Predicting what uncommon species are likely to arrive in late Spring is impossible – there are always some common species which don’t turn up and a few very uncommon species which do!
Recent Bird Sightings on Stronsay June 2020
Museums & Galleries Encouraged to Apply for Funding for Phase 3 Re-Opening
To support the sector to meet the costs of reopening, the National Development Body for museums and galleries in Scotland, Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS), has launched a new COVID-19 Adaptation Fund.
Brodgar #SummerSolstice2020
The Ring of Brodgar as the longest day nears its sunset, 20th June 2020 between 11.15pm and 11.45pm.
Stepping Out Again
“We were thinking of where to go – not too far – and we settled on Evie Sands (aka Aikerness Beach).”
‘Paragraph Eleven Confirm’ #OnThisDay
On 21st of June 1919 the German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney
Stromness Book Shop: Scotland’s Only Drive-In Book Shop
“Before it was a bookshop the premises were part of Stockan’s bakery. Before that the tiny building was a tea shop, a painters and a grocers.”
Orkney Stands Wae Black Lives Matter: Poster Download
Two Orcadian women, artist Fiona MacInnes and Kelly Marwick have collaborated to produce a poster for the campaign Black Lives Matter in Orkney.
Poetry Corner: Suffolk Solstice
The procession slips across the meadow/senses acute to birdsong,
Book review: ‘How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and what came of it’ by Charles Waddie, 1891.
Review of ‘How Scotland Lost Her Parliament and what came of it’ by Charles Waddie, 1891, available now on the Random Scottish History website.
Every Action Counts: World Refugee Day
“Nearly 80 million women, children and men around the world have been forced from their homes as refugees or internally displaced people.”
