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Caerban in Arinagour Bay
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Coll - Arinagour
Basking Shark Scotland's rib Caerban in Arinagour Bay, Coll, as part of the Coll of the Sharks Festival 2014. Ben More on Mull is in the background.
21 August 2014
Rannochmòr in Arinagour Bay, Coll
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Coll - Arinagour
Basking Shark Scotland hired the Coastal Connection rib Rannochmòr, here seen in Arinagour Bay, Coll, to give them extra capacity as part of the Coll of the Sharks Festival 2014. Ben More on Mull is in the background.
21 August 2014
Short-necked oil beetle, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), Crossapol, Coll. This is a rare beetle, declining in the early 20th century and being unrecorded between 1948 and 2006 when it was rediscovered. It is currently known only from Coll, and from single locations in south Devon, Salisbury Plain and one record in 2020 in Pembrokeshire. The beetle is a parasite of solitary bees.
19 May 2018
Short-necked oil beetle, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), Crossapol, Coll. This is a rare beetle, declining in the early 20th century and being unrecorded between 1948 and 2006 when it was rediscovered. It is currently known only from Coll, and from single locations in south Devon, Salisbury Plain and one record in 2020 in Pembrokeshire. The beetle is a parasite of solitary bees.
19 May 2018
Short-necked oil beetle, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Short-necked oil beetle (Meloe brevicollis), Crossapol, Coll. This is a rare beetle, declining in the early 20th century and being unrecorded between 1948 and 2006 when it was rediscovered. It is currently known only from Coll, and from single locations in south Devon, Salisbury Plain and one record in 2020 in Pembrokeshire. The beetle is a parasite of solitary bees.
19 May 2018
Rib Cearban leaving Loch Eatharna
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Coll - Arinagour
Rib Cearban leaving Loch Eatharna to look for Basking sharks.
22 August 2014
Tràigh Hogh, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Birdwatching onTràigh Hogh beach, Totronald, Coll, with a walk led by James Bray of the BTO, part of the Coll Bird Festival.
27 April 2014
Corncrake
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Coll Southwest
Corncrake (Crex crex), Totronald, Coll, seen on a walk led by James Bray of the BTO, part of the Coll Bird Festival.
27 April 2014
Shag on Lunga
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Mull- Lunga, Treshnish Isles
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) displaying on Lunga, Treshnish Isles. Shags in the breeding season can be distinguished from Cormorants, even at a distance, by having crests. This one is displaying by moving its head about to impress its spouse.
