
The theme of the 2023 Flower Festival by Kirkwall Flower Arrangement Club is ‘An Annual Event’. Images of the amazing displays.
The theme of the 2023 Flower Festival by Kirkwall Flower Arrangement Club is ‘An Annual Event’. Images of the amazing displays.
“Sea spider fossils are very rare, but we know a few of them from different periods. One of the most remarkable fauna, by its diversity and its abundance, is the one of La Voulte-sur-Rhône that dates back to the Jurassic, some 160 million years ago.” Dr Romain Sabroux
Orkney International Science Festival 2023 programme brochures are now available
The monitoring of Scotland’s waste water for Covid-19 ribonucleic acid (RNA) shows that Covid is very much still present in our communities and is increasing. The figures illustrated are for the area served by the Kirkwall waste water service.
Cushioned by protective dune networks, machair grasslands support the rare and common flowering plants that make this habitat a refuge for endangered species of pollinating bee in an increasingly inhospitable world.
A cloudy start in places but this soon breaking up to leave a fine and dry day with patchy cloud and sunny spells. Light to moderate east or southeasterly breeze. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
A new exhibition at the University of Aberdeen examines the stories behind souvenirs, asking why we collect them and what impact they have on the makers and the planet.
Fresh from a bucket-list trip to Brodgar, this poem, by internationally respected poet, John Mingay, evokes the connections between Brodgar, Brodgar Ness and Stenness, as well as between ancient communities and the mysteries of the skies above.
Orkney will have a cloudy morning with some mist, low cloud and drizzle, before becoming much brighter with some sunshine by the afternoon. Light winds. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
The game has two different decks. A small one containing 4 or 5 Digi egg cards and your main deck of 50 regular cards. after shuffling you put the top 5 cards of your deck up as security. To win the game you must first destroy all your opponent’s security then do a direct attack to them.