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Orkney Nature Reserves
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Birsay Moors (RSPB)
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In summer, hen harriers, short-eared owls and arctic skuas nest on the moorland. The hide overlooking Lowrie's Water gives superb views of red-throated divers during spring and summer.
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Near Finstown, Orkney
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Brodgar, (RSPB)
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Surrounding the Ring of Brodgar this small, but beautiful, lochside reserve is excellent for birds, with breeding curlews, redshanks, lapwings, snipe, and shovelers.
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Stenness, Orkney
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Copinsay, (RSPB)
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This beautiful uninhabited island, with nearly a mile of vertical cliffs rising up to 76 metres, is home to a vast seabird colony. A good place also to see migrant birds.
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off East Mainland, Orkney
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Cottascarth, (RSPB)
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Cottascarth and Rendall are wonderful places to see hen harriers, merlins and short-eared owls. Rendall Moss has one of the highest densities of breeding curlews in Europe.
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Nr Finstown, Orkney
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Hobbister (RSPB)
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This attractive and varied reserve is a good place to watch hen harriers, merlin, short-eared owls, and red-throated divers. On the coast look out for red-breasted mergansers and black guillemots.
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South-west of Kirkwall, Orkney
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Hoy (RSPB)
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A mixture of moorland and cliffs, some over 300m high. Great skuas breed on the moor along with red grouse, dunlins and golden plovers. The spectacular cliffs have large numbers of guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes.
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Hoy, Orkney
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Marwick Head (RSPB)
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Many thousands of guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and fulmars breed on these great cliffs. There are spectacular cliff top displays of sea campion, thrift and spring squill.
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North of Stromness, Orkney
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Mill Dam, Shapinsay (RSPB)
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This wetland reserve has eight species of breeding duck, including pintails and pochard, plus waders and water rails. In winter whooper swans and greylag geese graze in the fields around the reserve. Observation hide.
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Shapinsay, Orkney
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North Hill, Papa Westray (RSPB)
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Guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes breed on the low cliffs. On the hill a large colony of arctic terns nest close to arctic skuas, ringed plover and oyster catchers.
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Papa Westray, Orkney
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Noup Head Cliffs (RSPB)
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This spectacular 1.5 mile (2.4 km) stretch of cliffs have one of Britain's largest seabird colonies, with many thousands of guillemots, kittiwakes, along with razorbills, fulmars and puffins.
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Westray, Orkney
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Onziebust, Egilsay (RSPB)
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This wetland and farmland reserve is managed especially for corncrakes. Many ducks breed here including shovelers, teals and tufted ducks. Two lochs and nature trail. Trail guide available from pier waiting room. .
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Egilsay, Orkney
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The Loons (RSPB)
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One of the best remaining marshes on Orkney. From the hide in summer pintail and many waders can be seen. In winter the flooded marsh attracts ducks and white fronted geese
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Orkney Mainland
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Trumland (RSPB)
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This moorland reserve reaches 250m and has superb views over the north isles of Orkney. Look out for red-throated divers, merlins, hen-harriers and short-eared owls. Two nature trails, trail guide available from Rousay Visitor Centre.
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Rousay, Orkney
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