Light winds during the day then easterly gales developing later this evening. Maximum temperature 6 °C.
Orkney Wildlife Youth Forum Launched
The wildlife youth forum offers Orkney young folk the chance to have their say and be actively involved in wildlife conservation in Orkney
The Scottish Islands Passport comes to Orkney
Islanders are being offered the opportunity to help shape the future of a new app which encourages people to explore more of Scotland’s islands for more of the year.
Stormy Weather
“Mike was talking with someone about Storm Arwen and discussing the places in Orkney which are more sheltered, and which are more exposed. “
The Mid-Pleistocene Transition: when glacial cycles changed to 100 ka
Before about a million years ago the Earth’s overall climate repeatedly swung from warm to cool roughly every 41 thousand years.”
Weather Forecast: Wet, windy Monday morning. Becoming drier, brighter in afternoon.
Drier, brighter weather reaching Orkney late in morning. Maximum temperature 6 °C.
Christmassy Kirkwall
The Kirkwall shops are looking fine and festive.
Consultation on Wild Salmon
The proposals will focus initially on implementing the proposed framework to protect wild salmon populations against harmful increases in sea lice concentrations.
The Edge
The Edge refers to a two-day online conference this December which will mark the culmination of almost two years of seminars, blogs and other activities
” The finder found”
“Yourself, the gatherer gathered, the finder found,” Edwin Muir