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The Coll football team
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Coll Northwest
The Coll football team consists of Highland beef cattle, here playing at Arnabost, Coll. Highland cows are not always ginger and can come in black, brindle, red, yellow, and dun. There is considerable difference of opinion among breeders as to which is preferable.
27 April 2014
Highland bull, Tiree
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Tiree
Highland bull, Tiree
26 September 2013
Highland bull, Ardardan
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Argyllshire - Ardmore, Helensburgh, Garelochhead and Rosneath
Highland bull, Ardardan, Cardross. The Victorians preferred ginger and started breeding selectively to maximise reddish stock, resulting in the prevalence of that colour today.
08 January 2014
Arduaine Garden, Argyllshire
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Argyllshire - Loch Melfort and Arduaine Garden
Two Highland bulls laze in a field in front of the Loch Melfort Hotel, with Arduaine Garden and the island of Luing in the background.
16 April 2010
Highland bull in snow near Grantown
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
A hardy Highland cow (Bos taurus) in the snow near Grantown-on-Spey.
31 January 2010
Highland Bull, Ardnamurchan
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Ardnamurchan
A Highland bull with typically magnificent horns and very long hair, on the road to Anamurchan Point.
09 June 2007
Highland cattle
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Coll Northwest
Highland beef cow, Arnabost, Coll. The Victorians preferred ginger and started breeding selectively to maximise reddish stock, resulting in the prevalence of that colour today. This one is the captain of the Coll football team, and is strutting about on the pitch!
27 April 2014
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) on a west Highland sea loch
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South Knapdale
A winter plumage Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) on a west Highland sea loch. Note the backward-pointing triangle of white on the neck, a diagnostic feature of this species.
30 January 2011
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) eating a fish in a west Highland sea loch
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South Knapdale
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) hauled out on to a rock in a west Highland sea loch to eat a large fish.
30 January 2011
Observing a cliff eyrie
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CEP - Photos of Golden Eagles by Charles Eric Palmar
Observing a cliff eyrie of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Many hours of patient observation are needed to study Golden Eagles. Scanned from a photo taken by CE Palmar.