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Five years after the “once-in-a-lifetime” sighting of a walrus in Orkney, a second animal has been spotted there.  The blubbery mammal was spotted by Lewis Hooper, a volunteer at North Ronaldsay bird observatory.  He told BBC Radio Orkney: “It turned and looked at me with these nice tusks coming down. And that was when it …

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I couldn’t believe my eyes. An adult male Siberian Blue Robin was in Tom’s hand in front of me and we were the only two who knew about it! After the initial buzz and celebration, I rang George Gay, who spread the news. At first he didn’t believe a word I was saying, but soon …

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