Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford
@papayranger.bsky.social
Artist, island ranger, curator of feathers.
Tangle stars, tangle bunting, tangle sparrow.
None of them are true.
Starling, Snow bunting and Rock pipit on North Wick yesterday.
#Papay
#tanglebirds
#Orkney
None of them are true.
Starling, Snow bunting and Rock pipit on North Wick yesterday.
#Papay
#tanglebirds
#Orkney
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Tangle stars, tangle bunting, tangle sparrow.
None of them are true.
Starling, Snow bunting and Rock pipit on North Wick yesterday.
#Papay
#tanglebirds
#Orkney
None of them are true.
Starling, Snow bunting and Rock pipit on North Wick yesterday.
#Papay
#tanglebirds
#Orkney
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The steamer and the school boat, both at the same time this evening.. #Papay #Orkney #seaconnections
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The steamer and the school boat, both at the same time this evening.. #Papay #Orkney #seaconnections
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A low light sun dog over Papay International airport yesterday.
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A low light sun dog over Papay International airport yesterday.
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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
Reposted by Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford
Just received my gorgeous #Papay calendar! What a view of St Tredwell's Chapel! Thanks @papayranger.bsky.social x
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just received my gorgeous #Papay calendar! What a view of St Tredwell's Chapel! Thanks @papayranger.bsky.social x
#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
Reposted by Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford
Marwick suggests this #PlaceName derives from ON Jǫtunn ‘giant’. The same word is in Yettna Geo (Sandwick) & in a Rousay standing stone of which it ‘is said that in the early hours of every New Year’s Day the Yetnasteen takes 2 giant strides down to the nearby loch for a drink!' (Rousay Remembered)
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Marwick suggests this #PlaceName derives from ON Jǫtunn ‘giant’. The same word is in Yettna Geo (Sandwick) & in a Rousay standing stone of which it ‘is said that in the early hours of every New Year’s Day the Yetnasteen takes 2 giant strides down to the nearby loch for a drink!' (Rousay Remembered)
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.