Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford
@papayranger.bsky.social
Artist, island ranger, curator of feathers.
For #TombTuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn. With the only Neoloithic carvings ever found within the Papay archipelago. Boat trips to the Holm run from April to October every year, a service operated by the Papay Development Trust.
#Papay
#Orkney
#Papay
#Orkney
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
For #TombTuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn. With the only Neoloithic carvings ever found within the Papay archipelago. Boat trips to the Holm run from April to October every year, a service operated by the Papay Development Trust.
#Papay
#Orkney
#Papay
#Orkney
The Neolithic gem of Papay at the Knap of Howar. Still the highlight of any island tour!
#Orkney
#islandtours
#papawestray
#Orkney
#islandtours
#papawestray
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Neolithic gem of Papay at the Knap of Howar. Still the highlight of any island tour!
#Orkney
#islandtours
#papawestray
#Orkney
#islandtours
#papawestray
For #BirdOfTheDay a Papay Kittiwake in full #ShadesOfGrey
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For #BirdOfTheDay a Papay Kittiwake in full #ShadesOfGrey
Immer gos on golden pond, and a Razorbill in blue.
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Immer gos on golden pond, and a Razorbill in blue.
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
A still sundown from the end of the New pier this afternoon.
#Papay #Orkney #islandofbirds
#BirdOfTheDay suggestion is a bird on a post. A Long-eared owl doing just that, roosting before the journey south continues.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#BirdOfTheDay suggestion is a bird on a post. A Long-eared owl doing just that, roosting before the journey south continues.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Always fun to be the co-pilot on the journey home.. as ever top Loganair pilots! #Papay #orkney #journeyhome
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Always fun to be the co-pilot on the journey home.. as ever top Loganair pilots! #Papay #orkney #journeyhome
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's time for the 2026 Papay calendar.
A4 folding out to an A3, a mix of Papay landcapes and birds.
Price is £17.50 inc UK postage.
Orders being taken, for fine year long view of Papay.
Papay Calendar 2026 — Jonathan Ford
www.jonathanford.org/products.../...
A4 folding out to an A3, a mix of Papay landcapes and birds.
Price is £17.50 inc UK postage.
Orders being taken, for fine year long view of Papay.
Papay Calendar 2026 — Jonathan Ford
www.jonathanford.org/products.../...
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's time for the 2026 Papay calendar.
A4 folding out to an A3, a mix of Papay landcapes and birds.
Price is £17.50 inc UK postage.
Orders being taken, for fine year long view of Papay.
Papay Calendar 2026 — Jonathan Ford
www.jonathanford.org/products.../...
A4 folding out to an A3, a mix of Papay landcapes and birds.
Price is £17.50 inc UK postage.
Orders being taken, for fine year long view of Papay.
Papay Calendar 2026 — Jonathan Ford
www.jonathanford.org/products.../...
All the colours aligned for the arrival of the stone.
Sea, land, tractor, and ship.
Stone for the resurfacing of Papay runway one, arriving at the New pier yesterday.
Sea, land, tractor, and ship.
Stone for the resurfacing of Papay runway one, arriving at the New pier yesterday.
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
All the colours aligned for the arrival of the stone.
Sea, land, tractor, and ship.
Stone for the resurfacing of Papay runway one, arriving at the New pier yesterday.
Sea, land, tractor, and ship.
Stone for the resurfacing of Papay runway one, arriving at the New pier yesterday.
As the year moves on, the birds get smaller.
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As the year moves on, the birds get smaller.
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
The Shell Holm, the southern most outcrop of the Holm of Aikerness yesterday.
Selkies litter the north, on their own desert island.
#holmsweetholm
#papayatoll
#orkney
#westray
#papawestray
#desertisland
Selkies litter the north, on their own desert island.
#holmsweetholm
#papayatoll
#orkney
#westray
#papawestray
#desertisland
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Shell Holm, the southern most outcrop of the Holm of Aikerness yesterday.
Selkies litter the north, on their own desert island.
#holmsweetholm
#papayatoll
#orkney
#westray
#papawestray
#desertisland
Selkies litter the north, on their own desert island.
#holmsweetholm
#papayatoll
#orkney
#westray
#papawestray
#desertisland
Nice to get a lifer only a hundred yards from home, after a hour in the drizzle the Firecrest actually sat still for a second. Only the second record for Papay too. Other image equals reality most of the time, an almost ijmperceptible bird.
#Papay #orkney #islandofbirds
#Papay #orkney #islandofbirds
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Nice to get a lifer only a hundred yards from home, after a hour in the drizzle the Firecrest actually sat still for a second. Only the second record for Papay too. Other image equals reality most of the time, an almost ijmperceptible bird.
#Papay #orkney #islandofbirds
#Papay #orkney #islandofbirds
For the early birds.
Still.
Papay - Orkney - Windless
Still.
Papay - Orkney - Windless
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
For the early birds.
Still.
Papay - Orkney - Windless
Still.
Papay - Orkney - Windless
Hen harrier over St Boniface this morning.
Papay - Orkney - Raptor
Papay - Orkney - Raptor
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hen harrier over St Boniface this morning.
Papay - Orkney - Raptor
Papay - Orkney - Raptor
For #tombtuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn, and the path of the dead.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For #tombtuesday - Holm of Papay South Chambered cairn, and the path of the dead.
This is good too, great drawings, folk buried inside trees..
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is good too, great drawings, folk buried inside trees..
In the gaps.
A blue sky respite.
Papay
A blue sky respite.
Papay
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the gaps.
A blue sky respite.
Papay
A blue sky respite.
Papay
A sky burial for a house.
Picked to the bones.
Gayfield - Papay - Orkney
Picked to the bones.
Gayfield - Papay - Orkney
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A sky burial for a house.
Picked to the bones.
Gayfield - Papay - Orkney
Picked to the bones.
Gayfield - Papay - Orkney
Midnight moonlight, and the Papay high street.
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Midnight moonlight, and the Papay high street.
Helliar holm lighthouse on the way in
November 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Helliar holm lighthouse on the way in
Just me on the plane this morning.. and the pilot!!
Papay - Orkney - island taxi
Papay - Orkney - island taxi
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Just me on the plane this morning.. and the pilot!!
Papay - Orkney - island taxi
Papay - Orkney - island taxi