Orkney people
Residents of beautiful Orkney and selected other folk knowledgable of or interested in Orkney.
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@greavsie.bsky.social
@orkneylibrary.bsky.social
Books and Archives since 1683. Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
@nessbattery.bsky.social
On the outskirts of Stromness, Orkney. This important relic of Orkney’s wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack. For information on guided tours: nessbattery.co.uk
@peediepuss.bsky.social
Birder Naturalist Guide/EL Beachcomber Sober Actor (but not really)
@go-rin-no-sho.bsky.social
Photographer (tends to Fine Art) based in Orkney. Was an ecologist for 30 years. Going to do a Foundation course in Art & Design this year.
@woolsackuk.bsky.social
BRITISH WOOL - PROMOTE, INFORM & ENABLE. Free website listing & linking to anything & all relating to British wool. Knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting, needle felting Run by volunteer Jane, a rare breed sheep farmer in Orkney. woolsack.org
@richard1504.bsky.social
Living and working in Orkney. Proud to have worked for NHS for a very long time. Has lots of dogs
@george-vickers.bsky.social
@julidy1.bsky.social
From Oldham. Lives in Orkney. Archaeologist and historian in a recent professional life. Current Retail manager for Skaill House.
@thepigguy.bsky.social
20th century sports writer, now trying to persuade vegetables to grow in Westray, Orkney. Walk up hills when I can. Wolf ⚽️
@westrayalison.bsky.social
Academic and visual artist; early childhood education; Mosaic approach; Slow pedagogies; Orkney; Norway. Author: Slow knowledge and the unhurried child (2023) www.alisonclark.co.uk Blog: Slow knowledge https://alisonclarkinthemaking.wordpress.com
@archsoundscapes.bsky.social
Lecturer in Archaeology at UHI. Sound, Antlers, Craft & Masks in Early European Prehistory. Based in Orkney.
@siobhancookemiller.bsky.social
Curator of Archaeology at Orkney Museum. PhD in Viking/Late Norse Scotland/social zooarchaeology. Lecturer - Archaeology Institute UHI. Whelk!
@storytellerfran.bsky.social
✨✨Lover of folklore, church history, stories, weird saints, cats, magic. Orkney dweller. ✨✨
@amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland. Chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. Promoted by A. Carmichael of 4 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR.
@beewyld.bsky.social
Disabled writer, carer, home-ed mother & apothecary gardener. Founder @WildWomenPress 🧙🏼♀️ Host Wild Women Writers’ Salons 📚Debut memoir ALL MY WILD MOTHERS (2023) @JohnMurrayPress. Cumbrian now living in Orkney 🦭
@simon-on-energy.bsky.social
Teaching & research on renewable energy with @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, #Orkney. #UCU member. #Energy, #oceanography, & #academia, all in personal capacity. Born at 334ppm. Also at @simon_on_energy@fediscience.org. he/him
@hazelmpinner.bsky.social
Passionate about #EqualityForAll #HumanRights 🏴 Primary Teacher in #Orkney. She/her. Love to connect with other educators! All views my own "A good teacher...so far"
@ragnasislands.bsky.social
A project researching the place-names of Orkney & Fair Isle built around a new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by @judithjesch.bsky.social Find us at https://shorturl.at/ouzL0
@robotforaday.bsky.social
Anthropologist and on-call firefighter. Rousay, Orkney / St Andrews, Fife. Author of _An Anthropology of Deep Time_ (Cambridge UP, 2020). Counter-revolutionary.
@ragnhildljosland.bsky.social
Dr Ragnhild Ljosland is an academic, author, professional tourist guide and storyteller in Orkney. She splits her time between academia and tourism, leading Orkney Time Travel. With her husband, she owns and runs The Georgian Hoose.
@dreamingoforkney.bsky.social
Ancestral Orkney dweller. Loves gardens and pathways, walking and hiking, the sea, and wide skies. Admirer of crofters and wares and all things woolie 💙 🌊 🦭 🐚 No DMs. No follow-back if your account has no description
@grahambrownorkney.bsky.social
Orkney since 2010. Secretary, Quoyloo Old School; member, Harray & Sandwick Community Council; Radio Caroline supporter. Partner: Kathie Touin, musician - http://www.kathietouin.com/
@georgenorthron.bsky.social
30- Principal Ornithological Warden at North Ronaldsay Bird Obs, Bristol City fan.
@nessofbrodgar.bsky.social
Ongoing project investigating a monumental Neolithic complex in Orkney, Scotland. www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
@stevedudley.bsky.social
Birder #WestrayBirding | Orkney Bird Recorder | #birdingScotland #ukbirding #ornithology 🪶 | #TeamMoth | #wildlife #art | PUFC | MUFC | Pro-EU | ✊🏾🏳️🌈 ally Birding Gear and BirdWeather PUC Feeds
@os.metbot.co.uk
Unofficial bot sharing UK Met weather alerts from Orkney & Shetland. This account is not monitored. Contact @wandrme.paxex.aero if needed.
@orkneymagpie.bsky.social
I am a Pagan living in Orkney (Scotland) working as a tourist guide (specialising in archaeological tours with a spiritual twist). I am also a writer, celebrant, and failed politician. I love cats, wine, chocolate and books. My superpower is proof-reading.
@orkneyjar.bsky.social
Orkney. North of Scotland. Ran Orkneyjar website until 2024, when costs and time became too much. Now divide my time between nessofbrodgar.bsky.social and uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
@lawgoth.bsky.social
Former Islander, current Glasgow employment lawyer. Still socialist and a bit goth
@orkneycom.bsky.social
Discover Orkney and find out all about life in our vibrant islands. www.orkney.com
@dgplacenames.bsky.social
Place-names, maps, languages. dgplacenames.wordpress.com auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
@orkneyboreray.bsky.social
Our Community farms rare Orkney Boreray sheep for mutton/products & saving the breed Book, The Lost Flock, @chelseagreen orkneyboreray.com ++welfare, nature #agroecology Orkney, Scotland
@theorkneynews.bsky.social
An online independent media from the islands of Orkney. Not for profit company. https://theorkneynews.scot/
@stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social
A twelfth-century cathedral built during Viking times in the beautiful Orkney Islands. https://www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/st-magnus-cathedral/#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20St%20Magnus%20Cathedral&text=Built%20from%20local%20red%20and,of%20the%20Kingdom
@greavsie.bsky.social
Did I tell you about the time Lucy Porter said my name on Radio 4?