Fauna

Seashore

With nearly 800km (500 miles) of coastline the littoral environment is very important in Orkney. The shallow coastal waters have always been of advantage to fishermen, seaweed collectors and as a source of food, tempered in the past by a terrible toll in shipwreck and loss of life. Thankfully modern navigation systems have greatly reduced the number of shipwrecks.

The rocks between the Brough of Birsay and the Point of Buckquoy

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