Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
European shag seen in Hoy, Orkney.
#OrkneyBirds
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@stephencook.bsky.socialToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying.
European shag seen in Hoy, Orkney.
#OrkneyBirds
@stephencook.bsky.socialToday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast.
Northern gannet taken at Cantick Head, Hoy, Orkney.
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@stephencook.bsky.socialToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them.
A pair of northern fulmars nesting on the cliffs on Hoy, Orkney.
@stephencook.bsky.socialToday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is
#Raptors; any bird of prey.
Hen harrier in Hoy, Orkney. A regular garden bird there.
#OrkneyBirds
@stevedudley.bsky.socialOn this day ... no fewer than three county firsts have been found - Sandhill Crane, Yellow-breasted Bunting and Yellow-browed Bunting. A typical selection of Nearctic waders and the multiple-bird record of Buff-bellied Pipit.
#OrkneyBirds #rarebirds
@stevedudley.bsky.socialSome Orkney birders think our winter Snipe originate from Iceland. No (maybe the odd stray). Looking at the wider Migration Atlas tracks, few tracks to/from Orkney. Do we get birds from the Faroe Islands? The Fair Isle tracks look interesting, birds from Norway passing through? #OrkneyBirds
