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11pm on the Holm of Papay, with just the Pickies for company.

Sea aurora.

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#holmofpapay
#Papay
#arcticterns
June 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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Neolithic carving and neolithic doorways.

Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn.
The Knap O'Howar - Neolithic steading.

Papay - Orkney
June 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Last nights lights.

Papay, Orkney.
January 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Aurora over Midhouse..

Tonight.

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December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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An evening with the Selkies. Our trips to the Holm of Papay are up and running for the summer..

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May 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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A Rose Cottage rainbow.

It is the season.

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#Orkney
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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All sea and land is calm. Papay still.
July 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Aurora by moonlight.

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Orkney
Tonight
February 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Island lights, on land too.

There is life in the North.

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#Orkney
December 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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The Papay airfield at 2.30am. The lights in the North.

#orkney #papay #aurora
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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For #TombTuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn. With the only Neoloithic carvings ever found within the Papay archipelago. Boat trips to the Holm run from April to October every year, a service operated by the Papay Development Trust.

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November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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For the early 5.30am birds.

Papay, Orkney.
June 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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The Great auk and a rainbow.

Papay
Orkney
June 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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As today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG

I will go with a double G...

Glaucous gull..

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#orkney
#icebirds
September 29, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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Fingers crossed this is a good sign, more Puffins than I have ever seen on the Holm of Papay today.
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Bothican before the hail.

Papay - Orkney - today.
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Solan goose.

Fishing in 50mph winds this morning.

Old pier, Papay.

#Orkney
#Gannets
#autumngales
September 30, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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No planes or boats to Papay today, but the Gannets were in fine form, fun to watch them from the New pier..

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#Orkney
September 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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A winter palace and a winter king. The Knap of Howar and the Papay Great auk on a breezy Papay tour today.

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#orkney
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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A breezy, tropical autumn day on South Wick today.
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September 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Mallimack and sea pink.

Papay Fulmars.
June 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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A Neolithic winter.

The Knap O'Howar on a snowy Papay day in January.

A fastness in time, caught.

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February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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For the early birds.
Still.

Papay - Orkney - Windless
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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The first Primula scotica are out on the North hill reserve.
A gem to find for the Papay Tour group today.

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#Primula
#scottishprimrose
#Orkney
April 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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The best bird I have ever seen on Papay (so far).. the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater has now headed away but I managed an early morning viewing before it went.

Papay's very own bird of paradise.

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#Orkney
#rarebirds
#beeeater
July 18, 2026 at 7:08 AM