Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, reading, or interacting with crewcottageflicki.click ("the Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms") and our associated Privacy Policy. If you do not accept these Terms in their entirety, you must cease use of this website immediately.

2. Operator Identification

The Site is maintained and published by Flicki Maritime Observation Ltd. (Company Registration No: SC-849201-B), having its registered office at Pier Head Bastion, East Pier Road, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1HU, United Kingdom ("the Operator", "we", "us"). Technical contact is available at [email protected].

3. Intellectual Property Rights

All text, site layouts, diagrams, custom vector marks, and visual design elements displayed on crewcottageflicki.click are the proprietary property of the Operator or used under applicable licenses. You are granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to view and print individual pages for personal, educational, and non-commercial observation planning.

You may not scrape, systematically harvest, republish, distribute, sell, or mirror any material from this site without our prior written authorization.

4. Wildlife Information Disclaimer

The field guides, habitat descriptions, migration summaries, and observation suggestions published on this site are provided strictly for general educational reference. Wildlife movements, breeding schedules, and presence at coastal sites fluctuate significantly depending on annual fish distribution, ocean temperatures, and local climate shifts.

We do not warrant or guarantee that any specific species will be present at any designated location, coordinate, or date.

5. Physical Safety and Coastal Hazard Disclaimer

Coastal birdwatching along the North Atlantic margin involves inherent physical dangers, including but not limited to unstable rock faces, collapsing turf margins, sudden rogue swells, gale-force winds, disorienting sea fogs, and cold-exposure hypothermia.

Users of this website are solely responsible for assessing their personal fitness, local sea and weather forecasts, terrain stability, and access legality before entering coastal or cliff environments. The Operator assumes zero liability for personal injury, accidental death, loss of equipment, or search-and-rescue expenses incurred while traveling to or navigating terrain described on this site.

6. Third-Party Links & References

Our website may contain hyperlinks to external websites or references to geographic jurisdictions. These links are provided for navigational convenience only. We exercise no editorial control over third-party servers and accept no responsibility for their content, availability, or privacy practices.

7. Acceptable Use Policy

You agree not to engage in any conduct that compromises the integrity or security of the Site, including:

• Deploying automated crawlers or scripts at request rates that impair site performance.
• Attempting to bypass security headers, access server logs, or tamper with script files.
• Submitting false, abusive, or spam communications through the contact form.
• Using site information to harass, disturb, or illegally capture protected wild fauna.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Flicki Maritime Observation Ltd. and its officers, employees, or contributors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages arising out of your access to, use of, or inability to access the Site.

9. Governing Law and Dispute Jurisdiction

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Any legal action or dispute arising out of these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Scotland.

10. Modifications

We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time without individual prior notice. Continued use of the Site after revisions are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.