"Tangled up in Blue" mating pair of Common Blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) at Marwick, #Orkney. #Butterfly #ButterflyWeek #Flutterby #Lepidoptera #CommonBlue 🦋

"🎶 His Name Was Always Buddy 🎶" a juvenile Dunnock (Prunella modularis) sunbathing on a garden bench by a Fuchsia bush, at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Flowers #NewLife #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #Dunnock #BowieIsEverywhere 🪶🌸⚡️

"Head Above Water" Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) dozing in the sea off Swartmill, Westray, #Orkney. #UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Seal #Selkie 🦭

"Hanging Out To Dry" juvenile European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis) drying its wings at Rapness Pier, Westray, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #PerfectPoise #MomentsOfMajesty #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Shag 🪶

"Open-mouthed Wonder" a sunbathing juvenile Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Grimbister, #Orkney. Only its mother could love it! 😂 #BirdOfTheDay #OpenBeaks #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Dunnock 🪶

"Beholder is in the Eye of the Beauty" Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on Westray, #Orkney, on Friday. If you look closely, you can see my silhouette in its iris. #BirdOfTheDay #BestSideEye #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Puffin #auk

"Standing Stone" Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) on a ledge of the Sandstone cliffs at Orphir, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Rocky #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"In and Out of the Blue" Turnstone paddling in the sea at Scapa, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Orange #Reflections #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Turnstone #Wader 🪶 (Archive photo from February 2026)

"I'm Waiting for the Scran" A juvenile Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) looking out for its next invertebrate snack from a fencepost vantage point, at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Cutie #TheWaitingGame #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #Wheatear 🪶

"Ledgeling" A juvenile Razorbill (Alca torda), flanked by its parents, on a cliff ledge at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Ebony&Ivory #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Razorbill #Auk 🪶

"Caught Snapping" A Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with an uncanny feeling that it was being watched whilst perching on a cliff ledge at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Peekaboo #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Puffin #Auk 🪶

"The Hole Story" A juvenile Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) peering out from its nesting site in a disused rabbit burrow at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Peekaboo #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wheatear 🪶

"Take A Chill, Bill" A Razorbill (Alca torda) enjoying a moment of #QuietReflection on the cliffs at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Razorbill #Auk 🪶

"Two Tern Tiddlers" Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) chicks at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #RedBeakFeetEyes #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Arctic #Tern 🪶

"Lepidoptera Latest" Four recent moths: Poplar Hawk, Silver-ground Carpet, and Brimstone (all at Grimbister); ♀️ Ghost (on Orchid up Wideford Hill), #Orkney. #TeamMoth #Moth #Moths #Lepidoptera 🦋🐛

"Ferrari-red Flippers" Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) at Birsay, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #RedBeakFeetEyes #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"🎶 And I Love You SEO 🎶" Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) near Cottersgarth, #Orkney, yesterday evening. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfJune26 #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Owl 🪶🦉

"Fade To Grey" male Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) at Marwick, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #GreyDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wheatear 🪶🌳

"Golden Brown, Texture Like Sun" Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) on a lychen- and moss-covered Sycamore (Acer pseudoplantus) branch at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #LittleBrownBirds #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wren 🪶🌳

"Blurry Blooming Background" Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) in a flowering Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Buds #Birds&Bokeh #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Warbler 🪶 #Willow 🌳

"Sitting on the Fence" male Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Sparrowhawk 🪶🦅

"Perambulating Pheasants" mother and juvenile Common Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus) #OutForAWalk at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdOfTheDay #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Tern 🪶

"Terned Wood" Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) perching on a wooden support post of the WW1 seaplane pier, at Swanbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdOfTheDay #MultiColour #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Tern 🪶

"Wattle Be, Will Be" a very amber-eyed male Common Pheasant (Phasianus Colchicus), at Grimbister, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdOfTheDay #MultiColour #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Pheasant 🪶

"A Tale of Two Tysties" two Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle) at Orphir, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"A Drake's Progress" male Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) going for a wander at Birsay, #Orkney. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Eider #Duck #Quack 🪶 🦆

"Shore Shank" Redshank (Tringa totanus) at Scapa, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #WorldOceansDay #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redshank 🪶

"Branching Shout" Robin (Erithacus rubecula) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Robin #Redbreast 🪶

"Special Branch" male Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #BranchingOut #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redpoll 🪶

"The Fairer Sisk" female Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #FemaleBeauty #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife #Nature #Photography #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Siskin 🪶