[dopts id="2"] The number of Gannets nesting at the RSPB’s Noup Cliffs reserve on Westray has once again increased to a whopping 623 nests! Considering that Gannets only started nesting on this […]
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Bird News for North Hill and Noup Cliffs – June/July 2012
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June Wildlife Sighting 2012
Whooper Swan – 1 dead discovered near Mull Head on 5th. Greylag Goose – 55 broods plus 182 non-breeding adults counted at St Tredwell’s Loch on 21st. Barnacle Goose – […]
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Seals
Common Seal The Westray population is of unknown size but this animal is by no means scarce, possibly 500-1000 individuals. Several small colonies exist around the coast with greatest numbers […]
Puffin Spotting at the Castle o’Burrian
The Castle o’Burrian is well known in Orkney as one of the best and easiest places to see puffins close up. Here, between late April and early August, as many […]
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