Thursday, as you may have guessed was a fruitless search for puffins. But a day well spent nonetheless. First to Brough of Bursay and across the causeway at low tide to Broughs Head to look for puffins. No such luck. Here are a few pics.
12th century Norse Church
Much older settlement at same location. Pictish Iron Age Tribe, named as such by the Romans for their body tattoos.
Top of the island near the puffin look out.
Walking back down from the top, puffinless.
Attempt Two. Marwick Head. Hiked to the top of this hill. The tower to the right is a tribute to Lord Kitchener, war hero whose WWI ship went down 2.5 miles off shore from here after hitting a mine. The stone to the left is a much smaller and much closer marker for the trail.
After seeing no puffins we sat at bluff top watching all the other sea birds as we ate our PBJs and ate carrots. A three sail boat was scooting across the windy waters far below.
At the bottom of the hill we came across this gun which was salvaged from Lord Kitchners ship. BTW, 600 died, few survived.
We followed a sign that pointed us to fisherman huts. Not sure what to expect we found these located at a location where a cove connected the higher bluff where they are located to the sea below.
Yesnaby was our final hope for puffins. Again very scenic, very windy, very puffinless. Granted, it is the tail end of the puffin season, so Orkney is forgiven.
Ended the day with a short stroll through Stromness. We did see puffin kitch for sale in shop windows.
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