Orkney birdwatching, wildlife & culture holidays.  Self-catering also available.

Seal Pupping

The Orcadian waters teem with marine life and especially seals.  It is estimated that up to 30,000 seals (20,000+ grey and 8,000 common) frequent the seas in and around Orkney and so showing our visitors seals is straightforward and enjoyable.  The pictures below show local seal pupping (all taken on 28 October 2007 on South Ronaldsay).

There are lots of other reasons for coming to Orkney at this time of the year.  Our night skies are awesome (no light pollution) and there is always a chance of seeing the merry dancers - the northern lights.  The winter birds are arriving or passing through, which means for example, great-northern divers, slavonian grebes, scaup, whooper swans, geese, winter thrushes and snow buntings.

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