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a b "Regional mapped climate averages" Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today Met Office. Retrieved 19 September 2009. Mull Head Nature reserve: coastal grassland with sea cliffs – great for walking and birdwatching – nearby is the sea cave called the Gloup A March 2019 report by the BBC stated that "Orkney creates more clean electricity than its inhabitants need. Even after exporting to the UK national grid, the islands' winds, waves and tides generate about 130% of the electricity its population needs – all of it from clean sources". [180] A report about sustainable energy in the islands listed two options. A new cable could be laid for exporting of energy to the mainland but another proposal has progressed rapidly since that time: making "excess renewable power into another fuel – such as hydrogen – and then [storing] it". [181] [182] The other way of getting to Orkney is by plane. Flights to Orkney land at Kirkwall airport from many towns in the UK – Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham… Only two Q-Celtic words exist in the language of modern Orcadians – iper from eabhar, meaning a midden slurry, and keero from caora – used to describe a small sheep in the North Isles. [205]

Special Areas of Conservation SAC". Orkney Islands Council. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020 . Retrieved 25 November 2019.Evidence of the Viking presence is widespread, and includes the settlement at the Brough of Birsay, [77] the vast majority of place names, [78] and the runic inscriptions at Maeshowe. [Notes 13] Absorption by Scotland [ edit ] James III and Margaret, whose betrothal led to Orkney passing from Norway to Scotland. Archaeologists discover rare stones in a 'disappearing' tomb in Scotland". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021 . Retrieved 12 September 2021. Plummer, Carolus (2003). Venerabilis Baedae Historiam Ecclesiasticam[ Ecclesiastical History of Bede]. Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-028-6. [ permanent dead link] Orkney has a rich folklore, and many of the former tales concern trows, an Orcadian form of troll that draws on the islands' Scandinavian connections. [211] Local customs in the past included marriage ceremonies at the Odin Stone that formed part of the Stones of Stenness. [212] If you don’t want to drive all the way to the North, you can also take a longer ferry from Aberdeen (on the East Coast of Scotland) to Kirwall

Orkney Fossil and heritage center – information about the geology of the Orkney islands and a large display of fossils Orkney is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, a lieutenancy area, and an historic county. The local council is Orkney Islands Council, one of only three councils in Scotland with a majority of elected members who are independents. [Notes 1]

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Pope, Alexander (1866). Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness, & the North. Caithness: Peter Reid. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020 . Retrieved 10 February 2019. (English translation, with translator's notes, of Torfaeus, Thormodus, 1697) {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript ( link) Why The Tourism Sector Needs To Change 25 April 2020". 24 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 . Retrieved 3 February 2021. To tourists, one of the fascinations of the islands is their "nightless" summers. On the longest day, the sun rises at 04:00 and sets at 22:29 BST and complete darkness is unknown. This long twilight is known in the Northern Isles as the "simmer dim". [122] Winter nights are long. On the shortest day the sun rises at 09:05 and sets at 15:16. [123] At this time of year the aurora borealis can occasionally be seen on the northern horizon during moderate auroral activity. [124]

The West Mainland is home to some of Orkney’s finest farmland and you’ll often meet tractors and combine harvesters on the quiet roads here. It’s full of vibrant hubs, including the villages of Finstown, Dounby and Palace. These communities offer excellent shops and services, and you’ll find bars, cafes, restaurants, honesty boxes and even an artisan sourdough bakery as you journey through the parishes that make up the area.Lo Bao, Phil and Hutchison, Iain (2002) BEAline to the Islands. Kea Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9518958-4-9 The introduction of a ground predator like the stoat to islands such as Orkney, where there are no native ground predators, is very bad news for Orkney's native species. Stoats are accomplished predators and pose a very serious threat to Orkney's wildlife, including: the native Orkney vole, hen harrier, short-eared owl and many ground nesting birds. During most years, the islands are the home of several international festivals, including the Orkney International Science Festival in September, a folk festival in May, and the St Magnus International Arts Festival in June. [168]