Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No planes or boats to Papay today, but the Gannets were in fine form, fun to watch them from the New pier.. #Papay #Orkney 1101
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Solan goose. Fishing in 50mph winds this morning. Old pier, Papay. #Orkney #Gannets #autumngales 0121
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG I will go with a double G... Glaucous gull.. #Papay #orkney #icebirds 0210
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Passing through. And. Going over. #northernwheater in bound from Greenland #primulascotica the last of the last flowering. #Papay #Orkney #islandautumn 080
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A 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 1192
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A breezy, tropical autumn day on South Wick today. #papay #orkney 0141
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Solan goose. With a Bewing backdrop. #Papay #Orkney For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today of #TheDivers, photos of any diving bird, courtesy of @helenbennett.bsky.social . 0130
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Pink-footed geese. An inverted V Over Holland Today #Papay #Orkney 0132
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Aerial reconnaissance over Egilsay today. The 12th century kirk of St Magnus from behind the wheel of an islander. #Papay #stmagnus #Orkney 0102
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Selkie 1 and Selkie 2 at Leaper’s geo on yesterday’s Papay Tour. The watchers, watched. 0162
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026An Autumn Hen harrier. Thermal. #Papay #Orkney 1191
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Pink feet. Spelling out. The arrival of Autumn. 0181
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hen harrier. Hovering. Links of Moclett today. #Papay #Orkney #henharrier 1110
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Could 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 2241
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A 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 094
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Some days, the cloud and the archaeology have equal footing.. The Knap O'Howar on an autumn day. 0345
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Just when you thought it was safe.. A huge male Grey seal on the Holm of Papay today. #Papay #Orkney #selkies 1142
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A first time south. From the high Arctic. Juvenile Sanderling taking in tropical Papay today. #Orkney #Papay #wadersonthemove 0151
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ItsAllWhite... A flashback to a 360 degree head turning Snowy owl, #Papay 2021.. All most - all white. #Orkney 0231
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Everyone is welcome in Papay. Apart from the birds. #Papay #Orkney 070
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Selkies at Mary's Geo this morning. Ever inquisitive and ever chilled, eyes on you, unless sleeping.. #Papay #Orkney #selkies 0261
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A 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 0210
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The passers by. Are, passing by. Juvenile Cuckoo. For you. From Papay. And Franz Kline. #cuckoo #papay #passagebirds #orkney 0110
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Kittiwake jnr at the New pier this morning, a gathering spot at this time of year. #Papay #Orkney #kittiwakes 1120
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Always 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 0122
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Papay. The Island state. 23/8/26 From the north. #Papay #Orkney #islandstate #birdseyeview 2246
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Small falcon. Small island. Female Merlin at Breckaskaill this morning. #Papay #Orkney #falcon #merlin 0151
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A 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 081
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #RainyDayBirds An Aak in the rain. Coulter neb or Razorbill? Wet either way. #Papay #Orkney 2211
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 20/08/2026From left to right - Ramni Geo, Sheepy Geo, Pillary Geo and Dog Bones. The north end of the Holm of Papay, as a bird with an eye for maps would see it.. #Papay #Orkney #birdseyeview #yaxis #islands 1152
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The vanity of crows. #Papay #windvane #Hoodies #Orkney #rosecottage 0111
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Weelies Taing looking south. On a day of this. And that. Papay, Orkney - Splitscreen weather. 1191
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026With all that happened to our Bonxies during the bird flu epidemic, it was a joy to see this juvenile in fine health this evening. Getting some practice in for head hunting duties next year!! #Papay #Orkney #greatskua #Bonxie #saveourseabirds 0181
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The next generation of Scootie Allans.. Juvenile Arctic skua on the North Hill today. #Papay #Orkney #kleptoparasite #arcticskua 0180
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Investigations in a ploughed field at the back of Midhouse yesterday. I found this upturned shell midden, perhaps a reminder of the settlement at the Kirk of Hoo. 1101
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Just one pair of #Puffins left at Mary's Geo this morning. Busy feeding a young one.. No more left along the East Craig, all headed to sea. #Papay #Orkney #saveourseabirds 0222
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Looking for colour, but found only Autumn. Looking North from the Old Mill at Hookin. #Papay #islandday #Orkney 0122
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Pickies. Arctic terns. An audible remnant. Of birds past. Passed. South Kru. Holm of Papay. #Papay #Orkney #arcticterns #saveourseabirds 0111
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It looks like our Primula scotica have lived fast this season. The last of the second flowering are out now and disappearing very quickly.. Nice to find these in a patch of sunlight on today's Papay Tour. #Papay #primula #primrose #scottishprimrose #primulascotica #Orkney 1160
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It's pouring with rain, my bird camera has succumbed to salt water and died, my binoculars have ceased up.. so time to look back on a sunny day Surhoose Taing survey. At least the drone hasn't crashed into the sea just yet!! #Orkney #Yaxis #Papay 0110
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Neolithic farmstead at the Knap Of Howar, as a bird would see it. Stone floorplan, division of space and precarity of land. #Papay #neolithic #archaeology #Orkney 0141
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 21/07/2026There has been a big clear out of Puffins over the last day or two up on Fowl Craig. Just a few hidden away on secret ledges. #Papay #Puffins #Orkney 0277
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The best bird I have ever seen on Papay (so far).. the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater has now headed away but I managed an early morning viewing before it went. Papay's very own bird of paradise. #Papay #Orkney #rarebirds #beeeater 4879
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Our very own bird of paradise… maybe gone. Blue-cheeked bee-eater, very early yesterday morning. #Papay #Orkney #birdofparadise #rarebirds 0230
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026After a long day of Papay Tours and boat trips, finally caught up with the Blue-cheeked bee-eater at about 10pm, coming in to roost in the willows at Hundland. A first for Orkney, a magical bird and a treat for the Papay Tour guests and visiting birders too! #Papay #Orkney #rarebirds 1635
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Tystie at the New pier this morning. The gold standard amongst Auks. #Tystie #Papay #Orkney #blackguillemot 1193
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Three Holmie Puffins from today's Papay Tour. In flight, among the Sea pink and just out of the burrow.. #Papay #Orkney 1264
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A vigilant Whaap at Sunnybraes this morning. An early bird for the early birds. #Papay #curlew #Orkney 0130
Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Yesterday. The yellow fields of Nouster, with a view to the Holm of Papay. Today the haar. #Papay #Orkney #haar #islandcolours 0111
