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class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Meaning of name</th><td class="infobox-data">"Kobeinn's Island"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Southwards from the eastern edge of the Horse of Copinsay. Copinsay lighthouse is on the high ground in the distance."><img alt="Southwards from the eastern edge of the Horse of Copinsay. Copinsay lighthouse is on the high ground in the distance." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg/255px-Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg/383px-Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg/510px-Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a></span><br />Southwards from the eastern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Horse_of_Copinsay" title="Horse of Copinsay">Horse of Copinsay</a>. Copinsay lighthouse is on the high ground in the distance.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Location</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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class="locmap" style="width:255px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:255px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:255px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Copinsay is located in Orkney Islands"><img alt="Copinsay is located in Orkney Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/255px-Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/383px-Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg/510px-Orkney_Islands_UK_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2004" data-file-height="2572" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:63.415%;left:72.174%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Copinsay"><img alt="Copinsay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Copinsay</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Copinsay shown within Orkney</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Copinsay&params=58.899016_N_2.683767_W_region:GB_scale:25000&title=Copinsay">HY607015</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Copinsay&params=58.9_N_2.67_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">58°54′N</span> <span class="longitude">2°40′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">58.9°N 2.67°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">58.9; -2.67</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Physical geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Island group</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mainland,_Orkney" title="Mainland, Orkney">Orkney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">73 hectares (0.28 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Area rank</th><td class="infobox-data">170 <sup id="cite_ref-RankNote_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RankNote-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">64 metres (210 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Council area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Sovereign state</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Scotland" title="Demographics of Scotland">Demographics</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lymphad"><img alt="Lymphad" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/25px-Lymphad3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/39px-Lymphad3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lymphad3.svg/51px-Lymphad3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="174" /></span></span></th></tr><tr style="font-size:88%"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-top:0.2em;line-height:1.2em;">References</th><td class="infobox-data"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pedersen_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pedersen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background:#bfbfbf; font-weight:bold;">Copinsay Lighthouse  <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17828593" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><span class="qs" style="display: none;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://quickstatements.toolforge.org/#/v1=Q17828593%7CP31%7CQ39715%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP625%7C@58.896432%2F-2.672027%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP571%7C%2B1915-00-00T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F9%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP793%7CQ24410992%7CP585%7C%2B1991-00-00T00%3A00%3A00Z%2F9%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP2048%7C16U11573%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP2923%7C39U11573%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP2929%7C21U93318%7CS143%7CQ328%7C%7CQ17828593%7CP18%7C%22Copinsay%20Lighthouse%20-%20geograph.org.uk%20-%20253493.jpg%22%7CS143%7CQ328%7CP2096%7Cen%3A%22Copinsay%20Lighthouse%20in%202005%22"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg/20px-Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg/30px-Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg/40px-Commons_to_Wikidata_QuickStatements.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg/220px-Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg/330px-Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg/440px-Copinsay_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_253493.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Copinsay Lighthouse in 2005</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Copinsay&params=58.896432_N_2.672027_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">58°53′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°40′19″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">58.896432°N 2.672027°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">58.896432; -2.672027</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constructed</th><td class="infobox-data">1915</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Alan_Stevenson" title="David Alan Stevenson">David Alan Stevenson</a> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17828593?uselang=en#P193" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction</th><td class="infobox-data">stone tower</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Automated</th><td class="infobox-data">1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">16 metres (52 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Shape</th><td class="infobox-data">cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Markings</th><td class="infobox-data note">white tower, black lantern, ochre trim</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power source</th><td class="infobox-data">solar power <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17828593?uselang=en#P618" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data">Royal Society for the Protection of Birds <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heritage</th><td class="infobox-data">category B listed building <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17828593?uselang=en#P1435" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Focal height</th><td class="infobox-data">39 metres (128 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Range</th><td class="infobox-data">21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Light_characteristic" title="Light characteristic">Characteristic</a></th><td class="infobox-data note">Fl(5) W 30s <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17828593?uselang=en#P1030" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Copinsay</b> (<a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a>: <i lang="non">Kolbeinsey</i>) is one of the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkney Islands">Orkney Islands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, lying off the east coast of the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_Mainland" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkney Mainland">Orkney Mainland</a>. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, <a href="/wiki/Horse_of_Copinsay" title="Horse of Copinsay">Horse of Copinsay</a> lies to the northeast. The <a href="/wiki/Horse_of_Copinsay" title="Horse of Copinsay">Horse</a> is uninhabited, and is managed as a bird reserve. Copinsay is also home to a <a href="/wiki/Lighthouse" title="Lighthouse">lighthouse</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Copinsay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For many generations, prior to the final inhabitants moving to the Mainland in 1958, Copinsay was full of life. This is evidenced by the large double story farmhouse, the Steading (or farm buildings) behind it for the farm tenants, a school with a schoolteacher, and up to three lighthouse keepers' families. There is also an ancient burial site on the island. </p><p>In the earlier part of the 20th century, a weekly postal service provided contact with the Mainland, and there were fortnightly shopping trips to <a href="/wiki/Deerness" title="Deerness">Deerness</a>, allowing for weather. The farm had working horses, cattle and sheep - all of which had to be transported on the "coo" or "cow" boat. Bird's eggs provided a good supplement to the islanders' diet, and men were lowered over the cliffs on a special rope, or were rowed out to the Horse to bring back this addition. Pigs were loosed in the Spring on the Horse for many years, and they fed on the bird's eggs. </p><p>Many interesting facts and accounts of life on Copinsay are still retold in the Deerness Community, with many members still remembering when the island was still home to loved ones. Myths about the island include the story of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Copinsay_Brownie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Copinsay Brownie (page does not exist)">Copinsay Brownie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island was bought by the ornithology charity <a href="/wiki/RSPB" class="mw-redirect" title="RSPB">RSPB</a> in 1972 in memory of the naturalist <a href="/wiki/James_Fisher_(naturalist)" title="James Fisher (naturalist)">James Fisher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Copinsay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Copinsay today is uninhabited, some fields are still farmed at the behest of the RSPB, to try provide suitable conditions for <a href="/wiki/Corncrake" class="mw-redirect" title="Corncrake">Corncrake</a>. As a result, a patchwork of yesteryear is returning to the island, even though the people have not. Together with the three adjacent islets (<a href="/wiki/Corn_Holm" title="Corn Holm">Corn Holm</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ward_Holm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ward Holm (page does not exist)">Ward Holm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_Holm" title="Black Holm">Black Holm</a>), it is designated a <a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Area" title="Special Protection Area">Special Protection Area</a> (SPA) under the European Union directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds due to the unimproved grassland vegetation and sheer sandstone cliffs providing ideal breeding ledges for seabirds.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a large colony of <a href="/wiki/Grey_seal" title="Grey seal">grey seals</a> on the island. They usually pup in November each year. <a href="/wiki/Puffin" title="Puffin">Puffins</a> can be seen during July on the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Holm_(island)" title="Holm (island)">holms</a>. </p><p>The island has been designated an <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a> (IBA) by <a href="/wiki/BirdLife_International" title="BirdLife International">BirdLife International</a> because it supports significant breeding populations of <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bli_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bli-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Copinsay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-901824-25-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-901824-25-9">0-901824-25-9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pedersen-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pedersen_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) <i>Orkneyjar ok Katanes</i> (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRowlett" class="citation web cs1">Rowlett, Russ. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ork.htm">"Lighthouses of Scotland: Orkney"</a>. <i>The Lighthouse Directory</i>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill" title="University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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