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Bird's Foot Trefoil, Barra
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Western Isles - Barra
Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), growing in Barra on Lewisian Gneiss, a metamorphic rock of which much of the geology of north-west Scotland is based.
26 June 2010
Ringed plover and Lewisian Gneiss rocks, Vaul, Tiree
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Tiree - Vaul, Salum, Caolas and Gunna Sound
Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) against the Lewisian Gneiss rocks of Vaul, Tiree
28 April 2014
Hùisnis, North Harris
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Western Isles - North Harris (Ceann a Tuath na Hearadh)
Hùisnis, North Harris, showing the sandy beach and the Lewisian gneiss hills
28 June 2011
North-east coast of Coll near Sorisdale
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Coll - Sorisdale and Cairns of Coll
North-east coast of Coll near Sorisdale. Note the ancient Precambrian Lewisian gneiss which forms the rocky landscape.
26 August 2014
Cliffs on the north coast of Handa
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Sutherland - Handa island SWT Reserve
Torridonian sandstone cliffs form the north coast of Handa, with the contrasting Lewisian gneiss of the mainland behind
20 June 2012
Cliffs at Àird Mòr Mangurstadh, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Cliffs at Àird Mòr Mangurstadh, Lewis, showing the rocky nature of the ground from which storm waves have eroded the clifftop soil.
25 June 2011
Camas na Clibhe, Bhaltos, Uig, Lewis
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Western Isles - Uig, Great Bernera and Mangurstadh, Lewis
Camas na Clibhe, Bhaltos, Uig, Lewis, a sandy beach typical of the Uig area, nestling between hills of Lewisian Gneiss.
20 June 2011
Cliffs at the Butt of Lewis
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Western Isles - Lewis
Cliffs at the Butt of Lewis; metamorphic rocks, mainly Lewisian gneiss, twisted and jointed by pressure variations and recrystallised by heating and subsequent cooling.
11 July 2010
Cliffs at the Butt of Lewis
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Western Isles - Lewis
Cliffs at the Butt of Lewis; metamorphic rocks, mainly Lewisian gneiss, twisted and jointed by pressure variations and recrystallised by heating and subsequent cooling.
