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The Dim Riv replica Norse longship
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Shetland - Lerwick
The Dim Riv (meaning day break), a replica Norse longship in Lerwick harbour, launched in 1980, and run by volunteers and available for boat trips.
10 July 2013
Clickimin Broch, Lerwick
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Shetland - Lerwick
Clickimin Broch, dating from the Iron Age, occupies a well-defended site in Clickimin Loch, Lerwick, and is floodlit at night. In this picture it is 11.15pm and hardly dark, the simmer dim as it is known in Shetland.
17 July 2013
Storm petrels flying at Mousa broch, Shetland
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Shetland - Mousa
Mousa broch, Shetland, home of the Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) or alamootie as they are known in Shetland. This picture was taken at 7 minutes after midnight in what Shetlanders call the simmer dim (summer twilight), with an f1.4 lens at ISO 25600. Flash photography is not permitted as under the Wildlife and the Countryside Act, disturbing a schedule 1 species at or near the nest is illegal.
11 July 2013
Storm petrel flying at Mousa broch, Shetland
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Shetland - Mousa
Mousa broch, Shetland, home of the Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) or alamootie as they are known in Shetland. This picture was taken at 8 minutes before midnight in what Shetlanders call the simmer dim (summer twilight), with an f2.8 lens at ISO 25600. Flash photography is not permitted as under the Wildlife and the Countryside Act, disturbing a schedule 1 species at or near the nest is illegal.
10 July 2013
Mousa broch and boulder beach, Shetland
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Shetland - Mousa
Mousa broch, Shetland, home of the Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) or alamootie as they are known in Shetland. The birds nest both in the broch walls and under boulders on the adjacent beach. At night you can hear them calling.
10 July 2013
Mousa broch and boulder beach, Shetland
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Shetland - Mousa
Mousa broch and boulder beach, Shetland, home of the Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) or alamootie as they are known in Shetland. The birds nest both in the broch walls and under boulders on the adjacent beach. At night you can hear them calling. This picture was taken at 1/15 sec at f2.8 at ISO 1600, leaning on a fence post.
10 July 2013
Mousa broch, Shetland
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Shetland - Mousa
Mousa broch, Shetland, home of the Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) or alamootie as they are known in Shetland. This picture was taken at 11.25pm in what Shetlanders call the simmer dim (summer twilight), with an f1.4 lens at ISO3200.
