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Alison Nimmo

I'm sorry to say that the car park is currently closed due to flooding. To give you an idea of depth, a heron was fishing on the entrance road this morning...

Most trails are impassable and the Guided Busway cyclepath through the reserve has also been shut by the Busway operators.

Water levels were still rising today and for your safety we strongly advise against visiting at the moment.

However, if you do come to the reserve, please don't park anywhere where you could block the road - Busway staff might still need to use it during an emergency, as well as tenant farmers and RSPB staff. Thanks in advance for your help with this.

Anyone else read Graham Swift's Waterland?

Alison Nimmo

RSPB Community Engagement Officer, Orkney

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  • I walked along the riverbank from the north, this morning (28/11). Very heavy flooding across the whole site now, & even some of the footpaths running along the tops of floodbanks are now inaccessible, particularly to the north of Ferry Lagoon and along the Covell's Drain. The Busway cycle path is also underwater to the north of the Trout Pond.

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  • I walked along the riverbank from the north, this morning (28/11). Very heavy flooding across the whole site now, & even some of the footpaths running along the tops of floodbanks are now inaccessible, particularly to the north of Ferry Lagoon and along the Covell's Drain. The Busway cycle path is also underwater to the north of the Trout Pond.

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