2015 Nature Festival programme unveiled today

April 23, 2015 at 7:12 am

A Nature Festival 'Puffin Cruise', which took passengers from Burwick around the coastline near Burwick in the Pentland Firth. — A Nature Festival ‘Puffin Cruise’, which took passengers from Burwick around the coastline near Burwick in the Pentland Firth.

The programme for the county’s third annual Nature Festival is being released today, Thursday, offering a wide range of events from wildlife photography to kayaking.

Individuals, groups and businesses have come together once again — coordinated by the local RSPB Scotland team — to offer a busy programme of activities from May 13 to 17.

This year’s events include walks, small boat trips, hands-on archaeology workshops, day trips to Westray and Hoy and a cruise around Swona.

Alison Nimmo, RSPB Scotland’s community engagement officer coordinating the festival, said: “Orkney’s wildlife offers so much to enjoy — from raucous seabird colonies perched hundreds of feet over the Atlantic to the still magic of a spring dawn chorus.

“The beauty of the Nature Festival is that it’s a chance for all kinds of people to show you what they love most about wild Orkney.

“So come along and explore somewhere new, see something amazing, learn something you didn’t know before — perhaps experience something you’ll never forget.”

The Nature Festival programme and full information is available at www.orkneynaturefestival.org