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Juvenile Herring Gull in flight, Orkney
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Orkney - Birsay
Juvenile Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) in flight, Mar Wick, Orkney, taken by Lorna Beattie
28 March 2018
Panorama of Brae Wick, the Neap and the Drongs
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Shetland - Eshaness and Hillswick
Brae Wick with the cliffs of the Neap, the Runk, (a stack off the Neap) and the Drongs of Hillswick in the distance, Eshaness, Shetland. In the foreground is a lagoon and storm beach, which show the power of the Atlantic.This composite image is available as a large panorama which will print to at least 30 inches by 12 inches.
19 July 2013
The supermoon of 7th April 2020
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
The supermoon of 7th April 2020. The darker areas are lunar seas (maria), many created from lavas which flowed out in response to asteroid impacts. The three most obvious "seas" are (left to right in the upper part of the moon) Mare Serenitatis, Mare Tranquilitatis (whre Apollo 11 landed in 1969), and Mare Fecunditatis. The light areas are called the lunar highlands, made of the earliest crust on the moon. You can also see impact craters, with bright streaks or ray systems emanating from them, created by material thrown out by the force of the impacts. Obvious impact craters are Copernicus, seen on the left side of this image, and Tycho, on the bottom right.
07 April 2020
Shoveler and Coot fighting, Leighton Moss
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Lancashire
Shoveler (Anas clypeata) male and Coot (Fulica atra) fighting, Leighton Moss. The Coot seems to be higher in the pecking order, as the Shoveler has taken flight. In the foreground is Mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris).
28 April 2007
Shoveler pair, Leighton Moss
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Lancashire
Shoveler (Anas clypeata) pair with Mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris) in the foreground, Leighton Moss
Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides). This succulent perennial is edible and forms mats on rocky and sandy substrates, helping to stabilise it for other plants. This photo was taken at Nor Wick, Unst, Shetland in 1977. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
28 June 1977
Bothy, Rackwick, Hoy
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Orkney - North Hoy
Former croft house now used as a bothy, Rackwick, Hoy, Orkney
