Westray has lots of nesting birds at present including Arctic terns, Arctic and Great skuas, not to mention the hundreds of seabirds on the cliffs. Here is a baby Wren and a baby Meadow Pipit.

Baby Wren

Baby Meadow Pipit
The beaches have revealed interesting insects, egg cases and fossils.

Skate egg case

Black Marram Weevils

Fossil

Sea sandwort
Sea sandwort is actually edible.
There has been an influx of migratory Painted Lady butterflies to Westray and Orkney.

Painted Lady Butterfly
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