Orkney
Here are some of our photos and maps of our walks from our recent trip to Orkney.
Arrival
View of Hoy from the ferry
Curlew in the field below the cottage
First Day - Marwick Head, Hobbister
Fulmars, Marwick Head
Guillemots, Marwick Head
Off Marwick Head
Looking towards Roo Point
Waulkmill Bay
Slavonian Grebe, Waulkmill Bay
Puffin, Marwick Head
Razorbills, Marwick Head
Stonechat, Waulkmill Bay
Second Day - Ward Hiil, Orphir, Ness of Brodgar
Curlew, Ness of Brodgar
View from summit of Ward Hill
Hare near Earl's Bu
Ring of Brodgar stones
Standing stone, Ring of Brodgar
Flying Merganser, Ness of Brodgar
Merganser, Ness of Brodgar
View from the summit of Ward Hill
Primroses, Near Orphir
Marsh Marigold, near Orphir
Ring Of Brodgar
Redshank, Ness Of Brodgar
Third Day - Mull Head
Black Guillemot in the Gloup
Black Guillemots, Mull Head
Stack off the Brough of Deerness
Chapel, Brough of Deerness
Mull Head
Razorbills, Mull Head
The Gloup
Fulmar, Mull Head
Shags,Mull Head
Fourth Day - Hoy
The Old Man of Hoy
Rackwick Bay
Cliff near the Old Man of Hoy
Fifth Day - Sanday
Sanderling, Sanday
Sanday Beach
Sanday Beach
Sanday Beach
Burnt Mound, Sanday
Great Northern Diver off Sanday
Black Guillemot off Sanday
Black Guillemot off Sanday
View from the ferry
Hoy in the evening light
Turnstone, Sanday
Sixth Day - Yesneby, Skara Brae
Yesneby
Stack, Yesneby
Oyster Catcher, Yesneby
Stack with a hole - Yesneby Castle
Skara Brae
Beach near Skara Brae
Stone Dresser, Skara Brae
Skara Brae
Homeward bound - Stones of Stenness
Stones of Stenness
Seal, Stenness
Maps of our walks
Marwick Head
Hobbister
Ward Hill
Ophir
Ness of Brodgar
Mull Head
Old Man of Hoy
Tour of Sanday
Yesneby
The End