BIRDS SEEN IN ORKNEY (AND EN ROUTE), AUGUST 2002
     
This was our first time on Orkney but I think we will return. Even in Summer there were large numbers of birds, particularly curlews, lapwings, gulls and rooks feeding in the fields.
     
Arctic skua house sparrow raven
blackbird kittiwake redshank
black guillemot lapwing ringed plover
black headed gull lesser black backed gull rock pipit
common gull linnet rook
coot mallard short eared owl
cormorant meadow pipit starling
curlew moorhen swallow
eider mute swan tufted duck
fulmar oystercatcher turnstone
gannet pheasant wigeon
herring gull pied wagtail wood pigeon
hooded crow puffin wren
  TOTAL: 39
     
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 Puffins. Click once to see an enlargement of this photo. (Photo, courtesy of Peter Hill)
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