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Walls Boundary Fault
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Shetland - Northmavine
The eastern wall of the Walls Boundary Fault, seen in the middle distance at the end of the Back Sand beach, with folded metamorphic rocks in the cliff on the right.
The fault is a northern extension of the Great Glen shear fault, and is the best example in Britain of this type of feature. The rocks to the west of the fault have moved 100km south-west relative to those to the east of the fault. The hard granite on the eastern side is more resistant to erosion than the schists on the western side.
20 July 2013
Tràigh Hogh, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Tràigh Hogh beach, Totronald, Coll, looking towards Rum.
27 April 2014
Sandwich Terns at Ronachan Point, Kintyre
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Argyllshire - Kintyre
Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) at Ronachan Point, Kintyre, including one which has just caught a Sand Eel (Ammodytes sp.) and is probably offering it to a prospective mate as a courtship gift.
27 April 2024
Sandwich Tern with Sand Eel at Ronachan Point, Kintyre
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Argyllshire - Kintyre
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) which has just caught a Sand Eel (Ammodytes sp.), at Ronachan Point, Kintyre
27 April 2024
Sand Martin nest holes in the bank of the Clyde, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) nest holes in the river cliff of the Clyde, Baron's Haugh, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
Puffin, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Adult Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight with Sand Eels (Ammodytes sp.) in its beak. Taken on the Isle of May by Rebecca Dickson
10 June 2023
Puffin, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Adult Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with Sand Eels (Ammodytes sp.) in its beak, Taken on the Isle of May by Rebecca Dickson
10 June 2023
Puffins, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Four adult Puffins (Fratercula arctica) with Sand Eels (Ammodytes sp.) in their beaks. Taken on the Isle of May by Rebecca Dickson
10 June 2023
Puffins, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Three adult Puffins (Fratercula arctica) with Sand Eels (Ammodytes sp.) in their beaks. Taken on the Isle of May by Rebecca Dickson
10 June 2023
Puffin, Isle of May
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Firth of Forth - Isle of May
Adult Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight with Sand Eels (Ammodytes sp.) in its beak. Taken on the Isle of May by Rebecca Dickson
