1983, North Ronaldsay Rose-coloured Starling, 2002, ad, Herston, South Ronaldsay Swainson's Thrush, 2015, 1CY, Cleat, Sanday Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2025, North Ronaldsay Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2025, Sanday Citrine Wagtail, 1997, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Citrine Wagtail, 2003, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Citrine Wagtail, 2007, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2001, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2001, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2017, North Ronaldsay Olive-backed Pipit, 2019, Rusness, Sanday Common Rosefinch, 2025, Lettan, Sanday Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, 2022, Mour, Sanday Rustic Bunting, 1998, trapped, North Ronaldsay Rustic Bunting, 2019, 1CY+, North Ronaldsay
September 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
cllrdent.bsky.social
🚰Water works by Essex & Suffolk Water outside 1 to 79 and 2 to 72 Stromness Rd, between 1 September and 20 November - 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆) 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.
September 28, 2026 at 9:30 AM
rnshiplosses.bsky.social
28 Sept 1916 // HM Trawler Orsino, a Hull boat in naval service as a patrol vessel at Stromness, was sunk with gunfire by U-boat U.55 north of Strathy Point on the north coast of Scotland. Six of her ten crew were lost, the other four became prisoners in Germany. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
September 28, 2026 at 6:50 AM
matanaroberts.bsky.social
Stromness is gorgeous, I dream about running off to Isle of Skye🖤
September 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
xterminalnoise.bsky.social
My family is from Fife, and if I had my druthers and unlimited funds we'd be retiring to Stromness... the pipes are in my (tone-deaf) blood.
September 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
roger93.bsky.social
Moonlight and the Hamnavoe

#Stromness #HarvestMoon #Orkney
Harvest moon over the sea, Hamnavoe ferry returning to Stromness
September 27, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Another Walter MacFarlane/Saracen Foundry fountain in the far north
Fountain, reinvented as a planter, Stromness, Orkney.
September 27, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Stromness street view. #Unexpected
Alleyway labelled with Khyber Pass
September 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Peter Maxwell Davies & Peter Maxwell Davies:
🎵 Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

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Farewell to Stromness
Peter Maxwell Davies, Richard Casey · Maxwell Davies: Piano Works (1949-2009) · Song · 2013
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September 26, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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BBC Radio 3
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Peter Maxwell Davies & Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)
September 26, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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“Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)” by Peter Maxwell Davies #nowplaying #radio3
September 26, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of houses on Ness Road in #Stromness, #Orkney #Islands. A cannon here was recovered from an #American privateer ship named Liberty captured in 1813 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/11/old-...
Old Photograph Ness Road Stromness Orkney Islands Scotland
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September 25, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Something I saw yesterday. #Relevant #Heroes
Pin badge commemorating the loss of a lifeboat and all crew with their names above. Stromness Museum
September 23, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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The Old Stromness Post Office

By Bernie Bell. ‘The Orcadian’ recently featured an article about the proposed renovation of the old Stromness Post Office, including some drawings of what is planned....
The Old Stromness Post Office
By Bernie Bell. ‘The Orcadian’ recently featured an article about the proposed renovation of the old Stromness Post Office, including some drawings of what is planned. I was wondering how much of the original Edwardian fittings might be preserved? I remember the Post Office having wonderfully patinated, polished wood and fine brass-ware including finger-plates on the doors. The plans in the Orcadian look terribly modern!
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September 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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The Old Stromness Post Office
By Bernie Bell. ‘The Orcadian’ recently featured an article about the proposed renovation of the old Stromness Post Office, including some drawings of what is planned. I was wondering how much of the original Edwardian fittings might be preserved? I remember the Post Office having wonderfully patinated, polished wood and fine brass-ware including finger-plates […]
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September 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Red Clover is just one of the wildflowers growing in the Planters Project on our pier, to celebrate 100 years since the Magnus Spence Herbarium was gifted to Stromness Museum. 🔗 Find out more in our latest blog post by Katy Firth: shorturl.at/ER2Y3
Magnus Spence Herbarium sheet: pressed Red Clover with handwritten labels.
September 22, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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@orkneycom.bsky.social If you have to leave The Orkneys, this view from the sun deck of Humnavoe, NorthLink ferry beckons you to return. #orkneys #tourismscotland #northlinkferries #scotland
22 September 2026, from the 16:45 Stromness to Scrabster
September 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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The Mastermind drew a big WSC crowd, and proved divisive on the ping-pongometer scoring a 3 overall. Next up is The Love That Remains on Saturday 03/10/26. A melancholic but surprisingly humorous depiction of an Icelandic family in flux. Doors open 1915, showing starts 1945. Knitwear optional.
Promotional poster for a showing of The Love That Remains at West Side Cinema, Stromness. October 2nd 2027, doors open 1915, showing starts 1945. £5 admission, £3 students. Cash on the door. Rated 15.
September 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
stevedudley.bsky.social
On this day ... the 1992 Yellow-breasted Bunting was the first of five found in the '90s. Also a notable date for Great Snipe and Citrine Wagtail. Quite typically for here, 17 of 25 birds found on this day were found in the North Isles, and 10 of them on North Ronaldsay. #OrkneyBirding #rarebirds
A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 19 September in Orkney. Text reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 21 September American Golden Plover, 1988, 1CY, North Ronaldsay American Golden Plover, 2009, ad, Deerness Great Snipe, 1996, Sanday Great Snipe, 1998, North Ronaldsay Grey Phalarope, 2014, Black Craig, Stromness Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 1985, Papa Westray Pectoral Sandpiper, 2003, Papa Westray White-rumped Sandpiper, 1988, North Ronaldsay Sabine's Gull, 2014, Black Craig, Stromness Mediterranean Gull, 2006, ad, Holm Balearic Shearwater, 2003, Pentland Firth Little Egret, 2015, Voy, Stenness Osprey, 1991, Brough of Birsay Goshawk, 1995, North Ronaldsay White-tailed Eagle, 1986, 1CY, Hoy Short-toed Lark, 2011, North Ronaldsay Aquatic Warbler, 1999, North Ronaldsay Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2012, 1CY, Sanday Marsh Warbler, 1968, Sanday Marsh Warbler, 2006, North Ronaldsay Arctic Warbler, 1992, 1CY, trapped, North Ronaldsay Citrine Wagtail, 1994, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Citrine Wagtail, 2000, 1CY, North Ronaldsay Yellow-breasted Bunting, 1992, ♀/1CY, Stronsay Black-headed Bunting, 1999, 1CY, North Ronaldsay
September 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
cllrdent.bsky.social
🚰Water works by Essex & Suffolk Water outside 1 to 79 and 2 to 72 Stromness Rd, between 1 September and 20 November - 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆) 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲.
September 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #WordsAndMusic

Peter Maxwell Davies, Orchestra of the Swan & David Le Page:
🎵 Farewell to Stromness

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Farewell to Stromness
Peter Maxwell Davies, Rory Macdonald, Royal Scottish National Orchestra · Farewell to Stromness · Song · 2024
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September 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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“Farewell to Stromness” by Peter Maxwell Davies #nowplaying #radio3
September 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Peter Maxwell Davies, Orchestra of the Swan & David Le Page
Farewell to Stromness
September 20, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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You can download the John Gow Heritage Trail of Orkney on our Digital Trails page. 🧭 Created by @insuhi.bsky.social and the J. Gow Distillery, which features Stromness Museum. stromnessmuseum.org.uk/resources/to...
Leather bound telescope which belonged to Pirate John Gow. Aquired byJames Fea of Eday on the capture of Pirate Gow after his ship grounded on the Calf of Eday.
September 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM