"Pit Stop" back in June, this racing pigeon and it's flying mate simultaneously hit my kitchen window. This one recuperated on the path for half an hour, while its pal did the same on the roof. Both flew off apparently unharmed 🤞 #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #PigeonSky 🪶

"Neither Here Nor There" an open-winged Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. Somewhere in between today's #BirdOfTheDay themes of #InFlight and #Grounded. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Warbler 🪶

"Cockeyed Crooner" Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Contrast and alt theme of #Thrushes. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Thrush 🪶

"Strawberry Blonde" Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #RedHeads. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #Redpoll 🪶

"🎶 It's Good To Touch The Green, Green Grass Of Home 🎶" Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) at Hoxa, #Orkney (with Sea Campions in the bottom left-hand corner 😉). For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FlowerPower #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"Blooming Close Enough" Puffin (Fratercula arctica) peering over a few past-their-best heads of Thrift (Armeria maritima) on Westray, #Orkney, in July. Somewhat tentatively, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FlowerPower. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #Puffin #Auk 🪶

"Pied & Seek" a rather camera-shy European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) at Grimbister, #Orkney, yesterday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Flycatcher 🪶

Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) tucking into berries at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay themes of #BirdUpClose and #BirdNameC. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Chaffinch 🪶

"Lettuce Pray" a wild European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) seemingly at prayer at Grimbister, #Orkney. (Or it could just be playing a harmonca). #UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Rabbit #Bunny #BlueskyBuns #LoveBuns 🐇 🐰

"🎶 Have You Ever Had It Blue? 🎶" juvenile Blackbird (Turdus merula) on a recycling bin at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Blue; on the bird or in the scene. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Blackbird 🪶 #Recycle ♻️

"🎶 Be Wrenning Up That Road, Be Wrenning Up That Hill, Be Wrenning Up That Building 🎶" Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) hunting bugs on a wall at Grimbister, #Orkney. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wren 🪶

"Caterpillar Track" Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillar up Wideford Hill, #Orkney #TeamMoth #moth #moths #lepidoptera 🐛🦋

"Rockagilly" Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) on cliffs at Hoxa, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay themes of #Coastal&River and #Rocky #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"🎶 ...And It Was All Yellow 🎶" Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing from a fir tree at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #Yellow; on the bird or in the scene. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Wren 🪶

"Branching Out" juvenile Dunnock (Prunella modularis) in a European Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) tree, at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay main theme of #Woodland. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Dunnock 🪶🌳

"Spotty Stopover" adult and juvenile Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa striata) still present at Grimbister, #Orkney, yesterday afternoon, but no sign of them so far today. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #BirdOfTheDay #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #BirdOfTheDay #Flycatcher 🪶

"Flat Black Floor Formation" a sunbathing juvenile Blackbird (Turdus merula) at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme of #SunnyDayBirds. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Blackbird 🪶

"Chaffence" Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) in light rain at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #RainyDayBirds. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Chaffinch 🪶

"Look What I Spotted!" adult (R) and juvenile (L) Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa striata) at Grimbister, #Orkney, this afternoon. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #BirdOfTheDay #Flycatcher 🪶

"🎶 I'm On The Hedge of Glory, And I'm Hangin' On A Moment Of Truth 🎶" juvenile House Sparrow (Passer domisticus) in a Fuchsia hedge at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdInABush. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Sparrow #Spuggie

"Knee-high to a Grasshopper" second-brood fledgling Dunnock (Prunella modularis) at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Fledgling. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Dunnock 🪶

"Pigeon Progenitor & Progeny" adult and fledgling Woodpigeons (Columba palumbus) at Grimbister, #Orkney. For both of today's #BirdOfTheDay themes of #50ShadesOfGrey and #Fledgling. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Woodpigeon 🪶

"Wallow Warbler" juvenile Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) bathing in a rain-filled gutter at Grimbister, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Warblers. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Warbler 🪶

"Arboreally At One" a juvenile Redpoll (Acanthis flammea), perching in a Swedish Whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia) tree, at Grimbister, #Orkney, yesterday. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #AtOneWithNature. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Redpoll 🪶

"The Sedge of Tomorrow" juvenile Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), at Grimbister, #Orkney, on Thursday. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Sedge #Warbler 🪶

"Blue Steel" a piercingly blue-eyed Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on Westray, #Orkney, recently. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #EyeOfTheWild. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Puffin #Auk 🪶

"🎶 Oh, Sit Down. Oh, Sit Down. Oh, Sit Down. Sit Down Next To Me 🎶" Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) at Hoxa, #Orkney, on Sunday. For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #SittingDownOnTheJob. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Guillemot #Tystie 🪶

"Yellow Yonder" Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), on a fence post, with a buttercup bokeh background, at Hoxa, #Orkney. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #TantalisingTextures. #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Oystercatcher 🪶

"Beam Bloom Binger" a Painted Lady butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) nectaring on Swedish Whitebeam (Scandosorbus intermedia) blossom at Orphir, #Orkney. #ButterflyWeek #Butterfly #Flutterby #Lepidoptera #PaintedLady 🦋 #Bloomscrolling

"Whole Lotta Whooper" archive shot of a Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) on the Peedie Sea, #Kirkwall, #Orkney, in February. For both #BirdOfTheDay themes of #ScreenFiller & #Migratory #OrkneyBirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirds #UKBirding #Birds #birdsoftheworld #ornithology #Whooper #Swan 🪶 🦢