How did you discover it? In the 1990s I wrote an island-hopping guide to Orkney, so I visited all the islands I hadn’t already been to. Graemsay was the closest to my home, and maybe because of that I ...

Signs of Orkney vole activity are up 200% on 2019, while threatened ground-nesting birds are doing better, an RSPB report ...

Conservation scientists monitoring the wildlife on Orkney have reported increased evidence of Orkney Voles and increased ...

Kinlay Francis reflects on 15 years as an Orkney tour guide showing tourists from around the world the islands’ attractions ...

Marty Hay says the geese can go through an acre of crops overnight, which can cost up to £700 to grow.

Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland ... campaigned on a range of issues important to people in the Northern Isles, such as farming, fishing, offshore oil and gas, and more recently ...

A coordinated stoat cull on the Scottish islands is proving successful – and conservationists aren't slowing down ...

Homes and businesses in the Orkney island of Papa Westray are now receiving their internet through the water network, in what ...

With the launch of a new manifesto, Even Here, Even Now, artists based in Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides hope to ...

In this Thursday’s edition of The Orcadian, we continue our Orkney in 100 Objects feature series, in partnership with Orkney ...

Published Oct 30 A project to remove non-native stoats from Orkney has boosted threatened birds and a species of vole found only on the islands, conservationists said. The Orkney Native Wildlife ...