A new road sign

 A new road sign has appeared at the roundabout  going into Kirkwall . Its quite busy, as its the main Kirkwall - Stromness road  .

On closer inspection

And the reason ?

An oystercatcher has made a nest on the roundabout and is sitting on eggs

Hopefully an update when they hatch.

Broody goose

The geese (Gertrude and Gloria) usually go around as a pair, hissing enthousiastically at anything that passes close by . this includes hens and ducks as well as people. But for the past few days they hasn't been a pair - there's only been one of them.  The other one has gone broody  - it happened  last year as well, but last year she decided to sit on a broken plate for a few weeks.  This year There was an egg and a nest. Sadly  the local hoodies got the egg , but the Goose is still sitting on the empty nest.
She will hopefully get the idea quite soon and rejoin her buddy.

sitting

on an empty nest