Sanday, the rugged Orcadian isle where pods of orcas spend their winters, isdrawing not just ocean wildlife but a wave of new residents – ...

Seventy-seven long-finned pilot whales washed ashore on Thursday on Sanday island, a part of the Orkney archipelago off Scotland. Sixty-five of them were already dead, the British Divers Marine ...

Credit: Emma Neave-Webb/BDMLR/Cover Images A tragic but remarkable sight occurred on the island of Sanday in Orkney on Thursday (11July2024), when around 100 long-finned pilot whales stranded ...

Visit an ancient site. Mainland (the largest of the Orkney Islands) is packed with prehistoric treasures and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Start off with a visit to the Ring ...

Whales were found on island of Sanday in Orkney, off the northeastern coast of Scotland While such mass strandings are not uncommon among pilot whales who tend to travel in tightly-knit groups ...

Sanday Wreck: £21,000 funding boost for further research into Orkney shipwreck. The timbers were discovered on Sanday earlier this year and have since been moved to a freshwater conservation tank ...

AN island in Scotland that was abandoned after a disease outbreak in the 19th century is only available for visits one day of the year, in summer. Eynhallow is a small, uninhabited island loc… ...

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) received a report of a mass stranding of up to 100 long-finned pilot whales on Sanday, Orkney, just before 11am on Thursday.

A mysterious shipwreck found washed ashore on a beach on Orkney has been put in a water tank for preservation and study. The timbers were discovered on the island of Sanday in February after they w… ...

Three generations of one family have helped an Orkney island with a population of less than 90 take part in its first competitive football match. Grandad Alistair Hourston, 63, and his sons Barry ...