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Teams from SSEN Transmission's Orkney Link Project joined the community to tidy the shoreline by the historic Breckness Castle, taking part in the island-wide Bag the Bruck campaign to tackle marine litter.
The 19-strong group — drawn from SSEN Transmission and contractor partners BAM, Siemens, RJ MacLeod and BDS — removed litter, plastics, old rope and other debris from the coast.
In total, volunteers filled 22 black bags and loaded a trailer with scrap metal and other items recovered from the beach.
Natalie Henderson, SSEN Transmission's Community Liaison Manager, said: "It was great to see colleagues and contractor partners from across our Orkney Link Project coming together to support Greener Orkney and this year's Bag the Bruck initiative. Protecting and enhancing the natural environment is really important to us, and the clean up was a practical way to give something back to the local community while making a visible difference."
This year's Bag the Bruck is coordinated by Greener Orkney, with multiple community-led cleans taking place throughout the month. The campaign is supported by Greener Orkney, Orkney Islands Council, Scottish Sea Farms, Cooke Scotland and SSEN Transmission.
Jane Nelson, Greener Orkney's Bag the Bruck Coordinator, said: "It was great to see this beach get a good spring clean as due to its location it gets a lot of heavy metal and large items coming onto it with the winter storms. A great job done by the whole team."
SSEN Transmission and its project partners continue to support local initiatives focused on sustainability and community wellbeing as part of the ongoing Orkney Link Project.
Once complete, the Orkney Link Project will connect Orkney to the national electricity transmission network for the first time — unlocking the islands' vast renewable energy potential, strengthening energy security for Orkney and the country, and supporting Scotland's transition to clean power.
The project includes new substations at Finstown (Orkney) and Dounreay (Caithness), linked by a 53km high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) subsea cable through the Pentland Firth, with underground cables connecting to the substations at each end.
