Orkney Islands' councilors have voted to investigate alternative methods of governance amid deep frustrations over funding and opportunities. Council leader James Stockan said the islands had been ...

Curlew numbers are on the rise after an initiative to remove stoats from Orkney (Ian Francis/PA) The Orcadian curlew population is on the rise following an effort to reduce the numbers of an ...

Stoats are small, carnivorous mammals that were first recorded in Orkney in 2010. A 2017-2019 survey of wading birds in Orkney revealed that the number of curlews in the isles had declined by more ...