Fourth Orkney Nature Festival begins on Monday

May 15, 2016 at 3:45 pm

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

Orkney’s fourth Nature Festival kicks off tomorrow, Monday, with a busy week of events in store to celebrate the county’s wildlife.

The local RSPB Scotland team, who coordinate the festival, say that the 2016 festival will feature events from a variety of individuals, groups and business around Orkney — from sketching to bird-ringing; a trip into the Gloup to a cruise around Hoy on board the Hamnavoe.

Last year’s five-day festival attracted over 600 participants with a programme that featured kayaking, rockpooling, wildlife photography, small boat trips, walks, talks, archaeology workshops and more.

The festival runs until Monday, May 22.