Wildife and Bird Watching in Orkney Islands
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Recent Orkney Islands news
- Help Sea Watch spot whales in the Pentland Firth
- Breeding success for Orkney hen harriers
- Scotland's "seabird cities" still in crisis
- Scottish seabirds tracked by satellite to feeding grounds
- Killer whales hunting off Fair Isle
- New project to track Europe’s seabirds out to sea
- 4 Golden eagles amongst raptors poisoned in Scotland in 2010
- Hen harrier report focuses on illegal persecution
- Unregulated seal shooting now outlawed in Scotland
- How hill farming is saving the hen harrier
- The waxwings are coming
More Orkney Islands news
- Live trapping underway as Orkney stoat search intensifies
- Relief as Scotland’s seabird population stabilises
- Unusual whale species recorded off the UK
- Britain’s only resident orca pod – No breeding for 20 years
- 2009 – Excellent year for wildlife tourism in Scotland
- Best breeding year for Scotland’s sea birds for a decade
- Eight species reported in UK national whale and dolphin watch week
- UK seabird numbers crash – Scotland hardest hit
- Greylag geese boom in Orkney a pest for farmers
- Another year of widespread seabird breeding failure on Scotland’s sea cliffs
- World’s second oldest puffin still going strong
Britain’s only resident orca pod – No breeding for 20 yearsThe conservation status of the group is thought to be critical since no live calves have been sighted since research began almost two decades ago.
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