RSPB Birsay Moors

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Overview

If you enjoy the solemn grandeur of moorland landscape, the Orkney moors will be a wonderful place to visit, full of wild and windswept beauty. Come during the summer to see hen harriers, short-eared owls and elegant Arctic skuas nesting. Time spent in the Burgar Hill hide should also reward you with spectacular views of breeding red-throated divers.

Location

EVIE, KW17 2PL

About the area

This cluster of more than 70 islands and skerries lies off the northern coast of Scotland, separated from it by the churning waters of the Pentland Firth. Approaching on the ferry from Scrabster or Aberdeen, the first view of Hoy, with its tall rock stacks and slabby red sandstone cliffs, is at first misleading.

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RSPB Birsay Moors

EVIE, KW17 2PL

01856 850176

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RSPB Birsay Moors

Recommended by

Overview

If you enjoy the solemn grandeur of moorland landscape, the Orkney moors will be a wonderful place to visit, full of wild and windswept beauty. Come during the summer to see hen harriers, short-eared owls and elegant Arctic skuas nesting. Time spent in the Burgar Hill hide should also reward you with spectacular views of breeding red-throated divers.

Location

EVIE, KW17 2PL

About the area

Area image

This cluster of more than 70 islands and skerries lies off the northern coast of Scotland, separated from it by the churning waters of the Pentland Firth. Approaching on the ferry from Scrabster or Aberdeen, the first view of Hoy, with its tall rock stacks and slabby red sandstone cliffs, is at first misleading.