1st April – While farmers have sheepdogs, here in Orkney, the fishermen have crabdogs. Trained to seek out crab and lobster, the dogs indicate the best places to drop creels.
7th April – I’ve finally finished the downstairs shower room. I think I made a decent job of the work and H is pretty pleased with my craftsmanship.
( errm… I’d like to take this opportunity to give a big thankyou to the designer (H), the plumber, the electrician, the painter and decorator and the flooring guys for their input!)
Before and after.
15th April – A cracking morning for a Shorewatch at Ness Point. Just captured the Hamnavoe arriving from Scrabster.
There is still a distinct lack of marine mammals to record, I’m not sure where they’ve all gone.
16th April – It was a nice day, so we thought we’d have a change of scenery. We drove over to Evie and the Broch of Gurness. This is one of the Shorewatch sites, so I managed a couple of watches. This is looking across Eynhallow Sound towards the island of Rousay. Known for its abundance of archeological sites, Rousay is often referred to as “the Egypt of the North”. The only difference being sheep instead of camels.
26th April – Nearly into May and we are still getting snow! Orkney is sitting in a stream of very cold air coming from the north and it’s delivering a few wintry showers. Still too soon to put out tender plants.
28th April – Great video from local whalewatcher, Graham Campbell, of a bull Orca coming in extremely close to the pier at St, Mary’s, Holm. Whether it was just curious or scouting for seals, I’m not sure. The sight must have been thrilling for the spectators.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-65417673
This clip was downloaded from the BBC news website.
Scapa Views 
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