Close encounters of the Eigg kind. An Sgurr It would take 8.1875 Papays to be as high. Scaled today. #Eigg #sweeneysbothy #pitchstone #monolith

No planes or boats to Papay today, but the Gannets were in fine form, fun to watch them from the New pier.. #Papay #Orkney

Solan goose. Fishing in 50mph winds this morning. Old pier, Papay. #Orkney #Gannets #autumngales

As today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG I will go with a double G... Glaucous gull.. #Papay #orkney #icebirds

For the early birds.

Passing through. And. Going over. #northernwheater in bound from Greenland #primulascotica the last of the last flowering. #Papay #Orkney #islandautumn

A lost and found seabird. The Great auk, revealed. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. #Papay #Orkney #Greatauk

A breezy, tropical autumn day on South Wick today. #papay #orkney

Solan goose. With a Bewing backdrop. #Papay #Orkney For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today of #TheDivers, photos of any diving bird, courtesy of @helenbennett.bsky.social .

Pink-footed geese. An inverted V Over Holland Today #Papay #Orkney

Aerial reconnaissance over Egilsay today. The 12th century kirk of St Magnus from behind the wheel of an islander. #Papay #stmagnus #Orkney

Selkie 1 and Selkie 2 at Leaper’s geo on yesterday’s Papay Tour. The watchers, watched.

An Autumn Hen harrier. Thermal. #Papay #Orkney

Pink feet. Spelling out. The arrival of Autumn.

Hen harrier. Hovering. Links of Moclett today. #Papay #Orkney #henharrier

Could be a bit of both of today's themes.. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Mouthful; a bird with anything in its beak Alt is #Black plumage. #Papay #aakward #Orkney

A recent reconnaissance survey of the Holm of Papay, all the geos, the Holmie sheep and neolithic burial cairns in one go.. An island off an island. #Papay #Orkney #holmsweetholm

Some days, the cloud and the archaeology have equal footing.. The Knap O'Howar on an autumn day.

Just when you thought it was safe.. A huge male Grey seal on the Holm of Papay today. #Papay #Orkney #selkies

A first time south. From the high Arctic. Juvenile Sanderling taking in tropical Papay today. #Orkney #Papay #wadersonthemove

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ItsAllWhite... A flashback to a 360 degree head turning Snowy owl, #Papay 2021.. All most - all white. #Orkney

Everyone is welcome in Papay. Apart from the birds. #Papay #Orkney

Selkies at Mary's Geo this morning. Ever inquisitive and ever chilled, eyes on you, unless sleeping.. #Papay #Orkney #selkies

A small island with small things in big scapes - land and sea. Primula scotica in the last of the second bloom and a distant Risso's dolphin. #Papay #Orkney

The passers by. Are, passing by. Juvenile Cuckoo. For you. From Papay. And Franz Kline. #cuckoo #papay #passagebirds #orkney

Kittiwake jnr at the New pier this morning, a gathering spot at this time of year. #Papay #Orkney #kittiwakes

Always the last to leave. A young Mallimack (Fulmar) still has a way to go before it joins the finest fliers in #Papay. Safe in its Quarry based accommodation. #Orkney #fulmars

Papay. The Island state. 23/8/26 From the north. #Papay #Orkney #islandstate #birdseyeview

Small falcon. Small island. Female Merlin at Breckaskaill this morning. #Papay #Orkney #falcon #merlin

A scattering of Groatie Buckies- set on a bed of Devonian sandstone 380million years of age. A fine haul on today’s Papay Tour. #Papay #orkney #lakeorcadie #groatiebuckies